Workforce Development Series

Advancing Through Influence: Leverage Your Female Strengths to Break Through Barriers

How to Increase Your Influence is a powerful 2-hour workshop for women ready to expand their leadership impact. Based on the book Advancing Through Influence, this session helps women harness their 5 innate strengths to lead with authenticity, build meaningful relationships with mentors and champions, and navigate workplace dynamics with confidence. Participants will leave with practical tools to:

Strengthen credibility and professional presence
Cultivate influential relationships that open
Turn influence into career advancement opportunities

This workshop isn’t about changing who you are – it’s about amplifying the strengths you already have to achieve greater impact.

Navigating Gender Culture at Work

Gender culture can operate as an invisible barrier at work – shaping communication, decision-making, meeting dynamics, and perceptions of leadership. This workshop explores where common gendered patterns come from and how they show up in everyday workplace interactions, so teams can build awareness and choose strategies that improve outcomes for everyone.

What participants will explore

Where differences come from: brain physiology, biochemistry, physciality, and socialization.
How gender culture includes workplace norms – often without anyone noticing.
Common interaction gaps (e.g., listening cues, personal space, apologies, meeting pre-alignment).
Bias patterns that affect advancement and credibility (e.g., “prove-it-again” scrutiny and the “double bind”).
Practical, respectful responses to interruptions, idea attribution, and feedback dynamics.
How to build bridges: leveraging different strengths together to create a winning team.

Ideal for

Leaders who want to strengthen team communication and collaboration.
Teams who want clearer norms, and more inclusive participation and advancement.
Organizations focused on equitable growth, talent development, and retention.

Develop High-Potential Employees into High-Impact Contributors

Workforce Advantage: The Unwritten Rules of Success at Work is a high-impact, 2-hour workshop designed to elevate employee performance through real-world strategies and hands-on engagement.

Each session includes interactive activities and thought-provoking surveys that help participants reflect, internalize key concepts, and immediately apply what they learn.

This workshop bridges the gap between technical competence and professional excellence. Employees will return to work with:

Sharpened communication and collaboration skills
Stronger personal brands and professional presense
A renewed commitment to high-performance work ethic
Greater alignment with leadership and organizational goals

They’ll learn the habits, behaviors, and mindset of top performers – giving them the tools to navigate workplace dynamics with confidence and make a more meaningful impact.

Your Instructor: Lacy Schoen

Lacy Schoen is a nonprofit President/CEO, curriculum and book author, and workforce development trainer and leadership coach who has empowered hundreds of emerging professionals, employees, and established leaders. Known for translating established research into practical workplace tools, she helps individuals and teams decode gender-based patterns that can unintentionally create barriers and inequities—and replace them with strategies that improve collaboration, credibility, and results. Her results-driven approach emphasizes accountability and clearly communicates the “why” behind each concept, equipping participants with the habits, behaviors, and mindset essential for long-term success.

Participants in Lacy’s programs frequently experience powerful “aha” moments that connect directly to their own workplace experiences, leaving with actionable strategies to shift dynamics, foster understanding, and advance in their careers. She has delivered impactful training through programs at Cal State Fullerton and the Brea Chamber of Commerce’s Women Rising Leadership Academy, empowering hundreds of professionals to strengthen their value and impact while helping organizations better leverage the talent within their teams.

Lacy is the author of Advancing Through Influence, an Amazon bestseller that equips women to use their five innate strengths to break through barriers and accelerate career growth. Through her workshops, coaching, and thought leadership, she has taught thousands of women how to harness their influence, elevate their professional presence, build stronger workplace relationships, and lead with authenticity, confidence, and impact.