Events Calendar

Join Lucy again as she continues from her previous webinar. Lucy Chamberlain, award-winning Founder of C&C Search and C&C Academy will take you through all the steps you need to be ready to secure your perfect new role.

Lucy has spent 22 years recruiting, placing and training over 17,000 individuals and has a deep understanding of what insights, tools and knowledge can support you throughout this challenging moment in history. With Lucy’s knowledge you will have the opportunity to place yourself in the best possible position to secure not a job but the perfect role for you.

You will leave this workshop knowing:

• What an ideal CV looks, feels and reads like
• How to deliver the best you on interview
• How your personal brand makes ALL the difference
• How to use NLP tools to get you into the best possible mindset

Please share this with any colleagues, friends or family that may need this support. Lucy’s aim is to be of service to as many people in the support staff community as possible.

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About Lucy:

Passionate, fun and straight-talking, Lucy has become one of the business world’s popular motivational speakers. Lucy’s business journey as a Founder has seen her work as a TV presenter, Awards Judge and Leading Coach. She won the Female Speaker’s Award for Most Engaging Speaker at the Female Speaker’s Conference in 2019.

Alongside her fantastic knowledge base, Lucy’s level of experience enables her to give genuine insights into leadership, change and overcoming adversity.

With a 20-year career tracking the industry’s leading recruitment companies, Lucy founded C&C Search to redefine and elevate client and candidates’ recruitment experience.

Coming through a challenging personal time as a single mum, Lucy set out to re-align her career to her purpose-driven perspective, building a multi-million-pound business that allows her rapidly expanding team to fulfil their own career goals.

A champion for women in business, Lucy and the C&C team actively collaborate with other female-led businesses. A mentor to her team, Lucy believes encouraging teams holistically, and nurturing happy, engaged, market-leading talent has the most impact on a company’s success. With a focus on social consciousness and legacy, it’s this foundation that serves to empower, captivate and delight C&C’s clients as they grow their own businesses.

Recently awarded “Most Engaging Speaker” at the Female Speakers Conference & Awards, Lucy wishes to use her platform to encourage others to use their own voice. As a speaker,Lucy leaves an audience motivated, empowered and armed with tools to support a life and career that serves the individual better. Lucy also provides in-house training and key-note speeches for a wide variety of businesses including Lloyds, The Crown Estate, HIG Capital, Autonomous, League of Her Own, Canary Wharf PA Club, WeWork, Arma Partners, Miss Jones PA, Practically Perfect PA to name a few!

A three-part lecture series on the Economics of Discrimination: How does parental income or the lack of, affect a person’s chances of future success?

Do banks discriminate when lending? How is Technology impacting changes in the labour market and could contribute to reducing gender gaps or inequalities in access to employment? These are a few of the questions we will discuss, as we explore the findings from our latest research – including how policies translate to strategies and actions – and share real-world accounts of organisations and individuals effecting positive change.

Friday 30 October at 12:30pm GMT

Director of Policy Outreach at Opportunity Insights at Harvard University, David Williams will share his insight into Economic Opportunity and Race and whether the U.S. is truly ‘the land of opportunity’. Specifically, he will ask:
• Are chances of success really independent of parental income?
• What are the patterns of intergenerational mobility?
• What explains inequality in opportunity? Is it geography, education, income or race? Do policies that can improve economic opportunities exist?

Friday 13 November at 08:30am GMT

Director of Research at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ralph de Haas who will give us a detailed look at the banking sector and will present his research on discrimination in bank lending, addressing these particular areas:
• The types of discrimination and how prevalent they have become.
• What banking institutions can do to reduce discriminatory behaviour.
• How policies at the national level translate into action at the organisational level.

Friday 27 November at 08:30am GMT

Associate Professor at Monash University, Michelle Rendall will look into gender gaps and inequalities in the changing labour market, transformed by Technology.
• Developed economies have experienced a rise in female labour market participation, a reversal of the gender education gap and a closing of the gender wage gap. Developing economies are following in stride.
• How are these patterns linked to technology and the changing demands of the economy?
• What do they mean for gender disparities on the labour market?
• While much progress has been done in narrowing gender gaps, gaps remain all around the world. What are potential policy tools that could go some way in reducing the gap further?

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A three-part lecture series on the Economics of Discrimination: How does parental income or the lack of, affect a person’s chances of future success?

