Seeking Mentors for the WIBF Mentoring Programme September 11, 2020 | City Talk At WIBF we understand the power of investing in your development but appreciate many of us have limited time resource. We want to make it easy for you. Within the coming months we will be launching our brand-new Mentoring & Development programme open to all our members and connecting them to some of the most [...]
Join WIBF as a Volunteer! September 11, 2020 We are currently seeking three amazing people to fill three interesting and rewarding positions with Women in Banking and Finance. We are a not for profit membership network that has championed women in financial services for over 40 years. Our vision is a financial services sector which offers women equal opportunities as employees, customers, and [...]
Spare a thought for line managers in the world of hybrid working conditions September 10, 2020 As I left my bustling neighbourhood in West London recently, to commute to my office in the empty streets of central London, it became clear that a widespread return to office-based work in the UK is tentative to say the least. Britain’s employees are returning to their workplaces at a snail’s pace (just 34 per [...]
Emotional intelligence can be just as important as intellect in the workplace September 9, 2020 Sometimes it is hard to step back and see yourself as others see you. Yet when you do, it can be a game changer. For me, that moment came during an internal review with a colleague. My perception of myself as a boss who is empathetic to the people around me was upturned with one [...]
DEBATE: Has enforced working from home during the coronavirus pandemic benefited women in the workplace? September 9, 2020 For the City A.M. debate, Sheree Atcheson and Angelica Reyes Froment consider how work from home rules have impacted women. Sheree Atcheson, director of diversity, equity and inclusion at Peakon, says NO The notion that the coronavirus pandemic has given women the flexibility they yearn for is completely false. Thanks to entrenched gender norms, women [...]
15 years that changed the world of journalism and audit September 7, 2020 The world was a very different place 15 Septembers ago. Tony Blair was settling into his final term as Prime Minister after winning Labour’s third consecutive election. England’s cricketers retained the Ashes after the most thrilling series in memory. Oasis topped the singles charts for the very last time. And in September 2005, the UK [...]
Red card to business cards? Not just yet September 4, 2020 | City Talk For many entrepreneurs and start-ups, it is one of the most exciting elements of launching a company: ordering business cards. The very act of commissioning and receiving shipments of 88x55mm cards showcasing your new enterprise is a visible and tangible sign that you’re ready for business. Could the increasing number of new companies springing up [...]
Business has a moral duty to tackle the scourge of human trafficking — starting with supply chains September 2, 2020 The impacts of this pandemic have been countless and varied — from health to the economy, education to technological development. But one tragic side effect of Covid-19 has sadly too often gone unspoken: an increase in instances of human trafficking and forced labour abuses taking place amid the disruptions to global supply chains. According to [...]
Employers must reassure staff that offices are not only safe, but the same buzzy environment they left six months ago August 28, 2020 Yesterday, Dame Carolyn Fairbairn, the boss of the CBI, issued a rallying cry to the Prime Minister to do something about Britain’s “ghost towns”. The message was simple — give people confidence to return to the workplace, or the once thriving businesses in the commercial centres of our cities will be doomed. She is absolutely [...]
Six steps to true racial equality in business August 26, 2020 When we look back at 2020, what will have changed in the business world? I don’t mean social distancing and remote working. I mean actual systemic change: accountability, consequences, promotions, and retention. The combination of coronavirus and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has raised questions about the tech industry’s problem with Black, Asian, and [...]