Dear Firstname
WOMEN OF INFLUENCE ... IN THE LADIES
Former chief nursing officer, the Right Reverend Dame Sarah Mullally was installed as Bishop of London on Saturday 12 May. In her sermon, she preached on the theme of "being subversive for Christ" - noting that 150 years ago that week, suffragettes placed a bomb underneath the same seat upon which she had been enthroned as Bishop of London.
Days later, I attended the Sons of the Clergy annual service at St Paul's Cathedral followed by Dinner at Merchant Taylors' Hall and was keen to meet Bishop Sarah as she'd "liked" one of my Tweets about her being subversive.
As you might imagine, everyone was trying to meet her and I didn't manage to say "hello" before we were called into the Hall for Dinner.
However, at the end of the evening, I was in the "ladies" and so was she. My moment! I introduced myself, shook her hand, congratulated her, wished her luck.
I've told several men this story. They stare blankly.
I tell women, a little light bulb goes on. Yes! Now we women can be in the room with someone influential. Not the Bishop's wife - but the Bishop herself. This is what men have been able to do for centuries.
Change is not only in the air, it's happening.
EVERY CLOUD ... HAS A SILVER LINING
On 30 May I started to get emails saying "Is this from you, Gwen, it looks like spam / I can't open it / is it important ..." Sadly, I'd received the same email myself the week before and despite precautions, this had infected my system. I put a message on Twitter and LinkedIn and set up an Autoresponder which simply exacerbated the problem as I ended up sending even more emails. The result is that the citywomen URL has been blocked by certain servers. I can receive but can't send with certainty that they'll arrive at their destination so I've had to set up another email account. Nightmare!
But, on the upside, people I've not spoken to for a while emailed me, telephoned me. "Let's meet, I'd love to do some work with you ... " And even complete strangers called which has resulted in some very interesting conversations.
Remember to keep in touch with people. It's good to talk!
Scroll down to:
- read about Trustee positions with The Stroke Association
- book to visit Voice & Vote:Women's Place in Parliament exhibition
- view latest blogs from our website
GWEN RHYS
Founder & CEO
|
|
The Stroke Association seeks new Trustees
As well as particularly welcoming applications from people who have personal or family experience of Stroke, the Association has identified the following skillset and experience domains as key needs for the Council:
- Fundraising
- Finance and Investment
- Audit and Risk
- Digital/ICT
- Primary & Community Care / Commissioning
- Chair of the National Stroke Survivor and Carer Assembly
Closing date for applications 22 June.
Read more
|
|
|
Voice & Vote: Women's Place in Parliament exhibition
This major exhibition will be staged between 27 June and 6 October 2018 in Westminster Hall. Using both interactive features and historic exhibits, Voice & Vote will highlight the campaign for votes for women and the representation of women in the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
This free exhibition is open Monday to Saturday (times vary) and capacity is limited so advance booking is essential.
Read more and book to visit
|
|
|
Interest in our new micro-website Project Diamond continues to grow . If you'd like to promote your services or services or provide valuable content for career-focused professionals, please get in touch. |
|
|
|
LATEST FROM WOMEN IN THE CITY
|
|
|
In brief:
-
Investment index will rank companies against 4 diversity measures
Dame Helena Morrissey, head of personal investing at Legal & General and its fund management arm have launched the first UK fund to invest in companies entirely based on how well they do in gender diversity. At a launch event held on 17 May, Morrissey said: Gender inequality has been a key issue of our […]
TO READ MORE, click heading.
-
UK FinTech sector set to top 100,000 employees by 2030
However, 82% of companies say they already face difficulties in recruiting non-EEA migrants Innovate Finance, the independent membership association that represents the UK’s global FinTech community, alongside WPI Economics, recently released a report on the potential effects on the UK FinTech sector of future changes to the country’s immigration policy. The report provides new insight […]
TO READ MORE, click heading.
-
Dorchester Collection Academy Leadership Sound-Bites Sessions
Let us help you transform your business by giving you the tools you need for inspirational leadership and the ultimate customer service experience. Dorchester Collection Academy is the first of its kind in the UK luxury hospitality market, offering bespoke learning programmes focused on leadership and customer service for other luxury businesses and aspirational […]
TO READ MORE, click heading.
-
Men as Change Agents
The latest Hampton-Alexander report issued in November 2017 highlights the continuing progress being made in achieving a gender balance in business leadership. The immediate goal remains to achieve 33% of women on Executive Committees and their Direct Reports by 2020. However, as the Women’s Business Council (WBC) recent report ‘The Pipeline Effect’ points out […]
TO READ MORE, click heading.
|
|
LATEST FROM PROJECT DIAMOND
|
|
|
Latest from Project Diamond:
-
The legal sector: Land of opportunity for women or dead end?
Deborah Gray, one of three founding Directors at Totum Partners considers why gender statistics in the legal sector may not be revealing the whole story of how women are impacting the profession. Women still have some way to go to be fairly and equally represented in the workplace. As the recent publication of gender pay […]
The post The legal sector: Land of opportunity for women or dead end? (http://citywomen.co.uk/project-diamond/the-legal-sector-land-of-opportunity-for-women-or-dead-end/) appeared first on Project Diamond (http://citywomen.co.uk/project-diamond) .
-
The gender pay gap and why it’s not about fixing women
And it’s not about the confidence gap, either The recent flurry of interest in the gender pay gap has rightly put a spotlight on the differential in earnings between men and women. Over ten thousand organisations recently returned their first gender pay gap reports and, whilst unsurprising for many, the statistics confirm a gap on […]
The post The gender pay gap and why it’s not about fixing women (http://citywomen.co.uk/project-diamond/the-gender-pay-gap-and-why-its-not-about-fixing-women/) appeared first on Project Diamond (http://citywomen.co.uk/project-diamond) .
-
Fulfillment at work is possible
fulfilled woman
Each of us gets fulfilment and satisfaction from our work in different ways. For some, they may want to be able to create brand new ideas or invent groundbreaking solutions. For others, they may not feel they have achieved much unless there is an empty inbox and all of their to do list has been […]
The post Fulfillment at work is possible (http://citywomen.co.uk/project-diamond/fulfillment/) appeared first on Project Diamond (http://citywomen.co.uk/project-diamond) .
|
Discover how your organisation can sponsor an award or activity
or partner with us to promote your commitment to greater diversity.
|
|
|
We've a range of promotional packages to help you reach our influential community of intelligent, career focused women.
|
|
|
|
|
