Dare to Lead™ – Learning to be brave with your life- Part 1

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Dare to Lead™ – Learning to be brave with your life

Part 1 on 21 April 2020

&

Part 2 on 6 October 2020

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

Due to lockdown the 21 April was a virtual taster session (using Zoom) 6.30- 8.00pm and the follow up  will  take place on 6 October online also. This session was recorded.

The event details for 21 April were:

Daring leaders are self-aware, know how to have hard conversations, hold themselves and others accountable, lead with empathy and connection, reset quickly after disappointments and setbacks, and give and receive feedback – especially when it’s tough.

Based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown, Dare to Lead™ is an empirically based courage-building program…what Brené refers to as a “skill-based playbook for leaders.” The most significant finding from her latest research is that courage is not an inherent quality (you either have it or you don’t) but rather it is a collection of four skill sets that are teachable, measurable, and observable. These skill sets are:

  • Rumbling with Vulnerability:Facing risk, uncertainty, and emotional exposure with courage and clarity.
  • Living into our Values:Identifying, operationalising, and practicing the beliefs that we hold most important.
  • BRAVING Trust:Creating or deepening connections in relationships and teams based on the seven elements of trust.
  • Learning to Rise:Learning and growing from the failures, setbacks, and disappointments that are inevitable when we are brave with our lives.

Whether you are leader at work, a leader at home or recognise the importance of leading yourself, this session is for you.

On 21 April, we explored the four courage-building skillsets and shared some activities and ideas. The session was brilliant and the follow up session- Part 2 is again online and is on 6 October.  Looking forward to seeing you then if not before!

From the event:

Smiles Apr 2020
  • You scored this event as:

out of 5!

Melissa Hague

Melissa Hague has been a Learning & Development professional for over twenty years, focussing on all aspects of leadership development. Alongside developing others, she is obsessed with her own personal development, believing that to do ‘the work with others’ you must first ‘do the work yourself’. This brought her to the work of Dr Brené Brown, and she has been on quite the journey ever since. In 2019 Melissa was blessed with the opportunity to train with Brené herself and become a Certified Dare to Lead Facilitator. Her strong desire now is to share this important work with others on their own personal development journeys

**Please note that because of the ongoing situation with Covid19, Melissa kindly agreed to run a virtual taster session for us on the originally planned date and then ta follow up session again on line as we cannot meet face to face still on 6 October event**

Date:                           Tuesday 21 April, 6.30pm until 8pm (VIRTUAL SESSION)

AND Tuesday 6 October 6pm for 6.30pm start until 8pm (VIRTUAL SESSION)

Venue:                         Tues 21st April & Tues 6 October : Your Computer!      

Event Cost:                  £16 (for the 2 sessions) 

 

Please note that the booking fee covers the cost of organising the event which includes light refreshments and a finger buffet, plus small donation to a charity that supports women.

By submitting your details at ticket purchase, you consent to receiving email marketing messages from Aspiring Women. If you wish to unsubscribe, please follow the unsubscribe option at the bottom of the emails, or tell us at the event.
Payment on the door:  Many times we need to ensure that we have numbers of attendees and names before the event begins (for catering / training / location security).  In exceptional circumstances we may accept payment on the door, but this is by prior arrangement and agreement only!
Cancellation/refunds: we completely understand how sometimes things come up at the last minute!  Although we will do our best to accommodate your inability to attend after booking/payment, we ask that you please let us know as soon as possible either by email or phone (we always provide a phone number in the joining instructions sent on the day).  However, please bear in mind that refunds can only be made if you cancel before the day of the event:
  • Before the day: refund or payment put towards future event
  • On the day: payment put towards future event
  • No show without notice: no refunds or future event reservation – you lose your money – sorry!

 

Marie, Kelly and Ginette

The Aspiring Women Dorset Team

Living Your Best Life In 2020

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Living Your Best Life in 2020

21 January 2020

Starting any New Year off with positive intentions and leaving the bits of the old year behind that will not serve us well in the future is a common ritual. New Year resolutions can be hollow and short lived. Living your Best Life is different. It is designed to have longer lasting and further reaching outcomes!

