Events Calendar

Georgina Calvert-Lee, barrister and discrimination and harassment lawyer, is empowering women to know their employment rights in 2021.

Georgina is providing a crash course on employment law, particularly workplace discrimination and harassment.

Georgina will equip you with the understanding to:

– Spot inequality covered under the Equality Act
– Recognise, record and report harassment
– Act if you suspect unequal pay in your workplace, or between you and your male colleague
– Prove/report victimisation

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About Georgina

A barrister with a background in UK and US civil litigation, Georgina leads the UK employment and harassment practice at the feminist law firm McAllister Olivarius, specialising in representing victims of sex discrimination, bullying and harassment, in the workplace and online.

Georgina’s vision for her work is to make a better world where the law works for everyone.

With experience in various forums – the Employment Tribunal, CICA, High Court and County Court – Georgina can guide clients through the respective merits of each. She has advanced High Court claims under the Protection from Harassment Act, for breach of confidence and misuse of private information, and represented Chrissy Chambers in the first civil claim for non-consensual sharing of intimate images to end in payment of substantial damages.

Georgina has also brought discrimination claims for clients outside the employment context. She represented the Manders in their landmark adoption discrimination claim; and represents numerous students and academics in discrimination claims against their universities.

The only way is UP as women embrace their power around the world.

From the new Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris, to the brilliant young activist, Greta Thunberg, women from all backgrounds are exercising their right to step up, speak out and lead.

Yet a snapshot of the world shows that the UK is in 38th position for the proportion of women in government. There are 220 women MPs in the House of Commons with just five female ministers serving at Cabinet level. Rwanda has over 61% and Cuba has a female majority in parliament. Women in the UK Public Sector are more prominent. Recent data shows that 44% of public appointments were women across all sectors from judges, police officers to teachers.

Women are by nature practical, strong, creative and nurturing and have proven to be the backbone of family and business life during the global pandemic. It’s time to celebrate these achievements and recognise the power of strong female leadership.

Funny Women is on a mission to bring its brand of feminine creativity and fun to the workplace and public life. This is the second event in our 2021 HERlarious programme with an online format that maintains our unique blend of workshops, networking, discussion, entertainment and inspiration. Designed to reboot your inner creativity, boost your confidence and discover your voice.

This event is open to anybody of any gender who would like to express their ideas more confidently and freely using some of the tricks of the comedy trade.

If you are a first-jobber, intern, returner to the workplace, furloughed, made redundant or simply in need of a change of direction then a comedy fix is guaranteed to boost your confidence, whatever your level!

We can promise you a fun interactive online event with comedy professionals where you can get valuable advice on how to ‘perform’, work independently, bring your ideas to life and develop techniques to communicate more effectively. We will cover creating your own material, interpreting body language, storytelling, developing a strong narrative and finding your unique voice in an increasingly competitive business environment.

You will be able to take part in two workshops to boost your skills and confidence levels. Choose from four options:

Stand Up to Stand Out – Lynne Parker

Imposter Syndrome Vaccine Clinic – Lauren Allpress

Working Alone and the Power of Collaboration – Jo Carnegie

Body confidence and stage presence – Ivy Paige

Each 30 minute workshop will be run by a facilitator with first-hand experience of the entertainment and events industry.

Followed by speed networking sessions run by inspirational performers and leaders, including Paula Hamilton, Funke Akiboye, Roshni Beeharry, Mara Joy and Pauline Eyre.

Plus, headline speaker Harriet Minter to leave you on a high!

Full price tickets £15 plus VAT and booking fee, use discount code ‘Partner_PU’ for £5 off.

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Two lightning talks that will get you thinking – because it’s time for different thinking. 

Join us for a thought-provoking hour and hear from our leading experts.

You will:

• Discover what contextual intelligence is and why we need it for successful change
• Develop a true understanding of who must tolerate failure and what that really involves
• Draw upon our expertise and engage in our panel discussion

Reading Between the Lines – Contextual Intelligence and the Successful Leadership of Change

Contextual intelligence is one of the core competencies of leaders in uncertain times and key to successful organisational change. Too often leaders rely on tried and tested approaches that have succeeded for them in the past, rather than accurately diagnosing their context and using that diagnosis to craft a change strategy that will work in a new setting. This talk will identify the key elements of contextual intelligence, including the factors that often hinder our ability to think and act in this way. It will also identify the dynamic variables that typically combine to shape the change context.