Do banks discriminate when lending? How is Technology impacting changes in the labour market and could contribute to reducing gender gaps or inequalities in access to employment? These are a few of the questions we will discuss, as we explore the findings from our latest research – including how policies translate to strategies and actions – and share real-world accounts of organisations and individuals effecting positive change.

Friday 30 October at 12:30pm GMT

Director of Policy Outreach at Opportunity Insights at Harvard University, David Williams will share his insight into Economic Opportunity and Race and whether the U.S. is truly ‘the land of opportunity’. Specifically, he will ask:
• Are chances of success really independent of parental income?
• What are the patterns of intergenerational mobility?
• What explains inequality in opportunity? Is it geography, education, income or race? Do policies that can improve economic opportunities exist?

Friday 13 November at 08:30am GMT

Director of Research at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Ralph de Haas who will give us a detailed look at the banking sector and will present his research on discrimination in bank lending, addressing these particular areas:
• The types of discrimination and how prevalent they have become.
• What banking institutions can do to reduce discriminatory behaviour.
• How policies at the national level translate into action at the organisational level.

Friday 27 November at 08:30am GMT

Associate Professor at Monash University, Michelle Rendall will look into gender gaps and inequalities in the changing labour market, transformed by Technology.
• Developed economies have experienced a rise in female labour market participation, a reversal of the gender education gap and a closing of the gender wage gap. Developing economies are following in stride.
• How are these patterns linked to technology and the changing demands of the economy?
• What do they mean for gender disparities on the labour market?
• While much progress has been done in narrowing gender gaps, gaps remain all around the world. What are potential policy tools that could go some way in reducing the gap further?

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Consider for a moment:

– Have you ever worked for someone who you truly trusted?
– Who you could question without fear?
– Who supported you when you screwed up?
– Who was open with you in the good and the bad times?
– Who supported you to learn?
– Who you delivered your best work for?

Remember that feeling? THAT my friends, is psychological safety!

Leaders who create psychological safety create teams who perform, are innovative and are strongly bonded and supportive to each other.

If you want to create that within your team/s, this is for you!

Discover:

1. What psychological safety is and isn’t
2. Your personal audit of safe behaviours
3. 3 things to do to create psychological safety in your team

Webinar Audience:

Leaders and managers at all stages of their leadership experience.

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About Nicola:

Nicola is a people aficionado; a student of human interactions and dynamics, executive leader and coach. She brings her insight to championing HR/ People Professionals through the development programme, The A List and sometimes shares her observations in stand-up comedy.

She brings her perspective from her work with leaders in London start-ups and scale-ups, along with her experience of leadership throughout her 20 year career. She is passionate about the female agenda and is known for leading panels sharing the female experience and nurturing the future environment for women in work.

She takes a coaching approach to enabling you to develop self-awareness, understanding of those that are not you, your conscious impact and your toolkit of techniques. You can expect psychological insight, humour and a supportive voice.

How often do you wonder if this is really what you’re meant to be doing with your life?

Is this job “it”? Is the potential enough for you? Will you ever move up the ladder and – if the opportunity arises – are you ready?

In this value-packed session, Charlotte covers four essential actions to creating career confidence, satisfaction & success.

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About Charlotte:

Charlotte’s mission is to empower & support high-potential, driven career women to create a successful & fulfilling career path, without burning out. Her experience in the events industry has seen her grow through the ranks via a number of developing roles into senior management & leadership positions, where she found her true calling in supporting & developing others within her team. Coaching was a natural segway for Charlotte, & she now provides 1:1 support to women across the world to unleash their true potential & start living a life they love, starting with their career.

Don’t miss the Morgan Stanley; Technically Speaking Conference on 06 November.

This one-day virtual event will give you an exclusive opportunity to hear from leading female technologists at Morgan Stanley. These industry experts will delve into the key tech trends, opportunities and complexities that are impacting the industry.

With multiple topics and talks on offer throughout the day, you’ll be able to build your own agenda based on your interests and availability. Sessions include: AI, Software Engineering, Agile, the challenge of Covid-19, and more all discussed by experts across various panel sessions and career talks. Don’t miss out, register today to:

• Gain insights and perspectives from the firm’s inspirational female technologists on the current tech landscape, what it means to operate in the new normal and what they believe the future holds
• Have the opportunity to get candid answers to your personal career and technical questions by Morgan Stanley’s industry experts
• Learn more about the unique culture at Morgan Stanley, understand their commitment to innovation and diversity & inclusion, plus discover first-hand what a career in technology at the firm can look like

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Most business owners overlook the opportunities for smart business development and growth they already have within their grasp.

