Develop. Grow. Lead

For the Black and Brown woman with a minimum 3 years work experience, in the early stages of her career and an ambition to progress to Middle Management and beyond

Programme

 Our Rising Stars programme is designed to do the following: 

Instil the fundamental required capabilities to effectively navigate career, life and leadership growth

Provide a forum in which black and brown female executives can be equipped with the life  and leadership skills needed to successfully overcome the obstacles and barriers to her career advancement

Develop the confidence to be all of who they are and continuously and consistently lead with their best to benefit them, their teams and their organisations

Accelerate their understanding of self and their values so they gain more quickly the confidence to identify the difference they want to make in the world and the self-belief to realise they can do it

Are you one of our delegates?

  • A Black or Brown woman who self-identifies as being from of Black or Brown heritage

  • Leaders with a minimum 3 years working experience

  • Completed Graduate and/or Apprenticeship programme and earmarked for further advancement

  • Women who have an ambition to make a difference to self, team, organisation and community

  • High Potential Managers in the early stages of their careers looking to accelerate their advancement

  • Individual contributors looking to secure first Team Management role or Team Managers looking to grow their capabilities

Key Components of our programme

The Solaris Women’s Rising Stars Programme is an integral and whole-person centred programme. Whilst designed to impact all areas of an individual leader’s  our Rising Stars programme has a particular emphasis on instilling the fundamental basics of Leadership, Career and Life Development. These will provide a platform from which she can accelerate her growth and fully realise her potential.

  • 5 x 2-day classroom monthly sessions

    3 x half-day Group Pod Coaching Sessions

    Opportunity to progress a commercial and personal development objective

    4 x Career Development Series with Solaris Alumnae – “True Talk - what I wish I knew...”

    Peer to Peer networking and connecting

    Opportunity to be mentored by a Solaris Women’s Executive Leadership Development Programme Alumnae

    Participation in Rising Stars Alumnae events following graduation

  • Our Leadership Teaching is underpinned by love-based leadership and focuses on the fundamentals of leadership capability. It includes the following

    Values based leadership

    Leading inclusively

    Challenging conversations

    Powerful feedback

  • Our Career equipping provides insights into the tools and practices that support career planning and advancement

    Career navigations

    Securing promotion

    Maximising your potential

    Negotiation options and consequences

  • Our life teaching addresses the importance of having a mindset that enables success and include the following

    Power of positivity

    Living gratitude

    Intrapreneurial thinking

    Impact of living courageously

‘Now is your time’

Rising Stars are also given the opportunity to be coached, mentored and network.  They are mentored by Alumnae Senior leaders from diverse communities and industry backgrounds. Coaching is provided through mastermind group coaching to enable a deep dive into their learning whilst providing a safe space to practice and share their insights into their development both professionally and personally.  The powerful network provided comes from their cohort and the wider global and international community.   There is no other like Solaris.

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What our delegates are saying…

  • “I would recommend Solaris to any female leader that identifies as black, if they are seeking to transform their lives. The programme will remind you of who you are and what your passion and purpose is and how to embrace your difference to add your unique value to your organisation and the world.”

    Global Compliance Advisory – Global Liquidity Cash Management and Payments Services - HSBC

  • “Solaris is career and outlook changing. I am honoured and privileged to be a part of this incredible programme. Not only have I gained a sister-hood of talented professional black women & friends for life; I have begun to build a network of senior leaders, mentors, sponsors, coaches, entrepreneurs who will support and challenge me, will advocate for me and support my career for the long term. Solaris has taken all the positive bits of me, my career, skills and attributes and taught me how to shine!”

    Director HSBC Global Banking and Markets

  • “Solaris has provided me with a license to BE – to occupy space and become my most skilled self as a black female leader in my male dominated career-field. Learning from and sharing honest and empowering leadership experiences, achievements and tools with member of the faculty and other leaders on the programme, has been catalytic. I would recommend Solaris to any black female leader seeking to unlock their next level of excellence and authenticity in a ‘double-minority’ (black and female) career field. If you want to do the work, to be part of the change that you would like to see – this is for you!

    Head of Product, Tesco