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Ambition Challenge

Get rid of the imposter syndrome, embrace your ambition and learn to better communicate it to propel your career.

Ambition Challenge

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Leadership Challenge

In 100 days, participants strengthen their strategic impact, deepen their understanding of their organization, and advance ideas with clarity and alignment.

Leadership Challenge

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Training Ambition Challenge

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By setting their own challenge, Ambition Challenge participants develop new behaviours that help them assert their ambition loud and clear, while strengthening their visibility and impact within their organization.

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Participants

Who Is the Target Candidate for This Program?

This program is for women employees and new leaders with at least 5 years of experience, who wish to embrace their ambition and better communicate it. Designed for women who want to increase their impact within their organization, it provides them with necessary tools and strategies for asserting their leadership with confidence and clarity.

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Approach 100 Days, 3 Pillars

Build Confidence
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  • Become aware of your ambition
  • Shake off imposter syndrome
  • Adopt a growth mindset to step out of your comfort zone
  • Speak up in decision-making and influential situations
  • Promote your professional successes
  • Stake out a position without trying to please everyone
Manage Risk Strategically
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  • Refine your negotiation skills
  • Gain awareness of your limiting thoughts when faced with a perceived risk
  • Propose initiatives for the organization
  • Accept high-profile mandates
Amplify Your Influence
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  • Understand the organization’s political environment
  • Assess your support and ensure you have allies to endorse an initiative
  • Identify the formal and informal leaders in your ecosystem
  • Adapt your messaging to the context and audience

Methodology Driving Action

We believe that new behaviours are adopted through action. That’s why, through our workshops and in-depth interviews, we create safe spaces for reflection, experimentation, and gradual adoption of new behaviours.
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    Microlearning and Daily Action
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    Co-Development and Networking
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    International Leaders
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    Alternating Introspection and Action
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Impact

A Transformative Program

The proud graduates of the Ambition Challenge complete their program better equipped to:

  • Promote their professional achievements and stake out a position without trying to please everyone
  • Draw on their expertise to propose solutions to organizational issues
  • Ensure they have allies and cultivate their strategic network
  • Negotiate for themselves and dare to take risks
  • Accept or seek out new roles or mandates
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Information Dates and Pricing

From Sept. 4 to Dec. 11, 2026

$3,555 (before taxes)
€2,700 (taxes included)

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100 Days, and Then What?

We follow up with participants to measure the program’s impact on their career paths and understand the resulting benefits for their employers.

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Claudia Cristina Rubio Atilano

Alstom

This program has not only transformed my communication skills but has also revitalized my passion for my career. I am excited about the future and ready to embrace new opportunities with confidence and enthusiasm.

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Jennifer Saunders

Intact

What an amazing opportunity to learn from female leaders around the world, at different stages of their career journeys. I would recommend this program to any woman who is passionate about her career and development!

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Janet Parham

CAE

The Ambition Challenge enabled me to set aside time each week to focus on professional development and improving my confidence and negotiation skills.

Support Track for Managers Strengthening the Support Ecosystem

80% of the women who achieved their challenge say they benefitted from their manager’s support. That’s why we have developed a support track that equips managers to guide participants throughout the Ambition Challenge.

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Our Leaders Advice Based on Lived Experience

Our leaders are women and men from various industries and organizations around the world. It’s well known that exposure to a range of career paths allows participants to discover the diversity of leadership styles and professional trajectories. And above all, to picture themselves in those roles.

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Notre leader de L'effet A, Aurélie Abiad
Ève Laurier, leader de L'effet A
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Photo de notre leader de L'effet A Patrick Decostre
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