Innovation and growth expert Erica Wolfe-Murray will take us on a quick trip through her tops tips to understand what you own, how these assets can help you build new revenues against five key areas of opportunity. Lots of ideas to take away to trigger your own business development and build greater resilience.

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About Erica:

I founded innovation studio, Lola to help companies across the creative, cultural and tech sector understand how valuable their IP/intellectual assets could be if repurposed and developed inventively. A career spanning advertising, product and graphic design, pr, licensing and tv production, with roles as both a creative head and financial director gave me a unique perspective on how a company’s own creative assets could build new revenue streams for different audiences. We’ve worked on projects for Disney, NatGeo and Harvey Nichols, for theatres and tech companies, dance schools and universities. And we’ve found our self-developed methodology works as effectively for small studios as it does for big companies, leading to a client roster of 300+ companies in just 8 years.

I am also an author having poured my experience into a book ‘Simple Tips, Smart Ideas: Build a Bigger Better Business‘, finalist in the 2020 Business Book Awards and with only 5* reviews on Amazon. I wrote it with a particular focus on freelancers and micro companies who get little or no support.Since 2019 I have been a director of award-winning fin-tech company, Taxo’d, whose platform helps freelancers organise their finances from book-keeping through to filing with HMRC. I am a Design Business Association expert and a WeWork Labs mentor.

In this webinar, Faith Ruto, resilience coach, speaker and mentor, will teach us how to learn to live by faith, not fear.

This session will cover how living in fear can stop us from being resilient and confident, as well as providing practical tips and key strategies to help you thrive in your career and business during change.

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About Faith

Faith Ruto (MBA, BSc) is the founding director of www.Transformation21st.com and a published author of “Transform Within – 7 Strategies for professional growth and resilience” www.faithruto.com.

Transformation21st Ltd was set up in 2015, to help busy professionals and entrepreneurs build confidence, resilience and career clarity to thrive during a time of change. To date, Faith has delivered bespoke programmes to multinationals, charities and supported women & BAME professionals to help accelerate their career.

Faith is a dynamic and inspirational keynote speaker, a resilience coach, mentor, published author and a mum of two. Faith started her global corporate career in the Royal Dutch Shell in 2002 as an IT graduate. She progressed quickly to leading global technology and change projects that resulted in business transformation and innovation.

Faith was a shortlist at the Woman of the Future awards(2011) and speaker of the year award at Women in Business (2019). Faith is a public speaker ambassador for the www.EveAppeal.org.uk and a student ambassador for www.BasingstokeConsortium.com

Join Centenary Action Group as we discuss politics hostility towards new parents, the disproportionate impact that this has on women in political life, and the path forward in making politics more accessible for mothers and parents across Britain.

Speakers include:

• Kizzy Gardiner – Westminster’s first ever locum MP, for Stella Creasy
• Siobhan Baillie MP – Conservative Party MP for Stroud
• Bethan Sayed MS – Plaid Cymru Member of the Senedd for South Wales West
• Olga Fitzroy – Pregnant then Screwed

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Welcome to the Masculinity in the Workplace conference 2020 ‘Virtual Edition’ which will be taking place on the 19th November in conjunction with International Men’s Day.

“ Masculinity in the workplace consistently has more white men attending than any other diversity/inclusion event. Bravo. Now use it to drive change.”

After the success of the last two events, we have taken up the challenge to truly drive change at a leadership level. For us, leadership is not about the corner office. It’s about doing the right thing. It’s about role modelling change and attracting others to follow suit. We need more courageous leadership right now. From everyone.

Put simply, our current leaders don’t always have the insight or skills to lead diverse and inclusive teams. The skillset at the top needs to change. Come along and learn these skills, and be inspired by those showing leadership in 2020.

Join us for a day of panels, keynote speakers and workshops where we will explore:

• What we can learn from covid19 about modern leadership
• How people cope and thrive when their version of masculinity is at odds with the dominant version of masculinity
• Why we still see vulnerability as a weakness when it is fundamental to inclusive leadership
• How we can create more empathetic leaders
• How we can build our own cultural intelligence to ensure that workplaces are inclusive
• How traditional constructs around masculinity getting in the way of us being anti-racist
• How we can break down the barriers that make it hard for men to get support

Register using the link below to receive 50% off.

