A unique, proactive and collaborative journey that cultivates leaders, enhances performance and builds more effective, balanced boards across all sectors of the UK. learn more ↦
A unique, proactive and collaborative journey that cultivates leaders, enhances performance and builds more effective, balanced boards across all sectors of the UK. learn more ↦
The Pearls is a programme of events and online support that is targeted at women working just below the senior corporate level who have been identified as having the potential to be future leaders.
The Pearls focuses on four areas:
The Pearls is the first step on the wider Journey and if you would like to find out more visit www.the-pearls.com or contact Erica Frazier.
Targeted at women already operating at the senior corporate level, The Two Percent Club looks to help senior women raise their profile, advocate the issue of women on boards and network with a view to finding opportunities cross sector including non-exec directorships.
Founded in Yorkshire in 2009 when it was realised through a BDO Stoy Hayward report that Yorkshire had 16 % fewer women on boards than any other English region. At present the Club only operates in Yorkshire but will be rolled out nationally in late 2011.
The Two Percent Club is the second stage of the wider Journey and for more information please contact Erica Frazier
The 150 Programme is our take on mentoring.
Instead of a 'normal' mentoring programme, The 150 Programme will bring together senior male or female business leaders with an aspiring woman from either The Two Percent Club or The Pearls.
The business leaders will become 'personal non-executive directors' to their women and will commit to only four one hour sessions a year with the goal of developing more 'board ready' women. Women will be paired with a figure from outside of their sector giving them a different critique of their skills and experiences.
The 150 Programme will be launched in early 2013 and if you would like to learn more please contact Erica Frazier
Rudding Park, Yorkshire.
GALA DINNER: EVENING OF 2ND OCTOBER
"INFLUENTIAL: Leading leaders, leading leaders"
MAIN FORUM: 3RD OCTOBER
Regardless of Gender...The Future
The Women’s Business Forum will lay the final foundation in our aspiration to deliver the UK’s first and only balanced business forum. Current and aspiring leaders of the future, male and female, will meet to discuss effective business management and performance. They will also hear from global leaders of business and representatives of some truly great visionary organisations.
It is targeted to an audience of 650, and guarantees a mix of 60% women and 40% men attending – from companies of all sectors of the UK, with many companies inviting employees from Europe to attend too. This forum is aimed at not just guiding, inspiring, benefiting and motivating organisations to think and act more effectively, but individuals too as they progress through management into executive roles. All attendees are guaranteed to be either current or aspiring leaders of business from middle management right through to executive and non-executive delegates.
Only by bringing these levels of leaders together, from all sectors of the UK, can we truly begin to ensure that the UK has a sustainable approach that allows the most effective, talented and skilled leaders of the future to lead, regardless of gender – ensuring that the UK can lead the world in being the first truly gender balanced corporate culture in the world.
Now in its third year, The Women’s Business Forum continues to attract the world’s most influential and inspirational speakers on the subject of business management and performance. This year’s line-up is no exception.
The agenda includes a variety of individual sessions and panel discussions, with speakers from globally recognised brands who will all discuss the theme “Regardless of Gender… The Future”.
Already announced as one of the speakers at this year’s event is one of the world’s top business thinkers (ranked #11 in the Thinkers50 2011), economist and author of ten high-profile books, Sylvia Ann Hewlett . Sylvia is the founding president of the Center for Talent Innovation, a New York-based think tank, working with global companies committed to fully realising talent across the divides of gender, generation, geography and culture.
More globally recognised speakers will be announced throughout the months leading up to the event via our website: www.thewomensbusinessforum.co.uk.
If you would like to learn more about The Women's Business Forum in terms of delegate or sponsorship packages please contact Erica Frazier on 0845 604 8183 or erica@thewomensbusinessforum.co.uk
Welcome to the home of An Inspirational Journey. 
An Inspirational Journey is a group of initiatives, fuelled by the Royal Bank of Scotland, that aim to increase the number of women working at the senior corporate level by breaking down real and perceived barriers and helping UK companies identify, develop and grow a large talent pool of women who have the potential to be leaders in the future.
This site is the gateway to the four vehicles of the Journey: The Two Percent Club, The Pearls, The 150 Programme and the Women's Business Forum.
Launched in May 2011, the Journey works across all sectors of the UK using a proactive and collaborative model to tackle the challenges highlighted in the Women on Boards report. By focusing on building confidence and self-belief, recognising capabilities and skills and developing contacts, the Journey aims to provide women with greater choice and control in their career.
The Journey is the brainchild of Women's Business Forum Founder, Heather Jackson and is her answer to one of the UK's most pressing business issues. It delivers what companies need and what women want to ensure they can fulfil their potential and help drive the businesses and economy of the UK.
If you would like to know more about the Journey click on one of the icons or alternatively contact Erica Frazier.