Furthermore, how do you distil your key achievements so that an audience is totally engaged by an inspiring narrative that showcases rather than highlights your platform?

Above all, how do you motivate an audience of 900-plus to invest, emotionally and professionally, in your work?

This was our brief when invited to support Rotary Day at the United Nations in New York. We are very proud of our relationship with Rotary International and Dr Susan Laverick was delighted to once again support Rotary Day at the United Nations.

Throughout Rotary’s 75-year history with the United Nations, Rotarians have helped people displaced by war, famine and climate disaster. This year, Rotary recognised six humanitarians as Rotary’s People of Action for outstanding projects that are devising community-based solutions to the global refugee crisis.

The honorees and their projects included:

• Dr Bernd Fischer – the integration of refugee women into German society.
• Vanderlei Lima Santana – humanitarian aid to Venezuelan refugees.
• Hasina Rahman – nutrition services for starving Rohingya children in Bangladesh.
• Ace Robin – disaster relief and housing for people displaced by earthquakes in Lombok, Indonesia.
• Ilge Karancak-Splane – education and integration project in Turkey for Syrian refugee children.
• Lucienne Heyworth – delivering education curriculum in times of emergency, Middle East.

House of Beaufort has developed a strong relationship with the British Chamber of Commerce in Slovakia and is delighted to partner with them in the delivery of our successful Storytelling Workshop on 19 September 2019, aimed at women business leaders and entrepreneurs across the Republic.

Time and time again, from petroleum organisations in the Middle East to leading financial institutions in London, we have seen the transformative potential of this workshop to  encourage and empower  a group of professional women to think differently about how they approach particular career challenges, including what might be holding them back and what can drive them forward as leaders, or leaders in waiting.

Not only do the individual women themselves benefit, but L&D who frequently attend our sessions, also gain critical insights into the pressures and obstacles that women are facing in developing their careers to the next level. With the feedback we collate after each workshop, L&D can subsequently integrate coaching and training opportunities to address issues raised during the workshop and ultimately build stronger talent pipelines for their businesses. 

Testimonials from our most recent workshops include:

National oil company:

“Thank you for delivering such a hugely impactful seminar” (Female Board Member)

“Excellent seminar and workshop. A unique way to share stories and insights into career obstacles. Now I know that I am not alone in areas that I feel less confident – talking about my achievements – and have some strategies to move myself forward at appraisal time” (Female Engineer and Analyst)

International Asset-Management company:

“This is the best workshop I have ever attended at this organization. It made us think and reflect, in a safe environment, about which soft skills are key to developing our confidence and advance our careers. Thank you Lizzy and Susan” (Female Analyst)

“I am an introvert and yet not once felt intimidated in sharing my experiences with colleagues. Thank you for giving us such excellent strategies to develop more authoritative voices.” (Fund Manager)

“The discussion around developing personal presence was fascinating, insightful and so helpful. What is presence? Now we know and I can start thinking about the training that will develop this essential quality” (Recent joiner)