By Director of Executive Education, Professor of Practice, Tim Wray

How to really build a failure tolerant orgnaisation

Much is said about the need to tolerate failure if you are to develop an entrepreneurial organization which can explore and exploit new opportunities using agile strategy and lean startup techniques. What is necessary is a true understanding of who must tolerate failure and what that really involves. Drawing on extensive research, we identify the who, what and how, of building a failure tolerant organization from the ground up. We identify the key roles of leaders, of innovators, and champions, and the ways to overcome individual and collective fears of failure to boldly pursue new opportunities within established organizations.

By Dean, External Affairs and Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, James Hayton

Host and facilitator: Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Tina Kiefer

Professors Tim Wray, James Hayton and Tina Kiefer teach on the Warwick Executive Diplomas.

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Debra Ruh is a Global Disability Inclusion Strategist, Market Influencer, internationally recognized keynote speaker, published author, branding expert, successful entrepreneur, and an exceptional mother.

Debra is host of a popular program: Human Potential at Work (Audience in 92 countries and 113 Regions).

She is also an author of three books, Inclusion Branding (available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Voice via Audible), Tapping into Hidden Human Capital and Finding Your Voice Using Social

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Communicating effectively with peers, colleagues and clients is more challenging than ever as we work remotely and have less face to face interactions.

This webinar will enable you to:

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About Mairi:

With over 15 years of experience as a personal impact and communications consultant Mairi has designed and delivered bespoke people development and talent initiatives globally across the sectors and across commercial brands, international law firms, banking and financial institutions and the UK central government. She specialises in Embracing Change, Presentation Skills, Managing Crucial Conversations and Influencing Skills – enabling learners to credentialise themselves and confidently position themselves as a trusted advisor.

As a trained professional actor and BBC TV presenter Mairi combines her theatrical training with results driven social psychology systems.

She has been a judge for the BBC Apprentice Final and for the prestigious WeAreTheCity Rising Stars Awards. She is the mother of two young boys and occasionally dabbles in stand-up comedy.

You’d be forgiven if you’ve got a little too comfortable with the lounge wear over the last several months.

But if we’re really honest, a lot of us were feeling a bit meh about our wardrobes before then. Wearing only 20% of our clothes more than 80% of the time – the same old same old outfits. Every woman should know what clothes actually suit her, should know how to put together outfits with ease, and should feel beautiful every time she looks in the mirror.

In this masterclass with Personal Impact coach, Jodi Goldman, you will learn:

1. The secret (backed by science) as to what makes us look our most BEAUTIFUL.

2. Hacks to getting out of the clothing groundhog day and feeling more confident.

3. The 321 formula to put together outfits in the easiest way possible!

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About Jodi:

Susan Scott-Parker O.B.E. is an internationally recognised creative thought leader on how to mobilize business leadership worldwide behind the economic and social inclusion of people with disabilities.

She works where the aspirations of persons with disabilities and the needs of business coincide.

She founded the world’s first business disability network, now Business Disability Forum (U.K.) and its Technology Taskforce. Under her leadership B.D.F. launched the first benchmarking tool to measure a corporation’s disability related performance across the business – and the world’s first leadership development programme for persons with disabilities. In 2016 she established business disability international with Barclays, G.S.K. and Infosys, and leads its Global Procurement Taskforce.

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Are you looking for smart ways to stay ahead of disruption? Execution that knocks the ball out of court?

The solution isn’t to hire smarter leaders or engage expensive consultants. It’s to reinvent how you plan for the future. Leading-edge companies have pioneered a whole new way of doing strategy, one tailor-made to today’s faster, more volatile business environment. Rather than limiting strategic deliberations to small executive teams, these organisations involve a wider group of people – front line employees, experts, suppliers, customers, entrepreneurs, and even competitors. They ‘open up’ strategy just like firms have opened up other areas of the enterprise, like innovation and marketing. The results have been spectacular.

In this talk Professor Christian Stadler will cover his forthcoming book Open Strategy. Mastering Disruption From Outside The C-suite. “Leaders told me and my coauthors that although only 30 percent of their strategic initiatives are open, those initiatives generate 50 percent of the revenue and profits. Strategic ideas developed via open discussions are fresher, more diverse, more accessible to front-line workers, and more easily executed. In this talk I will reveals the secrets of this path-breaking approach to strategy-making, giving you a glimpse at a range of tools deployed by global players like Barclays and Ericsson, hidden champions like Saxonia Systems and BPW, and government agencies like NATO and the US Navy.”

