Digital DNA is something the current workforce wasn’t lucky enough to get. We weren’t the generations of iPads and Apps at the age of 2 years old and that means we might have to learn a few tips and tricks to really up our digital brand game. But do not fret because even with some minor tweaks, your digital brand can come alive quickly and painlessly. Anna Baird, Former Lead for Professional Services at LinkedIn, knows a thing or two about how to ignite your profile and create a personal touch that get’s you noticed. Anna’s session will explore everything from profile basics to writing long form posts, digital career-pathing research and figuring out your worth as you take on your career journey. Whether you are early in your career, or finding your next role or even considering ways to develop your skills, this session will help you leverage practical takeaways. Anna’s workshop style pushes you to think outside the box and if you wanted to see some feedback from her recent speaking events, just look on her profile, she is keen to walk the talk too.
If you have questions upfront, and want to send some thoughts to Anna ahead of the session, she welcomes your input. Please email us at Careersclub@wearethecity.com with any pre-event asks or thoughts.
In this session, Anna will give the tools to enhancing your online personal brand. She will deep dive into 5 topics:
1) Aesthetics of a profile
2) Engaging your network
3) Engaging your target audiences
4) Expertise branding
5) Joining your digital presence together
To reserve your place please email careersclub@wearethecity.com
Anna Baird is an accomplished digital brand leader drawing on her customer experience consulting and technology background. Former Leader for a portfolio of the largest global Professional Service clients at LinkedIn, Anna’s extended team globally served clients across LinkedIn’s commercial lines of business for talent, sales, marketing and learning. Active in a number of Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, Anna is an advocate for the UN’s HeForShe commitment and championing Executives who lead with diversity of thought.
Gaining traction and notoriety around her startup advisory work, Anna has been featured Alumna for PwC, has sat on panels like the recent YFood Genius Panel, as well as here recent appointment as City Director for WNorth London. Her list of speaking engagements crosses over from her Professional Service client work and into the Non-Profit sector including her recent keynote at the CodeFirstGirlsUK Conference in November 2017. Anna’s mission is to help shape the way people and companies go to market and successfully drive growth and opportunity. Dedicated Advisor to inploi, Anna guides the team on revenue generation and partnership development opportunities. Involved in startup advisory since arriving in London, Anna continues to apply her knowledge of brand strategy to next wave businesses evolving the way we live and work. She shares her experience in her recent posts Soup for the UK Soul: My Startup Speed-Dating Experience.
To reserve your place please email careersclub@wearethecity.com
Louise Chester is one of the world’s most sought-after advisor to organisations on how to leverage corporate-based mindfulness training to enable sustainable personal and organisational excellence . Louise first started practising mindfulness on a daily basis in 1994, when a Director at UBS Ltd. She found it helped her have the wisdom and balance in her life to sustain a pressured career in investment analysis and fund management, ultimately as Head of Research and then Global Head of Telecoms and Media for Dresdner RCM. In 2010 she founded Mindfulness at Work, which as introduced over 100k people to mindfulness in the UK alone. In 2015 MaW became the UK partner of Potential Project, the world’s leading provider of corporate-based mindfulness training for teams and leaders.
This workshop will introduce you to the practical skills that can help you develop and sustain a flourishing career, while retaining balance in your life.
You will hear what clients from McKinsey and Accenture to Google and Microsoft find to be the key determinant of business success in these fast-paced, ever-changing times. You will also learn a range of practical strategies and tools that you too can deploy straight away to optimise your professional and personal success. Ahead of the workshop, you will have the opportunity to complete an assessment ‘How Mindful are You?’ which Potential Project has developed in association with Accenture and Harvard Business Press. You will also hear the latest findings from Louise’s collaboration on ‘The Mind of the Leader’ which is published by Harvard Business Press in March 2018.
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Location: RBS, 250 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4AA
About the speaker
Louise Chester, founder of corporate advisors Mindfulness at Work, and UK Director of Potential Project.
Louise first started practising mindfulness on a daily basis in 1994 when she was a Director at UBS Ltd. She found it helped her have the wisdom and balance in her life to sustain a pressured career in investment analysis and fund management, ultimately as Head of Research and then Global Head of Telecoms and Media for Dresdner RCM. Louise left the City in 2001 to establish a consultancy practice offering financial and strategic advice to business leaders both in the workplace and at Witherdens Hall, her highly acclaimed, holistic Retreat in Kent.
