Abstract:
The Women's Leadership Development Program (WLDP) at Nazarbayev University
was developed as part of a larger research project studying, in general, the views of leadership among
the Kazakhstani population, and, specifically, the views of men and women leaders and leadership. As
part of the project, a select group of 35 Nazarbayev University female students and staff participated in
a 7-month leadership development program, the WLDP, emphasizing: Leadership Foundations, Leader
Self-Knowledge, and Leading Others.