PWN Global Newsletter Q2 2020
Coming Together By Staying Apart
Dear PWN
friends,
'Coming together by staying apart' is the new
norm.
As we look to the future we all understand we are
living in unprecedented times with the arrival of Covid-19, so staying
connected is more important today than it has ever been. Our
political, financial and social institutions are under huge
strain.
Let’s be clear, first and foremost this is a
‘people crisis’.
Everything we stand for as a human race is being
challenged. It brings me back to the definition of
civilization.
Civilization (or civilisation) comes from the
Latin word ‘civis’, meaning someone who lives in a town. A
civilization is generally an advanced stage of organisation. That
means it has laws, culture, a regular way of getting food and
protecting the people. All of the above have come under threat, and
while we have seen high levels of anxiety in society, we have also
seen strong leadership and the best of humanity coming to the fore,
stripping us of all our 'nice to haves' and bringing us back to our
key priority - our people. Family, friends, colleagues, our
communities …PWN Global. Our people are our greatest
resource.
The current situation provides an opportunity for
our community to demonstrate agility in terms of how we adapt to
working individually and collectively during a period of uncertainty -
reinverting new ways in which we can support each other and furthering
our mission of working towards gender balanced leadership in business
and society. The power of our collective community is coming out
strong as we support each other during this time of uncertainty and
turbulence.
As an Association, one of our strengths is the
opportunity for our community of 30 city networks to connect for
events and workshops. Our global entity delivers upwards of 600 events
a year, and how we support you over the coming months is going to look
different. Thankfully, during the past three years, we have already
embraced the concept of virtual learning with our regular series' of
webinars.
This channel of delivery will be ramped up
considerably over the next period of time to support all our members,
and ensure that you continue to have access to high quality content
and events (albeit virtually, for the moment).
Did you know, all PWN
Premium Members already have access to over 60 hours of original,
exclusive webinar content on topics that are of exceptional relevance
during these unusual times? You can take a look at the back
catalogue of our live webinar recordings here, and the topics that we will be
covering in the forthcoming months, here.
As the way we go about our daily lives is being
reinvented, we encourage you to continue to renew your memberships
during this time to ensure we all keep connected. If you are
not already a member or have let your membership lapse, please do take
time to join us - keeping connected to a support
community is more important than ever.
Enjoy this edition and please remember to forward
it to your friends and colleagues who you think will enjoy it
too.
Please stay safe, stay well and stay
connected.
Best regards!
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Carina Furlong
Co-President,
PWN Global
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Sheila Gemin
Co-President
PWN Global
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*The Q2 intro was written by Carina Furlong.
Expert's
Corner
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Since Covid19
has disrupted the world, the reality of working from home presents a
new challenge for most leaders: how to ensure team success when
working virtually? While on the one hand working... |
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In January
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elegant, dignified, calm, beautiful, royal as... |
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Toby Scott, a
specialist in effective virtual communication, received six calls in
one day last week. All from people worried about keeping workplace
conversation going while their staff work... |
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On
international Women's Day 2020, Lisa Levey and her husband, Brian
(winner of PWN Global's Gender Balanced Leadership Award 2019, in the
category of Manbassador of the Year) recorded
an hour... |
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PWN Global
Mentoring
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There is a
story of an old Cherokee Indian who was telling his grandson about the
great battle that takes place every day within us. ‘This is the
battle of two wolves. One is the bad wolf: angry,... |
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Mentoree.
Wait, no, it’s Mentoree. No, still not right: Mentoree. No, that’s
definitely not a word. Why can’t I say this word? Nicole gently
corrects me – mentee. Oh, Mentee! I am a Mentee!
Wait,... |
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PWN Global
Entrepreneurship
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As a direct
result of the global pandemic that we are living though, PWN Global
has made the strategic decision to delay the start date of our Virtual
Entrepreneurship Programme, and it will now... |
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PWN City
Network News
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In recent
years, PWN Milan has launched a very successfull program: Own Your Career, a training
course dedicated to young female students from the 5 main universities
in Milan.
The first three... |
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Following the
recent partnership between PWN Romania and the Romanian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, our colleagues in Bucharest have embarked on a
high-level, diplomatic initiative to promote both... |
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Collaboration,
higher sense of community and responsibility seem to be the key words
that will inspire and drive action across the fields in 2020.
For PWN Zug & Zurich, 2020
started shooting at... |
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PWN Volunteer
Opportunities
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At this time
of lockdown and uncertainty, it's all too easy to spiral down into a
vortex of despair and fear! Managing your psychological well being
needs to be high on your priority list and we... |
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PWN Corporate
Partner News
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PWN Global was
delighted to join Professional Women’s Council for Rockwell
Automation earlier this month in Katowice Poland to celebrate IWD2020
#EachForEqual. Organisations at differing stages... |
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PWN Global is
delighted to announce that INSEAD has renewed its partnership with our
association for the fourth year running - showing that they are as
passionate as ever about advancing gender... |
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PWN Member
Offers
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It is still a
long road ahead when it comes to gender balance in leadership, but
more women are recognising the need for higher education to achieve
their true potential. Financing an MBA is... |
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Balanced
Leadership Research
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Not that we
wouldn’t all be worried by the looming collapse of our economy…
but why aren’t we equally worried about the economic growth lost due
to gender discrimination? About the potential that... |
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Studies
numerically present the importance of women in the business world one
after another. We clearly see from the figures that companies with
more women in their executive boards have more... |
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Book
Review
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We have a
plethora of books for you to check out this quarter...some old, some
new, and some classics!! Whether you want to take a look at Susan
Ritchie's 'Strategies for....' series, or read Lisa... |
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PWN Global
Gender Balanced Leadership Awards
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As promised,
we're ready to do it all again in 2020. This year, we will be hosting
the PWN Global Gender Balanced Leadership Awards on 12th November 2020
at Clontarf Castle in Dublin. To find out... |
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Resources -
from us to you!
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For the past
four weeks, I have been innundated with helpful lists, articles,
websites and such, that promise to help get us through the confinement
period - safe and sound!
Rather than write
an... |
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