In 2010, she founded Mindfulness at Work Ltd. This award-winning business advisory service, enables people to easily access highly-effective evidence-based mindfulness training, to help them to create value and thrive not just in the workplace, but in all areas of their life. In 2015, Louise also became the UK Partner for Potential Project International, so that senior teams and leaders in the UK could access the world’s leading organisational effectiveness programs based on mindfulness.
Louise delivers workshops, keynote speeches and hosts panel discussions for clients ranging from Ashurst LLP and EY to JP Morgan and the BBC. She works closely with various research organisations and recently co-designed, with Cranfield Praxis School of Management, a randomised, controlled global study which proved a measurable uplift in resilience for participants of Mindfulness at Work’s training.
Having introduced more than 100,000 people to mindfulness in over 200 organisations, Louise and her team are uniquely placed to deliver their award-winning programmes into a wide range of businesses and third sector organisations.
Louise has also contributed to two forthcoming books, ‘Potential Project, Mind of a Leader’ and ‘Conscious Capitalism – the Workbook’. Both to be published by Harvard Business Press early in 2018.
Ready, Set, Grow
It’s time to move forward!
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The power to boost your career/business lies within you. Are you ready to start pushing yourself in order to show your true potential?
If so, we would love you to join us.
About our speaker
Vanessa is a sought after global speaker and one of the UK’s most well-networked women (GQ Magazine). Vanessa has provided keynotes on a variety of career related topics for over 400 companies worldwide. Vanessa is also one of the UK’s most prominent figures in gender equality and often provides guidance and consultancy to both government and corporate organisations who are seeking to attract, develop and retain their female talent.
At the height of her successful 25 year career in the financial services, Vanessa launched the award winning WeAreTheCity.com in 2008 as a vehicle to help corporate women connect and grow professionally and personally. WeAreTheCity.com now has over 100,000 members and is one of the busiest working women’s websites in the UK. In 2013 WeAreTheCity launched its sister site in India. WeAreTheCity is also home to a Careers Club, WeAreTheCityJobs and the Rising Star Awards. WeAreTheCity also runs a number of events and conferences aimed at progressing women throughout the year.
Vanessa is the also the -founder of UK wide diversity forum Gender Networks. Gender Networks (formerly The Network of Networks) brings together women’s network leaders from over 120 firms to leverage best practice and collaborate.
Vanessa is the author of the book “Heels of Steel: Surviving and Thriving in the Corporate World” which tracks her career and shares 13 chapters of tips to succeed in the workplace.
Over the past seven years, she has been named Women in Banking & Finance’s Champion for Women, Financial News Top 100 Rising Star, The International Alliance for Women Top 100 Women globally & Brummells Top 30 London Entrepreneurs. In 2015 Vanessa was in GQ UK’s Top 100 Connected Women and the Evening Standard’s 1000 Most Influential Londoners. Vanessa is a regular guest on TV and radio and also sits on the Government Digital Services advisory board.
Vanessa is also the Pearly Queen of The City of London, a tradition that has been in her family for over 100 years. She is an avid charity worker and sits on the board for for Cancer Research UK as one of its Women of Influence.
Time & Date: 21 September 2017, 17:45 to 20:45
Location: NBC Universal, 1 Central St. Giles, St Giles High Street, London, WC2H 8NU
Can we afford to allow ourselves not to be who we really are at work? Should we ‘play the game’ and act like we think an actor would in the role we’ve been given? Should we conform to what’s expected? Or should we connect with our unique strength and genius and come alive with ideas, emotional engagement and enjoy the unique difference and strength of each other?
Start your journey to unleashing your true life potential at our workshop ‘Genius, Power, Dreams’, it aims to give you an opportunity to explore your natural and unique strength, explore the power and impact you can have, and take some time to consider your life’s dream.
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Genius, Power, Dreams is an approach created by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP that connects a wide range of deep research and thinking and makes it accessible to individuals, teams and organisations in a practical way that can have a profound impact on our ways of working, personal happiness and business performance.
Andy started his career straight from school working as an Engineering Design Apprentice. After completing an HND in Computing, Andy spent the next few years working in IT consultancy, project management and IT management. In 1998 he joined Price Waterhouse in London as a Cyber Security Consultant focused on Ethical Hacking. Andy was admitted into the PwC Partnership on the 1st of July 2006. Andy is now the Lead Partner for the International Aid Development Consulting practice at PwC in the United Kingdom. Working primarily with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), they use the Global network of PwC member firms and associated subject matter experts to improve the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable in the world and to promote sustainable economic development and prosperity.