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How can we become a compassionate leader? What does compassion actually mean? What effect can it have on our leadership style, staff, the organisation?

These are some questions that underpin this webinar. At the heart of this webinar lies the exploration of a model for mindful compassionate leadership.

Karen will be sharing practical tips and practices to take away that you can use instantly in your day to day work and role as a leader.

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About Karen:

Karen Liebenguth is an accredited mindfulness teacher and supervisor, a certified coach, mentor and facilitator.

Karen works with individuals, groups and teams and offers tailored mindfulness and coaching programmes for the workplace.

She set up Green Space Coaching and Mindfulness in 2008 to foster personal and professional development, self-leadership and mental resilience.

Karen is a member of the Association of Coaching and an accredited and associate mindfulness trainer with Breathworks.

Karen follows the Good Practice Guidelines set out by the Association for Mindfulness Based Approaches (BAMBA)

Karen has worked with clients such as Kew Gardens, Deloitte, GAMA Healthcare, The Royal Town Planning Institute, Adam & Eve Communications, Unison, Trades Union Congress, Working Well Trust, The City Centre (Corporation of London), Chobham Academy and others.

Yes with everything that has been thrown at us over the last few months and the uncertainty of the future, it’s difficult to know where to start. We will be exploring it all at Focus Reset 2020. You won’t want to miss anything from the day’s program so here are all the talks and speakers.

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Annette Shaw is a Life Coach specialising in supporting PA’s, EA’S and senior administrators who have experienced workplace bullying.

If you have ever been bullied, in the playground, at work or otherwise, you know what it is like to go through this awful nightmare.

In 2013, while she was recovering from depression and anxiety after a period of horrendous bullying by a team leader, Annette decided she wanted to help other people who are going through this ordeal.  She realized this was a common problem that nobody was willing to address and support was needed.

So, Annette had the idea of training as a life coach to support people in regaining their self-esteem, self-confidence and find joy in their lives again.  She made this her mission.

In this webinar Annette will cover:

• Why some people bully
• How to protect yourself from workplace bullying
• Q&A

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About Annette:

As a life coach who helps senior administrators (PA’s, Executive Assistants) who are bullied in the workplace I am very passionate about treating your colleagues with dignity and respect in the workplace. I help empower you to stand in your power, live your values, set boundaries. Having experienced workplace bullying myself and experiencing mental health challenges as a result of this (I used to be a senior administrator/PA), I became determined to help women like myself and decided to train as a life coach.

Personal profile can be one of the most powerful elements in your business armoury, but you have to know what tools and techniques will help you build it, protect it and drive your success. 

Culturally, many of us are brought up not to “toot our own horns” or “shout about our successes”, but in today’s highly competitive world if you don’t stand out, you’re likely to watch those with a higher profile pass you by on their way to the top.

Throughout this interactive and practical session Vanessa Vallely will share stories from her career; starting in Banking in the City at 16 and her rise to the C-suite.

Vanessa will provide the top tips she’s picked up in corporates, as an entrepreneur and as a network leader, and encourage you to become comfortable with raising your profile:

• How to stop feeling like an imposter

• How to focus on your personal brand and exhibit leadership behaviours

• The importance of networking and building relationships for the future

• Speed networking – Getting to know your fellow guests

• Optimising your digital footprint

• Coach, Mentor, Sponsor – who can help you drive your career

• The importance of giving back.

Vanessa will provide guidance on a wide array of profile-raising opportunities that are easy to implement straight away. She’ll help you take the next steps towards raising your profile and attracting opportunities to progress in your career and help others too.

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Changing careers may sound daunting but with the St. James’s Place Academy, we’ve supported hundreds of people just like you to make the smooth transition to becoming a successful financial planning and wealth advice professional.

At this event, you will have the opportunity to hear what it’s like to be a financial planner from people who have been in exactly your position. They will describe their day-to-day role, and how the St. James’s Place Academy helped them establish their new career. We will explain the flexible options available to support those seeking to start their own financial planning business, as well as opportunities for those who want to explore becoming a professional Adviser for an established St. James’s Place Practice.

You’ll have the chance to meet the St. James’s Place Academy team and alumni virtually, and we’ll seek to answer any questions you have around retraining with the Academy.

This event is suitable for people looking to join our Academy and therefore reside in and around Nottinghamshire, Cambridgeshire and the Midlands.

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