With the objective of strengthening capacities to assume leadership roles in the energy sector and preparing them to take on key roles in the energy transition process within their respective countries, the organization Walk The Talk (WTT) and OLADE launched an unprecedented training program for thirty female executives from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
This initiative was an integral part of the activities of the “IX Energy Week” held in Asunción, Paraguay, consisting of in-person sessions led by coaches with extensive and recognized experience in empowering women personally and professionally across the continent.
The program included workshops designed to awaken leadership skills in the participants; to learn and manage effective and consensus-driven decision-making in high-conflict environments; to understand their own strengths and weaknesses to exercise participatory and inspiring leadership. Additionally, various other skills were strengthened through the “The Walking Talk” methodology created by WTT. Thanks to its approach, the model aims to support, educate, and inspire participants to generate significant changes both in themselves and in the organizations and people around them.
Moreover, participants had the opportunity to learn and practice self-awareness techniques through group dynamics, workshops on body language, expressiveness, and public speaking.
Marta Alonso, founder of Walk The Talk, stated, “It is very important to be able to work with this group of women in the energy sector, with whom we have begun a path that is sometimes not easy, but it is the path of responsible women leaders.”
“We need more women at the forefront of energy sector organizations, where things are happening, and that’s our focus at Walk The Talk: to support them and to encourage them to believe in themselves,” she added.
The initiative, which has been carried out in other parts of Latin America, is currently part of the women leaders training program in Chile, promoted by the Ministry of Energy of that country. Due to its success, Walk The Talk has already trained selected groups from the regions of O’Higgins, Araucanía, Atacama, Coquimbo, and also the Metropolitan region, reaching nearly 200 women nationwide.
