Reposition your skills workshop

Registration cost: £195 + VAT I Early bird and group booking discounts

This workshop will look at how women should reposition how they communicate their skills and accomplishments internally and externally. In general, women do not like to self-promote yet undervaluing your skills or being too reticent can lead to you being perceived as less strategic and be damaging to your career progression. During the course, we show how you can reposition how you talk about yourself and your work in meetings, pitches and other scenarios that both presents you in your best light but also that is comfortable and authentic.

As well as advice from our expert course leaders, the course will feature a practical exercise, which will showcase how to effectively communicate your key skills. The exercise will encourage and guide participants to talk about what they do and their key accomplishments in a natural and effective manner. All participants will be able to participate in the exercise.

In addition to the interactive component, we would like to showcase a couple of examples of how to reposition and communicate your skills using two volunteers. Please let us know if you would like volunteer when registering or by emailing [email protected].

Capacity of this course is limited to 20 people.

The training will cover the following topics:

• Why it is important for women to change how they talk about their skills

• Recognising barriers to better representing yourself such as imposter syndrome

• Practical tools to build confidence and take a more strategic approach to how you talk about your professional self

• Interactive exercise with case studies

• How to develop an effective personal narrative

• Q&A

Volunteering

The course will include an optional practical exercise during which the course leaders will provide personalised advice for the participants. We require 3 volunteers for this excercise. Please tick the volunteering option when registering if you are interested to take part as a volunteer.

Testemonials

"Just a huge thank you for that session. I could feel a collective sigh of relief that we all recognised a lot of what we needed to change and that it’s given us the confidence to go out portray ourselves differently." Rebecca Gardiner, British Land

"I very much thought the training was both extremely thought provoking, and also very useful in terms of my current situation. It’s always daunting to ‘put yourself out there’, as such, but the coaches and also the participants made me feel very at ease and really provided sound advice for me to use." Helen Finlay, CAIRN plc

Who is running the course?

Mark Dailey, Managing Director, Dailey and Associates

Diversity Talks Real Estate partners with Mark Dailey to deliver this course.

Mark Dailey, the Managing Director of Dailey and Associates, is an award-winning international television journalist who has used that base in communications and storytelling to build a career offering leaders strategic advice and coaching on how to create clarity, impact and inspiration across a range of business issues and audiences.

His unique combination of consulting, communication and coaching skills delivered for 30 years at the C-suite level helps leaders navigate change, articulate purpose and engender trust.

Mark began his career in television and has been a news presenter, reporter, producer and programme host. He worked in Hong Kong as a senior communications strategist and speechwriter during the handover of Hong Kong to China and has been a global head of corporate communications for four banks based in the City. He moved into consultancy as a Director with The Madano Partnership in 2010 and began coaching in 2012.

Andrea Carpenter, Co-founder and Director, Diversity Talks Real Estate

Andrea Carpenter is Co-Founder and Director of Diversity Talks Real Estate, and a writer and communications consultant in the property industry.

As a Director of Diversity Talks Real Estate, Andrea helps raise the visibility of under-represented groups in the industry through the stage and media. This includes training and other initiatives through DTRE’s Women Talk Real Estate community.

On the writing side, her book about the history of the modern European property industry, High Rise and Fall, was published by Routledge in September 2018.

Andrea began her career as a journalist at Property Week before moving on to be editor of EuroProperty for seven years. Following this she worked for various industry bodies including the Urban Land Institute, INREV in Amsterdam, and its sister organisation ANREV in Hong Kong. On returning to the UK, she worked as Head of Marketing and Communications EMEA at CBRE Global Investors.

Diversity Talks Real Estate

Diversity Talks Real Estate aims to further diversity and inclusion in the European built environment industry by raising the visibility of under-represented groups. We have a particular focus on women and ethnic minority professionals of all genders but we also welcome individuals from other under-represented groups that wish to harness our platform.

Visibility brings opportunities, challenges stereotypes and provides role models. It also helps us to work towards a more diverse and inclusive industry that would best serve the cities and communities in which we work.

Women Talk Real Estate is part of DTRE and is focused on delivering special programmes for women in real estate.

www.diversitytalksrealestate.org

FAQs

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Please contact us on [email protected]

Is the event interactive?

Yes, there is a practical interactive exercise and there will be the opportunity to ask questions throughout the workshop.

Is participation in the practical exercises compulsory?

No but we would encourage all participants to participate.

Do I need to prepare anything in advance?

No, preparation is not required ahead of the workshop.

Can I get a group discount?

A 10% registration discount is available for bookings of 3 or more people. Click on the 'register' button to access the 'group booking' option.

What's the refund policy?

Delegated can apply for a full refund up to 7 days prior to the event.

Refunds will not be issued for cancellation requests received less than 7 days prior to the event.

You can transfer your place free of charge to a colleague/peer at any point whilst the registration is open.

All cancellations/transfers must be done through Eventbrite and might be subject to Eventbrite cancellation fee.

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