The Doyenne: Leadership Training for Women

Taking an elevator to the 33rd floor Industrious Tampa, I grew excited to take a peek at the Doyenne’s very first workshop. Thirteen bright, enthusiastic businesswomen had gathered for the four-hour, interactive women’s leadership training workshop.

The Doy’s co-founders, Maghan Morin and Jeanine Suah, were upbeat and engaging. Both project an easy confidence. Whatever it is that fuels these two, I want in!

Photo by Kelly Nash Photography.

Congrats on your first workshop! How did it go? What did you learn?

Thank you! It was absolutely amazing! Because it was our first one, we can only go up from here. All of our attendees were engaged and left feeling as though they had built genuine connections. What we learned (as we always do), is how to adjust and adapt our model and our timeline to achieve optimal effectiveness and efficiency. We also re-learned that there is a large need for what we are doing, which helps us propel our mission even more forward.

How did you decide upon the content?

Based on our life experiences, we decided that there are 12 core values to making a successful leader. That is the basis of all of our programming. As a result, we decided to touch on three core values per workshop. This workshop was geared toward confidence, effective communication, and time management — three skills that many women have expressed they struggle with. Because confidence is our No. 1 value, we thought it would be a great way to kick off our leadership workshop series.

When and how did you two meet? How was the Doyenne born, and how has it grown & changed since its inception?

We met at work, though we didn’t get close until we both left the company in July 2017 to start our own individual companies. From there, we started helping each other in areas in which the other may have lacked. We realized that we were stronger, more confident, and more productive together than we were apart, so we had the crazy idea of providing the same level of encouragement and resources for other female entrepreneurs.

Thus, in October 2017, we decided to open up an all-women’s co-working space. Yet in doing market research and in testing our ideas through pop-up co-working events, we found that it was the community, collaboration, and camaraderie that drew the women to us, and not the physical space.

We have since shifted into leadership development training to help cultivate and catapult women into positions of leadership. Currently, we host interactive leadership workshops and interactive pop-up networking events.

The Doyenne’s next workshop is on August 23rd. Check their website for details: thedoy.com.
The Doyenne’s next workshop is on August 23rd. Check their website for details: thedoy.com.

What would you like Green Bench readers to know about the Doyenne?

We practice what we preach. Everything we do for our ladies (and some gentlemen), we have done for ourselves. We have a genuine love for the people we serve, and our ultimate goal is to create opportunity for diversity of thought. Equal representation and equity are achieved through empathetic leadership, and progression is made evolving leadership. This is why we are such huge advocates for placing women into positions of leadership, because only when we are truly diverse, is when policies can be implemented to effect positive change.

I’ll have what they’re having! I think we could all use a bit more Doy-style in our lives, no? This gal is already signed up to participate in their next workshop, and encourage everyone to consider attending their Goal Setting Workshop on August 23rd. Just make sure you nab a spot before they fill up!

Check out thedoy.com for more information.

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Erin Cody
Erin Cody began writing for publication while attending the gloriously weird Evergreen State College, then spent the rest of her twenties writing and producing in weirdo hub, NYC. She's now enjoying her thirties cataloging the weird & the wonderful in sunny St. Pete. Erin is a new homeowner, and loves wine almost as much as Florida winters.