 

Creating a fulfilling life for yourself could mean finding a new job (paid or voluntary) that fits your talents, getting a better work/life balance or it may be redesigning your leisure time. Whatever it meant it was a perfect backdrop for joining us on this ‘Living Your Best Life in 2020’ session.

 

During this facilitated session we created our own personal intentions for 2020 that aligned with what resonated with us as individuals.  We laid down the foundations for creating a fulfilling life for ourselves in 2020 and beyond.

From the event:

– That was amazing, thank you!

– Found the visualisation useful to identify values that I didn’t previously prioritise

– A great subject and my first Aspiring Women’s group which has done the job

– Interesting models and different perspectives

– A really great topic, made me think about my intentions and what I really want for the year ahead

  • You scored this event as:

out of 5!

Marie Smith

Marie Smith founded her own business, SUCCESSMITH, working with individuals and teams offering leadership coaching and development.  This was an outcome of some intensive coaching and redefining what mattered most to Marie. What followed was a big step outside her comfort zone, resulting in Marie leaving a paid job to follow her passion and create a fulfilling life for herself through SUCCESSMITH.

Marie juggles her business work with not for profit work, with a particular interest in women’s development (she is the original co-founder of Aspiring Women Groups in London and Dorset) and an interest in developing our leaders of the future, through voluntary work with young people

Date:           Tues 21 Jan 2020 6 for 6.30-8.30pm

Venue:           Woodpecker Café, Queen’s Park Pavilion, Queen’s Park West Drive, Bournemouth BH8 9BY

Event Cost:     £16 (includes drinks and light refreshments)

You will also have the opportunity to mingle, meet and network with successful women from a wide range of industries.

Come and join us – we’d love to meet you. The main event starts at 6.30pm, with drinks and a light buffet around 6pm and ending at around 8.30pm.

We look forward to seeing you. If for any reason you cannot make it please sign up to our database so you can be kept informed of our upcoming quarterly events.

Best wishes Marie, Kelly and Ginette

The Aspiring Women Dorset Team

Please note that the booking fee covers the cost of organising the event which includes light refreshments and a finger buffet, plus small donation to a charity that supports women.

By submitting your details at ticket purchase, you consent to receiving email marketing messages from Aspiring Women. If you wish to unsubscribe, please follow the unsubscribe option at the bottom of the emails, or tell us at the event.
Payment on the door:  Many times we need to ensure that we have numbers of attendees and names before the event begins (for catering / training / location security).  In exceptional circumstances we may accept payment on the door, but this is by prior arrangement and agreement only!
 
Cancellation/refunds: we completely understand how sometimes things come up at the last minute!  Although we will do our best to accommodate your inability to attend after booking/payment, we ask that you please let us know as soon as possible either by email or phone (we always provide a phone number in the joining instructions sent on the day).  However, please bear in mind that refunds can only be made if you cancel before the day of the event:
  • Before the day: refund or payment put towards future event
  • On the day: payment put towards future event
  • No show without notice: no refunds or future event reservation – you lose your money – sorry!

 

Marie, Kelly and Ginette

The Aspiring Women Dorset Team

Knowing Your Worth

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Knowing Your Worth

Understand : Dare : Thrive

22 Oct 2019

​In this session, Diana explored why ‘knowing your worth’ resonates so loudly with women today. By addressing the real causes, the topic can be silenced, and you’ll be able to reap the rewards.

The session gave us:

  • insights into the psychological dynamics of insidious micro-behaviours which make issues such as asking for a pay rise, a better bonus or a promotion so deeply difficult for many women
  • the facts about the issue and we discovered why addressing it is crucial
  • learned how to articulate the truth about your value and potential, using straight-forward frameworks to make a fast start
  • practical, accessible and non-intimidating strategies to secure recognition, opportunities, support and rewards

 

This session drew on the 10 years of pioneering research by The Women’s Sat Nav to Success and shared stories and quotes from some of the 45 female leaders interviewed by Diana for her book: The Women’s Sat Nav to Success: how to have your best career.

