Think Women supported the 2020 theme for International Women’s Day – Each for Equal.


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Ann Ellis, founder of Mauve, sharing her inspiring journey.


You can do anything you want. Surround yourself with cheerleaders, dig deep and hold onto those dreams.”


Teresa Boughey She explained that diversity and inclusion is not the job of


someone else – it is the responsibility of all of us. Her model of inclusive leadership is based on the TRIBE mentality:


• Take stock and look at where your company is now • Raise awareness • Inspire and involve – be an accessible role model • Build for the future – create an organisation where everyone can thrive


• Embed those values – make inclusion part of the DNA of your organisation.


“We can give inspiration and we can receive it,” she said. “We


are all unique and we all have the ability to inspire.” Ms Boughey led an interactive workshop exploring how inspiration works in everyday life. She came up with a five-point plan of how small behaviours can inspire people to do great things:


• Inspire people by truly listening to them • Inspire by being open about your own vulnerabilities • Inspire someone to raise the bar and stretch out of their comfort zone


• Inspire people by setting a good example • Inspire others by your influence.


FLYING HIGH Carrie Clark’s aim is to help transform the aviation industry and make it more diverse and accessible to young people, whatever their background or gender. Globally, there is a shortage of pilots and only 3 per cent are female; Ms Clark plans to be part of changing this. At 17, she obtained a Private Pilot Licence and spent the next 11 years studying and working to become an airline pilot. Now


70 per cent of her way through Flight School, she is still funding her own studies to qualify through a range of activities, events and loans. At a cost of £85,000-£130,000, students need to be self-funding and this can seem prohibitive to many. “I started my training at 17 and there was no career development loan available and no government help,” she explained. “I just couldn’t see a way to achieve my dream.” Yet with help and support, she was able to complete her training and will qualify this year as a commercial pilot.


A MINDSET SHIFT THAT CHANGES THE WORLD The keynote speaker for Think Women was international, multi-award-winning thought leader, activist for humanising management, academic, management consultant and author Professor Vlatka Hlupic. A professor of leadership and organisational transformation at Hult Ashridge Executive Education, she is also CEO of The Management Shift Consulting and author of The Management Shift (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) andHumane Capital (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018), a 2018 HR Magazine top 5 business book. “We need a revolution in management,” Professor Hlupic


said. “Global figures show that only 30 per cent of employees are fully engaged at work. Only 20 per cent feel that leaders can be trusted to act right when faced with difficult challenges.” With the advent of the fourth industrial revolution, society


has changed, she said. Workers in the knowledge economy ignore corporate hierarchy and expect to be treated as associates and not subordinates. “The majority of organisations are still using leadership approaches from the first industrial revolution,” she explained. “Back then, management was about dominance, standardisation and command and control. It worked well for its time, when efficiency and productivity were key. However, it is very detrimental for work in the fourth industrial revolution.” Professor Hlupic will speak about Creating positive ripples: the


few affect the whole and how organisations can survive the huge technological changes that are taking place by adopting a new approach to management and valuing the contributions of each of their employees at the Festival of Global People on 12 May. The message of International Women’s Day, and our keynote


speaker, is that we can all make a difference. “We need a new leadership style,” Professor Hlupic said. “One based on trust, transparency, collaboration and purpose. Individuals and organisations need to go through this big shift. Business as usual is not good enough anymore.”


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