Step Up Women

Step Up: Your Career. Your Power. Your Future.

“I changed my mindset from: ‘I could have that role’ to ‘I’m going to have that role. And I got it!”

Barbara Ratto

Director Oncology, Novartis

You’re already on the path to success—but what if you could accelerate it? The Step Up Women program is designed for ambitious women like you—professionals and entrepreneurs who want to sharpen their power skills, expand their network, and take their careers to the next level.

With our proven methodology built on Mutual Mentoring and Self-Leadership, you’ll gain the tools, insights, and connections to grow with confidence. Through impactful tools, one-on one strategy sessions, and inspiring conversations, you’ll develop the mindset and skills to break through barriers and achieve your next big career move.

It’s time to Step Up. Invest in yourself, unlock new opportunities, and join a powerful community of women who are rising—together.

Are you ready? Let’s do this.

Activate a Proven Framework. Empower Your Career Journey

Through our Mutual Mentoring and Self-Leadership approach, participants gain tools, insights, and powerful connections to grow with confidence.

What is it?

Step Up Women is a powerful year-long leadership development program designed to help professionals take their careers to the next level.

Rooted in the Red Shoe Movement’s proven methodology of Mutual Mentoring and Self-Leadership, it offers exclusive access to coaching, executive insights, and a vibrant global community. With monthly podcasts, fireside chats with senior leaders, one-on-one strategy sessions with Mariela Dabbah, and interactive group coaching, participants gain the tools, confidence, and connections to grow, lead, and thrive in any professional environment.

“I thought I was aware of differences but I wasn’t. The Step Up helped me be aware of everything I didn’t know. I also learned to negotiate better. I changed positions three times since I started the program and every time I felt more empowered to present my assets. And I became a mentor of three women, something I’m very proud of because they motivate me.”

Roberta Correa,

HIV head, GSK

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Benefits

What you get with the program

Certificate of Achievement as Emergent Leader & set of Digital Badges

Celebrate your commitment to growth with a Certificate of Achievement and a collection of Digital Badges that allow you to share your achievement publicly.

Opening Survey

Reflect on your current goals and challenges to personalize your growth journey from day one.

One-on-One Session with Mariela Dabbah

A 60-minute strategy conversation where we will figure out where you are at and what you need to move to the next level of your career.

12 podcasts — One podcast a month. 10-20 minutes each.

A mix of actionable content and inspiration capped with an exercise to practice the concepts shared.
*Topics below

12 Fireside Chats with Special guests — One video a month. 60 minutes each

A very real, power-skills building, down to earth series of conversations with senior executives unlike anything you’ve experienced before.
*Topics Below

Monthly online group coaching

60 minutes with Mariela Dabbah and senior executives where you get to interact with the larger RSM community (numerous companies, industries, countries, roles, etc.) Participants include anyone who subscribes to the Step Up program.

Closing One-on-One with Mariela Dabbah

A final one-on-one strategy session with Mariela Dabbah to explore where you go next.

Closing survey

Evaluate your transformation, capture key takeaways, and set your sights on what’s next.

Outcomes

Increased self-confidence
Improved self-motivation
Readiness to move to the next career level

Topics of the 12 Podcasts

What is allyship?
How to engage men in your career as allies
Learning to love feedback
What is implicit power?
Executive Presence in a virtual world
Nine principles of agile leadership
Managing your career in uncertain times
The positive and negative side of code switching
How to create pitch perfect verbal communications
How to negotiate successfully
Your personal brand already exists
What is resilience and how to develop it

Bonus track: Living the 7 RSM principles to be even more amplified

“The Red Shoe Movement Step Up Plus program gave me practical tools I could immediately apply—through real-life examples, diverse perspectives, and insightful conversations on topics like implicit power and unwritten corporate rules. It helped shift my mindset and rethink how I show up at work.”

Lara López Pereyra

Manufacturing Assistant, Bridgestone Argentina

12 Fireside Chats with Special guests — One video a month. 60 minutes each

Leadership habits that lead to the C-Suite with Elizabeth Nieto, Spotify
The power of knowing the business of your business, Mariana Castro, Microsoft
Overcoming resistance to your ideas with Dr.Loran Nordgren, Kellogg School of Management
How to advocate for others with Nancy Hom, MetLife
Let’s talk about influencing from the front and behind the scenes Ileana Musa, Morgan Stanley
Managing with people with different beliefs with Dr. Cindy Pace, MetLife | Daisy Auger-Dominguez
Managing your priorities when everything seems urgent with Cynthia Hudson, CNN
What does it take to break stereotypes that hold you back in your career with Chwayita Mareka- Massmart
Everything you ever wanted to ask a senior leader and you didn’t dare with Kees Roks, Novartis
It’s never too late to recalculate your career with Karen Jacobsen, the GPS Girl
Understanding the unwritten rules of most corporate cultures in order to continue your career growth with Eugene Kelly, Colgate-Palmolive
All you ever wanted to ask a senior executive and you didn't dare" with Ilya Marotta, Panama Canal