As well as his market facing International Development role, Andy is also part of the People Consulting competency responsible for the development and delivery of Leadership, Culture, Talent and Inclusion programmes within PwC and with Clients, with a focus on helping individuals, teams and organisations to be the best that they can be, unlocking their full market and individual human potential. Andy has developed a number of ground breaking human development programmes including ‘Building Strength in Leaders’, this programme leverages both positive and cognitive psychology to help leadership teams build strength in preparation for and following traumatic business change. At the heart of the programme is a workshop that Andy developed a few years ago for the PwC Global Talent programme, this workshop ‘Genius. Power. Dreams’ aims to help individuals and teams understand and respect their unique strengths and talents, understand how to use them more often, and finally to consider their legacy of life. Andy is the sponsoring Partner for the firms inclusive business network, GLEE@PwC. This is an inclusive business network for gays, lesbians and everyone else, it’s open to everyone including clients and those in our extended networks and you don’t have to be gay or lesbian to join it, you just need to be passionate about valuing and exploring difference as something we all have in common.
He is a regular public speaker, usually focusing on the Strengths based development and Diversity and Inclusion. He has completed two TED Talks and has recently spoken on Gender Equality at the United Nations HQ in New York. Andy is a Trustee for the charities: Diversity Role Models, Action Breaks Silence and Opening Doors London. He is a judge for the National Diversity Awards, the Inclusive Business Awards, the We Are The City Rising Stars and the head judge for the Australian LGBTI Awards.
n diversity, inclusion and unconscious bias she challenges companies to think differently about how they recruit, retain and develop talent; and she supports diverse individuals to develop the confidence, skills, attitude and belief to step up to more senior roles.
Helen’s training style is engaging, valued by groups and individuals alike, both in face-to-face settings and via virtual delivery.
Time & Date: 19th June 2017, 18:00 to 21:00
Location: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1 Embankment Place, WC2N 6RH London
About HelenHelen is a facilitator, trainer, coach and speaker. For over a decade she has helped organisations improve performance through their people and has worked with a variety of clients across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors globally.
Helen’s early career was in marketing & sales with companies such as Coca-Cola & Schweppes Beverages and SmithKline Beecham. Helen draws on a sound knowledge of business, and takes a
commercial approach, to quickly create clarity and direction for clients. She brings energy and challenge to her learning interventions, with an emphasis on delivering results through behavioural change.
Helen firmly believes that the future for organisations is to develop a more inclusive leadership and create cultures where difference is valued and leveraged for competitive advantage. Through her work in diversity, inclusion and unconscious bias she challenges companies to think differently about how they recruit, retain and develop talent; and she supports diverse individuals to develop the confidence, skills, attitude and belief to step up to more senior roles.
Helen’s training style is engaging, valued by groups and individuals alike, both in face-to-face settings and via virtual delivery.
Time & Date: 18th April 2017, 18:00 to 21:00
Location: Reed Smith, Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose St, EC2A 2RS, London
Price: £25.00
6.00 Registration & Pre-networking
6.30 Welcome and Speed Networking with Vanessa Vallely, Managing Director, WeAreTheCity
6.40 Keynote session: Understanding Unconscious Bias, with Helen Krag, Head of Training, PDT
7.40 Q+A
7.50 Networking and canapes
9.00 Event close
Join Vanessa Vallely, Founder of WeAreTheCity & Careers Club for this interactive session where you will:
Please note as with all Careers Club events, the session will begin with a short speed networking session with other career club members and guests.
Vanessa Vallely is a recognised expert in person to-person business networking, online branding and a sought after motivational speaker. In 2014, she was named as number 1 of the top 100 Connected Women in the UK, by GQ magazine. Vanessa’s corporate experience stems from a 25-year career in banking and finance, holding senior positions such as Chief Operating Officer and Global Head of Governance and Business Management. In 2008, Vanessa started the networking site WeAreTheCity as a vehicle to help women connect and grow both personally and professionally.
Today, WATC has over 5 million hits per month and an average of 200,000 unique visitors. In 2012 Vanessa launched WeAreTheCityJobs. Vanessa co-founded the City-wide diversity forum, The Networks of Networks. Vanessa is also actively involved in the progression of Women in Technology and sits on the Women’s Council of Tech UK. Vanessa was the WIBF Awards for Achievement Champion for Women in 2012.