eve-olution newsletter October 2003
Contents
- Change of Address
- Survey 2003: Taking It Forward
- Autumn Action Plan
- Women and Money with Fiona Price
- Orange Studio Event (Birmingham)
- New Initiative - Legal Profession
- The IoD's Women's Leadership Summit
- National Register for Non-Exec Directors
Walking Our Talk - Move To Guildford
To celebrate our second birthday we took the unanimous decision to run our operations from Guildford. This move is a positive statement about our commitment to work/life balance and hence our effectiveness at work and, perhaps more importantly, time with our kids!
Our new office is at:
Unit 33, The Surrey Technology Centre
40 Occam Road
Surrey Research Park
Guildford
Surrey GU2 7YG
Tel +44 (0)1483 688360
Fax + 44 (0)1483 688364.
Our Central London details will remain the same.
Survey 2003: Taking It Forward
We are pleased to announce that we are taking this important piece of research forward in partnership with Business Link Hertfordshire, who are currently undertaking a £1 million project looking at glass ceiling issues together with Surrey University. Our November course will be used as a 'sample' in this research which will help define the business case for gender specific development.
The research is a two year action research project related to under representation, exclusion and the gender gap - the project will be researching issues related to recruitment and retention to management, leadership and executive positions, including issues surrounding the "glass ceiling", or where women's roles are estimated to be key, but have previously gone unrecognised and undervalued i.e. Rural, village and farm businesses, Minority Businesses, Family Businesses, Co-ownership (co-Preneurship).
The research aims to identify key barriers to women's engagement and progression. Thus, improving our understanding of the major factors and barriers preventing women entering the workforce and increasing representation of women in leadership and managerial positions.
As part of the project, being undertaken by Exemplas Ltd, the researchers are keen to hear from and speak to Women in Senior and Executive positions in order to test the findings and improve their understanding of the initial phases of the research. Researchers Professor Mark Hart from Surrey University and Toni Eastwood from Exemplas will attend our November Creative Female Leader Programme.
If you haven't yet seen our recent survey please click here for the results (MS Powerpoint presentation, file size 3.3MB).
Autumn Action Plan
We are currently working with a number of large corporations who are piloting our in-house leadership programmes for women in middle/senior management. Our programmes are tailored to the clients exact requirement and all of our trainers are experts in their own fields. Click here for info on our team. We deliver high-impact personal effectiveness training at its most powerful leading to a high degree of behavioural competency.
As part of our Autumn Action Programme we dedicating our Creative Female Leader events to professionals in HR, Learning and Development and Financial Services.
Women and Money with Fiona Price
What is it which makes this such an emotive subject for so many women? Why do we tend to put money matters to the bottom of the pile and hope they will simply evaporate? The financial world is a particularly inhospitable environment to many, especially women. But here's your chance to be enlightened! This seminar is about empowering you through your finances, explaining the jargon, clarifying your priorities and allowing you to ask all those 'silly' questions which no-one ever told you were the downright 'shrewd'. Find out what you need to know now and how to plan effectively for the future and take control of your money. This will probably be the best hour and half you have ever spent on your on finances! Don't miss it.
Fiona Price & Partners Ltd., is the UK's leading firm of Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs) to women. The firm has worked with women for the last 15 years and is frequently quoted in the press, on TV and radio. It was also voted best small IFA firm in the UK in 2003.
Orange Studio Event (Birmingham)
We are honoured to have been invited to run our Creative Female Leader Event at the Orange Studio in Birmingham on 3/4 November 2003. The Orange Studio has state of the art facilities and is an excellent venue - if you are interested in joining us in the Midlands please send an email to info@eve-olution.net. For details of the Orange Studio please visit their website at www.orangestudio.co.uk.
New Initiative - Legal Profession
The Law Society of Scotland and the EOC have joined forces to commission research on the position of women in the legal profession in Scotland.
eve-olution has already worked with several large legal firms and given that we also have some legal backgrounds in our staff, we consider we have a particularly good understanding of the specific challenges facing women in the legal profession.If you would like more details on our personal effectiveness and work/life balance training for women in the legal profession please email info@eve-olution.net.
The IoD's Women's Leadership Summit
Identifying and developing tomorrow's business leaders is fundamental to maintaining and enhancing corporate performance and company growth. A diverse workforce is also key to maintaining and increasing competitiveness and profitability.
Featuring top-level speakers including:
- The Rt Hon Virginia Bottomley MP & Chair of the Not-for-Profit Practice at Odgers Ray & Berndtson
- Susan Vinnicombe, Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Diversity Management, Cranfield School of Management
- Karren Brady, Chief Executive, Birmingham City Football Club
- Ian Rickwood, CEO, Benjys
- Noël Harwerth, Chief Operating Officer of Citibank International PLC
- Carolyn McCall, Managing Director, Guardian Newspapers Ltd
Continuing the IoD's programme of spectacular centenary events, the 2003 Women's Leadership Summit will this year take on a lively, varied and unusually interactive format.
Presentations from leading authorities on how to profit through gender diversity will be interspersed with spirited panel debates on such pertinent issues as the latest thinking in corporate governance, changing business climates and corporate social responsibility.
Structured interactive discussions will ensure that every voice is heard, simultaneously and anonymously. Feedback will be electronically captured and processed so that every delegate can take away a written working document of the day's most salient points.
The Summit will provide practical strategies for helping you to change your company's approach to gender diversification.
Key benefits of attending
- Top CEOs and business speakers will allow you to gain valuable insights into how to transform your business
- Unprecedented panel debates, Q&A sessions, keynote presentations and inspirational case studies will put your business issues into context
- Discover the impact of female directors on corporate performance
- Extensive networking opportunities will provide you with the opportunity to share ideas with your peers
- Learn more about increasing company profits through the diversity of your board
- Debate issues such as where the next generation of female boardroom leaders will come from
- Gain a better understanding of the impact of public policy making on women who are in leadership roles
Who should attend?
Male and female CEOs, business leaders and HR Directors are urged to participate in the summit in order to move the debate forward and raise the issues to the top of the boardroom agenda.
For further information please call the IoD on 020 7766 8938 quoting eve-olution.
National Register for Non-Executive Directors
A new member based register provides practising and aspiring NED's access to positions in the private, public and not for profit sectors. A programme is currently being developed with the business led group, London First, to encourage FTSE 250 companies to consider board appointments of women and minorities.
For more information please call Bernie Friend, Pace PR, 020 8892 3877 email: friend@pace-pr.co.uk.