 

 

Special Offer: Aspiring Women have negotiated a 10% discount for members who want to order Diana’s book, which is with the crowdfunding publisher Unbound

Make your advanced-order pledge at www.unbound.com/books/sat-nav

From the event:

“I found Diana inspiring”

“Great event”

“Thank you for a lovely first time”

“I am lucky enough to work in an environment where we feel heard and valued”

“Really interesting first event – some thought-provoking content”

“I found the talk very inspiring although a little focussed on the male obstruction in knowing your worth”

  • You scored this event as:

out of 5!

Diana Parkes

BSc, BSc, MBPsS.

Founding Director of The Women’s Sat Nav to Success Ltd.

Diana is a leading authority on women in the world of work, the challenges they face, the reasons for these challenges and the most potent and practical solutions.

Her reputation is built on 20 years delivering exceptional commercial performance in front-line and senior management positions in global organisations including Mars, Coca-Cola, Carlsberg and Glendinning Management Consultants and subsequently as a coach & mentor, psychologist, speaker, author and social entrepreneur.

Created from extensive original research, The Women’s Sat Nav to Success™ enables women to secure the roles, recognition, support and rewards they deserve – when they deserve it – and therefore delivers the performance benefits of gender-balanced talent representation for organisations.

The annual Women’s Sat Nav to Success Survey reports on what matters most to women’s career progression and where organisations need to focus their resources to make the most rapid positive change.

Date:                           Tuesday 22 Oct, 6.30-8.30pm

Venue:                         Woodpecker Cafe, Queen’s Park Pavilion, Queen’s Park West Drive, Bournemouth

Event Cost:                  £16 (includes drinks and light refreshments)

Please note that the booking fee covers the cost of organising the event which includes light refreshments and a finger buffet, plus small donation to a charity that supports women.

By submitting your details at ticket purchase, you consent to receiving email marketing messages from Aspiring Women. If you wish to unsubscribe, please follow the unsubscribe option at the bottom of the emails, or tell us at the event.
Payment on the door:  Many times we need to ensure that we have numbers of attendees and names before the event begins (for catering / training / location security).  In exceptional circumstances we may accept payment on the door, but this is by prior arrangement and agreement only!
Cancellation/refunds: we completely understand how sometimes things come up at the last minute!  Although we will do our best to accommodate your inability to attend after booking/payment, we ask that you please let us know as soon as possible either by email or phone (we always provide a phone number in the joining instructions sent on the day).  However, please bear in mind that refunds can only be made if you cancel before the day of the event:
  • Before the day: refund or payment put towards future event
  • On the day: payment put towards future event
  • No show without notice: no refunds or future event reservation – you lose your money – sorry!

 

Marie, Kelly and Ginette

The Aspiring Women Dorset Team

Mindfulness

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Mindfulness

16 July 2019

“Mindfulness is not only life changing but also saves lives”

At our July event, Michelle Locke took us on a tour of Mindfulness and shared some simple but amazing tools and techniques to explain how to recognise and change our thought patterns. She also showed us how we all see things in such a different way and how this affects how we feel about ourselves and other people. It was an evening of discovery for us!

Michelle says that Mindfulness can help people to understand their mind better and the connection between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and how these can impact and cause anxiety, depression, low moods and negativity. Mindfulness shows us how to understand and interrupt these patterns and to recognise what is real and what is thought.

From the event:

“Brilliant session. I’ve made progress in bringing mindfulness into my day and this has given me some more tips to use. Thank you :-)”

“Thought-provoking session thank you!”

“As a first time attendee I found this a truly insightful event and will definitely attend future events”

“I found it reaffirmed some things but also gave me new ideas and tools”

“Michelle is an excellent speaker/presenter. Her knowledge of mindfulness is extensive and good to be reminded to put it back into practice!”

“Great practical techniques”

“Great session. Thank you :-)”

“Thank you, some great tips”

“Thought the presenter Michelle was very interesting”

“Very engaging presenter, I liked the informal everyday mindfulness technique”

“I didn’t think I was good at mindfulness but listening to Michelle I realised all the things I do are mindful – my way of coping – how fab to realise and feel I am good at looking after myself”

“Absolutely fabulous and really clearly explained in everyday language”

“Very clearly explained and very engaging”

“Yet another thought-provoking evening with a fascinating group of individuals”

  • You scored this event as:

out of 5!

