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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

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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.

Following a summer of intense debate about public art and which historical figures deserve commemoration, London is welcoming a ground-breaking new sculpture by the iconic British artist Maggi Hambling CBE.

A Sculpture for Mary Wollstonecraft challenges the traditional statue form by elevating an idea, personifying the spirit, rather than depicting the individual. It will be welcomed to London’s Newington Green on Tuesday 10^th November after over a decade of local campaigning and fundraising.

Friends and supporters can join the celebrations online on Tuesday 10^th November following the livestreamed premier of the launch film at 7pm.

See @MaryWOnTheGreen on Facebook and @maryonthegreen on Twitter.

For the last 4 years, Daniele Fiandaca, co-founder of Utopia and Token Man, has been using International Men’s Day to open up a conversation around the impact of Masculinity in the Workplace.

In this talk he will explain why he believes it is important to recognise International Men’s Day and how you can use it as a platform for inspiring positive change in the workplace. He will also cover some of the key results from last year’s Masculinity in the Workplace research and will give a taster of what to expect in this year’s Masculinity in the Workplace event whose theme is Inclusive Leadership.

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About Daniele:

Daniele is co-founder of Utopia, a culture change business that creates more purposeful, inclusive and entrepreneurial cultures for clients. Utopia’s top-to-bottom, boardroom to factory floor approach has clinched household names including Coca-Cola European Partners, Google, Schneider Electric, Spotify and Universal Music.

He also co-founded Token Man in 2014, an initiative that gives men a better understanding of gender inequality in the workplace and inspire them to become change-makers. He was named one of Management Today’s Top 30 Male Agents of Change, and in 2019 was on the Advisory Board for Inclusion Matters. He continues to nurture a number of communities he co-founded, including Culture Social, a community for anyone who wants to build better work cultures, and has co-authored a number of books including Creative Superpowers: Equip Yourself for the Age of Creativity.

There is no doubt that 2020 has been a challenge and that confidence has been knocked across the board, but it doesn’t have to be this way.

This live, interactive session with Career and Confidence Coach, Natalie Trice, will look at what you can do to remain positive at this time and how you can keep your confine high.

As well as polishing up your CV, looking at your strengths and setting new goals, Natalie will also look at why we hide in the shadows and the benefits that stepping into the spotlight can have.

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About Natalie:

Natalie Trice, aka The Visibility Duchess, is an award winning coach, PR mentor and university lecturer.

Having worked in PR for the past 23 years, she has a wealth of experience and knowledge that she combines with creative thinking, curious questioning and a love of the media.

Being visible doesn’t come natural for everyone, but Natalie knows only too well how powerful it can be and makes this a reality for everyone she works with.

Her second book, PR School: Your Time to Shine, is a masterclass in self-promotion that comes with a side serving of her signature cheerleading that her clients adore.

Natalie lives by the sea in Devon with her husband, sons and two news hounds, Coco and Dotty.

While the workplace has changed beyond recognition in 2020 due to COVID, toxic environments and cultural bias are alive and kicking and we explore these topics in more detail at the next Women in PR (WPR) event.

A panel of revered industry professionals, chaired by Anna Geffert, WPR and Founder of Hera Communication Strategies, will come together to discuss some of the most emotive issues at play in both agency and in-house settings. Racism, sexism, ageism, cliques, favouritism, nepotism and social class bias are likely to make an appearance on the day, together with the perceived lack of allyship in the industry.

The event will also see the launch of a WPR survey, with Opinium, intended to get under the skin of toxic workplaces and behaviours.

The panel on 12 November includes:

Elizabeth Bananuka, Founder of BME PR Pros and Blueprinted

Ali Hanan – Founder and CEO of Creative Equals

Vivian Leinster, Arqiva, Chief People Officer

Hayley Lewis, Organisational behaviour expert and founder and director of Halo psychology

Adrian Walcott, Managing Director Brands with Values and Founder of BAME2020

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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

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International Men’s Day is celebrated each year on the 19th November. There are 6 pillars supporting the celebration of IMD:

1.To promote positive male role models

2.To celebrate men’s positive contribution to society

3.To focus on men’s health and wellbeing

4.To highlight discrimination against men

5.To improve gender relations and promote gender equality

6.To create a safer, better world

To celebrate IMD this year, enei are holding a webinar focussing on men’s health and will be joined by key specialists in this area. We will look at what are the key issues and how employers can help employees and employees help themselves.

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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.

The 19th November is International Men’s Day. For us here at 50:50, we’re big believers that gender equality won’t be possible without *everyone* being involved.

It’s not just a ‘women’s issue’ and that’s why we’re big supporters of male allies.

We’re thrilled to be joined by Brian Ballantyne. Brian’s not only a 50:50 Ambassador, he’s also Regional Manager, Training Programs at Amazon Luxembourg. Author of Confessions of a Working Father and one of the founders of Men for Inclusion.

This International Men’s Day we’ll be exploring male stereotype threat, the challenges of having to conform to society’s idea of what a man should be and the importance of male allies in the battle for better gender balance.

Join us live at 12:30pm as we chat to Brian about his experiences and why he’s an active advocate for gender equality.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many nascent trends in the world of work as well as offering glimpses of a very different post-pandemic working future.

To celebrate International Men’s Day, we ask the critical question of how we can use the lessons from the pandemic to permanently improve the workplace experience for all employees while promoting inclusivity and enhancing productivity.

Join a session with experts Dr Grace Lordan from the LSE (author of Think Big: Take Small Steps and Build the Career You Want, and Director of the Inclusion Initiative) and Dr Carl Frey from Oxford University (author of the Technology Trap: Capital, Labor and Power in the Age of Automation) alongside Andrew Pitt, Global Head of Research at Citi, and Laurie Rebholz, Head of Leadership & Performance Solutions at Citi.

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Diversity, equity and inclusion is a challenging space in which we must make significant inroads. In this series, we speak with individuals, advocates and organisations leading the way to a fairer future. 

‘Pathways to Visibility’, the first episode of the series, features representatives from Sesame Workshop, supermodel and activist Diandra Forrest, and Executive Director of the New York Dermatology Group, Stephan Bognar. Together they worked on the Colorfull campaign, conceived by the NYDG and sponsored by the United Nations, which highlights the prejudice that albinism attracts.

Learn from those who are experts, and already making inroads, in this space.

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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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Elliott gives an impactful talk about engaging men in the conversations about gender equality while giving a powerful account of his own journey through trauma, fatherhood and building communities.

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About Elliott

Elliott Rae is the founder of MusicFootballFatherhood.com (MFF) – the UK’s most exciting parenting & lifestyle platform for men, called the ‘Dad’s version of Mumsnet’ by the BBC. He is also the curator of forthcoming book, DAD.

MFF is the online community for dads who want to have more open conversations about fatherhood. Through blogs, podcasts and events, MFF aims to increase positive representation of diverse fatherhood while providing a space and community for dads to share the ups and downs of parenting.

Elliott is one of the leading voices for fathers in the workplace in the UK, regularly working with organisations to help them support working fathers through his ‘Engaging Dads’ workshops and talks.

The United Nations recently recognised Elliott’s diversity work and he is now the proud recipient of the #HeForShe ‘Change-maker of the Year’ UN Women UK award for his work on gender equality.

A trustee at the anti-bullying charity Kidscape and a contributor for The Independent, Elliott is vocal about the intersection of fatherhood, gender equality and race. His first Independent article went viral and was shared 17k times in two days. His latest article was shared on Twitter by none other than Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson!

Passionate about culture change, Elliott dedicates his life’s work to creating a better world and believes that we all have the power to influence change.