What is CIYO?
Designed by the Ashland Institute - Oregon, USA - the Coming into Your Own program has been implemented worldwide for over 20 years to support women in bringing forth and fully developing their potential.
CIYO is a dynamic program of personal and professional leadership growth dedicated to women who are eager to engage in a process of reflection, exploration, and regeneration within a collective context that thousands of women around the world have chosen to participate. Companies such as Hewlett-Packard, BP, World Bank, Shell, Intel, Boeing, Carrefour, Decathlon, Bayer, and many others have supported the participation of women from their organizations in the program.
As women, we often are not fully aware of our capabilities and the contribution we can make to the development of good relationships and the well-being of the entire system. We are capable of collaborating, listening, valuing the process and people, and having a long-term vision, but unconsciously we tend to do so while remaining within the masculine paradigm that recognizes these abilities in us but simultaneously underestimates us as women.
CIYO works on our level of awareness, delving deep into who we are, who we have been, and who we want to become. It supports us in understanding both our internal dynamics and the external challenges of life and work.
“CIYO encourages transparency and authenticity by providing a safe and open environment. Here women can compare their experiences, generating the enormous power of solidarity.”
Michelle, CIYO New York
An individual process in a collective context
A growth path
We will explore the stages of female development in its different dimensions: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
Your personal story
We will draw your personal story, the one that brought you to this point in your life.
The Symbols Way
We will experience The Symbols Way, a unique process, in small groups, to identify and address your current and emerging challenges, looking at them from different perspectives.
The toolbox
We will show you various tools to use to fully develop your leadership and your feminine potential, and we will experiment with them together.
Faculty, Counselor and Executive Coach
Accompaniment by a circle of international Faculty, Counselors and Executive Coaches, with recognized experience and professional certification for individual and group coaching, in the ratio of one Faculty for every 3-4 participants
A path to share
● An individual conversation before starting the program● A list of recommended preparatory readings● A unique and complete method of learning● An individual follow-up conversation, within two months of the program, to reinforce learnings and their implementation
A Global Alumnae Community
● A group follow-up approximately three months later to meet and support each other● The possibility of continuing with personalized individual coaching with one of the Faculty● The invitation to be part of a global community
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What questions does CIYO explore?
How can I present myself to others with authority?
I feel called to shift my focus to my life purpose. How can I do it?
How do I build healthy environments where everyone can contribute and thrive?
How can I best navigate a period of transition and lead others by pointing the way?
How can I improve my ability to lead challenging and challenging conversations while showing competence and clarity?
How do I find and maintain a good balance in my family/professional/spiritual life?