Michelle Locke

Michelle is a mindfulness teacher, personal development coach and hypnotherapist. She works with young children, teens and adults on a 1-1 basis. She also works with families and runs 8 week mindfulness courses. She helps people to understand their mind and the connection between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and how these can impact and cause anxiety, depression, low moods and negativity. She shares tools with people to help them to undersand and interrupt these patterns and to recognise what is real and what is thought.

Please note that the booking fee covers the cost of organising the event which includes light refreshments and a finger buffet, plus small donation to a charity that supports women.

By submitting your details at ticket purchase, you consent to receiving email marketing messages from Aspiring Women. If you wish to unsubscribe, please follow the unsubscribe option at the bottom of the emails, or tell us at the event.
Payment on the door:  Many times we need to ensure that we have numbers of attendees and names before the event begins (for catering / training / location security).  In exceptional circumstances we may accept payment on the door, but this is by prior arrangement and agreement only!
Cancellation/refunds: we completely understand how sometimes things come up at the last minute!  Although we will do our best to accommodate your inability to attend after booking/payment, we ask that you please let us know as soon as possible either by email or phone (we always provide a phone number in the joining instructions sent on the day).  However, please bear in mind that refunds can only be made if you cancel before the day of the event:
  • Before the day: refund or payment put towards future event
  • On the day: payment put towards future event
  • No show without notice: no refunds or future event reservation – you lose your money – sorry!

 

Marie, Kelly and Ginette

The Aspiring Women Dorset Team

Being Bold and Brave

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Being Bold and Brave

16 April 2019

What a great night! Marie helped us to find ways to 

  • Create a fulfilling life
  • Get some clarity on what we really want
  • Understand what is currently getting our way
  • Overcome the first barrier 

It was a fun, interactive evening delving into how we could be bolder and braver!  We found and practiced ways to tap into our inner strengths and then pulled on these resources to step out of our comfort zone and take the first initial brave and bold steps towards living our lives in a more fulfilling way.

From the event:

  • You scored this event as:

out of 5!

Marie Smith

Marie’s philosophy on life is “Live the Life You Want!” and she leads by example. Having left employment in 2012 to set up her own leadership coaching and executive development business SUCCESSMITH, she currently works on a one-to-one basis and with groups including private individuals, business owners and organisations.  Marie sees her role as supporting others to overcome obstacles that get in the way and stop them from achieving what they want in life, both at work and at home.  For more information, case studies and testimonials see the SUCCESSMITH website: https://successmith.co.uk/

Marie also co-founded and co-leads the Aspiring Women Groups in London and Dorset.

Date:                           Tuesday 16 April, 6 for 6.30-8.30pm

Venue:                         Woodpecker Cafe, Queens Park Pavilion, Bournemouth

Event Cost:                  £16 (includes drinks and light refreshments)

Parking:                       Plenty of free parking next to the venue (possible 2m overhead restriction to enter, depending on if they’ve got the barrier open or closed!)

Doors open at 6pm for drinks and food before we start at 6.30pm.

Please note that the booking fee covers the cost of organising the event which includes light refreshments and a finger buffet, plus small donation to a charity that supports women.

By submitting your details at ticket purchase, you consent to receiving email marketing messages from Aspiring Women. If you wish to unsubscribe, please follow the unsubscribe option at the bottom of the emails, or tell us at the event.
Payment on the door:  Many times we need to ensure that we have numbers of attendees and names before the event begins (for catering / training / location security).  In exceptional circumstances we may accept payment on the door, but this is by prior arrangement and agreement only!
Cancellation/refunds: we completely understand how sometimes things come up at the last minute!  Although we will do our best to accommodate your inability to attend after booking/payment, we ask that you please let us know as soon as possible either by email or phone (we always provide a phone number in the joining instructions sent on the day).  However, please bear in mind that refunds can only be made if you cancel before the day of the event:
  • Before the day: refund or payment put towards future event
  • On the day: payment put towards future event
  • No show without notice: no refunds or future event reservation – you lose your money – sorry!

 

Marie, Kelly and Ginette

The Aspiring Women Dorset Team