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Jenny Lay-Flurrie is chief accessibility officer at Microsoft, leading the company’s efforts to drive great products, services and websites that empower people and organizations to achieve more.

Her team is at the forefront of creating positive experiences that apply technology to make a difference in the world and the lives of individuals, from how we hire and support people with disabilities in employment to innovative technology that aims to revolutionize what’s possible for people with disabilities.

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Hear how can we ALL include, inspire and support Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women into public life.

This event will be hosted by Councillor Nanda Manley-Browne who leads the 50:50 Diversity Team.

Nanda together with our Diversity Coordinator Clarise Pattison runs 50:50’s monthly “BAME Connect & Reflect Sessions” offering bespoke support for women from diverse backgrounds who want to progress in politics and public life.

The panel will include inspirational women from diverse groups and some who have won seats. They will tell us about how they overcame barriers and hurdles, such as discrimination, misogyny and racism to shatter glass ceilings.

This is your chance to ask panellists about how to to make an impact and hear from each party about the training and mentoring available. Hear directly from panellists about their journey, what keeps them going and succeeding.

Learn what 50:50 offers with our fantastic #SignUpToStand programme, including our special bespoke support for women from diverse backgrounds.

This is YOUR event. We are waiting for your questions!

Panellists TBC

About us:

50:50 Parliament’s mission is is to build a better democracy, one in which women have equal seats and equal say. We encourage women in all their diversity and from across the political spectrum to stand for elected office at local and national level.

At Westminster, in the corridors of power, men still outnumber women by 2:1. Join us today to help our campaign for change.

This is event is funded by Comic Relief as part of the Equal Power coalition. Our Equal Power partners are the Fawcett Society, Parliament Project, Glitch UK, Muslim Women’s Network UK, Citizens UK and Centenary Action Group.

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Aren’t you tired of feeling that your presentations are missing that little something? That people seeemed bored or uninterested on what you have to say?

Don’t worry! That has a solution, it’s called TED Talk!

TED Talks have revolutionized the presentation style around the world and now it’s coming to you.

I’ll give you all the keys and characteristics that make this talks so special and successful, this is going to elevate your next business presentation to another level.

Are you ready?

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About Jessica

Hi! I’m Jess, a colourful, curious, dynamic individual and also the founder of Public Persona.

My mission is to help and inspire non-native English speakers to gain the precision, confidence and structure needed in order to feel more at ease when tackling job interviews, public speaking or presentations. Being professional doesn´t have to mean being boring!

Previously , I worked for 10 years in Supply Chain and Logistics, for industries such as FCMG, Pharmaceutical, Fashion and Renewable Energies until one day I realized it was time to stop and do something else with my life.

It took a lot of thought before I decided to start my Communications coaching where I wanted to poured all my skills: Business teacher , I delivered courses for companies such as Deloitte, Veolia, Pearson and Axa, where I trained C-Suite Executives and groups in order to improve their communication and negotiation skills in English. Actress, writer and filmmaker, not forgetting my languages: Italian, Spanish, Galician and English, of course!

In the complex world in which we all now operate, the promise of ‘Agile’ and the myriad new ways of working… aren’t quite working. 

New ways of working need new ways of thinking. Iterative decision making, plans with optionality, critical thinking and deliberate disruption are not only key enablers, but essential to survive in this VUCA world.

Learn about all this and more with the tools and techniques of Red Team Thinking®.

Red Team Thinking is the world’s leading provider of decision support red teaming for business. Their military-trained red team leaders and experienced business strategists help companies of all sizes make better decisions, create a culture of innovation, and better understand the future.

By showing you how to think differently about your business, they can help you become a disruptor in your industry – rather than one of the disrupted.

Join us in this live session for:

• An overview of the problems facing organisations attempting change in a VUCA world (Agile, Leadership, Culture)
• A brief history of Red Teaming
• An overview of the science and psychology behind this revolutionary method
• An introduction to the tools and techniques of Red Team Thinking
• How to enable critical and contrarian thinking without fear of reprisal

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The PA Show is the largest gathering of Executive Support Professionals in the UK, bringing together 1,000s+ of the community under one roof on the NEW dates 22-23 June 2021, at ExCeL, London.

Whether you’re a PA, Executive Assistant, Office Manager, Virtual Assistant or involved in office support in any way, The PA Show offers you the chance to enhance your skills and knowledge, grow your network of contacts, and source premium global suppliers to support you in your role.

The PA Show offers unique access to a wealth of CPD accredited training designed to help support function professionals excel at every stage of their career.

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