WE RUN EXPEDITIONS
Not courses | Not programmes | Not trainings | Not leadership coaching.
Because expeditions are brave, bold, curious, creative, ambitious, inspiring, raw and unpredictable. And driven by Explorers.
On a Women Emerging expedition, you explore how you lead.
Because we are convinced that there isn’t “an” approach to leading.
Leading is individual and personal.
It’s the inner self and the outside world shaping each other.
If you are on a trek, you don’t sit in a room and learn about the mountain. You prepare carefully at base camp and then you walk it. You feel the distance in your legs, the terrain under your feet, the weather on your skin. You learn about yourself and the mountain by moving forward.
You use the expedition methodology developed by women on countless expeditions and speak to women the world over.
So that you find your own approach to leading rooted in who you are – your Essence – and the context and culture you are leading in.
A Women Emerging expedition works in the same way. You don’t study “how to be a leader”, you “explore leading”, you uncover what influences how you lead, you adjust your approach to the world around you and the task at hand and you figure out how to generate the Energy of leading.
Here’s what Belai shares about
her expedition –
The Expedition Methodology
The 4Es, discovered during the first expedition and captured in Julia Middleton’s book
If That’s Leading, I’m In, act as a map for Explorers.
The First Expedition:
The first expedition set out in 2022 to find an approach to leading that resonated with women. It was led by the Founder of WE, Julia Middleton. What the Explorers found was that the act of leading is individual and personal. Though there are common elements, they are not common to all.
Choose Your Expedition
Group Expedition
These expeditions are in groups of 24 women who want to find their own approach to leading. They run over 7 months – explorers commit to 5 hours of exploring each month. Each group is formed around a community, geographical or sectoral. Most expeditions are online, though some groups meet at different points.
Solo Expedition
This online expedition is for individual women anywhere in the world. Explorers can complete it at their own pace over the course of up to 2 months, at zero cost.
Youth Expedition
Youth Expeditions are designed specifically for younger women, offering two tailored options:
WE16 for 16-year-olds and WEUni for women in universities . Like our other expeditions, these are fully online, providing a dynamic space for young women to explore what it means to lead and connect with a global community.
Higher Education
Over seven months, through the 4Es methodology, these women reflected, listened deeply, and connected on group Zoom calls, in small circles with remarkable WE Guides––women who generously share their insights and wisdom, and in moments of journaling and solitude.
City Expedition
Women around the world are looking to lead expeditions in their cities. Many want to reduce the isolation women feel and believe that, in doing so, women will counterbalance the increasing forces of fragmentation within their city.
Youth Expedition
Youth Expeditions are designed specifically for younger women, offering two tailored options:
WE16 for 16-year-olds and WEUni for women in universities . Like our other expeditions, these are fully online, providing a dynamic space for young women to explore what it means to lead and connect with a global community.
How an Expedition Works
As an Explorer, you complete expeditions, virtually, individually or in a group over a period of months, committing to upto5 hours of exploring each month. Using the 4Es methodology you reflect on your own approach, and you speak to other women on the expedition.
To help your exploring, you get access to Women Emerging audios, the WE Hub – our growing library of leadership intelligence generated by women, and you join a community with women leading across geographies, generations, abilities, aspirations, backgrounds and beliefs, sectors and specialisms.
And above all, you speak to Guides – women who are thoughtful about their leadership and generous with sharing their insights.
Women Emerging Guides
Guides meet with groups of Explorers, like you, to listen, challenge and encourage as they create a safe space for you to test ideas and reflect. They are CEOs, scientists, artists, activists, mothers, conservationists, changemakers, and more.
Why Join an Expedition?
For Explorers
- Lead with greater confidence and authenticity.
- Discover and embrace your own approach to leading.
- Access practical tools to lead effectively.
- Stay connected with women worldwide via the WE Hub
For Organisations
- Build a future ready leadership culture, led by women
- Participate in the global shift in leading.
Youth Expedition
Youth Expeditions are designed specifically for younger women, offering two tailored options:
WE16 for 16-year-olds and WEUni for women in universities . Like our other expeditions, these are fully online, providing a dynamic space for young women to explore what it means to lead and connect with a global community.
As I did, you will catch yourself not being authentic, maybe even role-playing; you will find yourself confused as to why compassion and motherhood and spirituality are seen as feminine but not good enough for leading; there will be moments when you will exclaim aloud, to the chagrin of those around you, then smile radiantly, nod vigorously or shed a quiet tear at the insights that will confront you; you will suddenly see people around you in a new light and, with a gasp, you will realise that people you least expected, are actually leaders for who they are, as much as for what they do and how they do it. It is a very personal journey; after all, how you lead reveals who you are to others, but most importantly to yourself.
— Vidya Shah, Executive Chairperson, EdelGive Foundation, on her experience as an Explorer on the first expedition
My fear at the beginning, which dissipated rapidly, was that because the patriarchy had already defined the parameters of leading, we would find it impossible to deviate from them. We would not be motivated to delve into places of discomfort. Let’s face it, it is uncomfortable to have your alternative theory of change probed and poked at.
— Mona, from the Women Emerging Podcast
This has been an extremely powerful and humbling experience, allowing me to deeply reflect on and reframe my role in leading, while building a meaningful community with an inspiring group of extraordinary women around the world, for which I am deeply thankful.
- Gina della Togna
An invitation to be a part of the global shift in leadership and influence generations to come.
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