What is it?
Empower Her is a development programme designed for organisations to attract, develop, progress, and retain their female talent. The programme empowers female talents to thrive at work, progress in their career, and lead with confidence. This programme will demonstrate your commitment to investing and sponsoring your female talents. I know that this programme will deliver highly impactful results for your organisation as I have delivered this for many years within my corporate roles.
The delegates complete The GC Index® so that we can focus during the programme and one-to-one coaching on how they can use their key areas for impact where they are strongest.
Why is this important?
It is well-researched and proven that building a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive culture generates a diversity of thinking, innovation, and increased business impact. Organisations often struggle to progress female talent towards Senior and executive leadership roles. There are only 28% of females in C-suite roles currently. How are organisations committing to increasing this in the future? This programme will develop your female talents with proven skills, tools, and techniques which have been tried and tested to equip them with the ability to embed learning and play to their strengths and become impactful future leaders within your organisation.
How the solution works?
I will work with the organisation to decide on their selection criteria. A cohort of 12 females are selected. The organisation communicates why they have been chosen and the attendee and their line manager are communicated with to engage both to support the implementation of learning back in the role. The programme consists of nine monthly modules delivered in person at the organisation’s premises or arranged by the organisation. Between each module, each will gain a one-to-one bespoke coaching session to support their learning. During these sessions, The GC Index® assessment and report will be discussed and referenced during the programme. The focus is to support the female talents to focus on activities where they can deliver impact. The last session is a presentation to your board level or selected stakeholders from each of the female talents to demonstrate what they have gained from attending the programme, what they plan to do with the learning and what has been implemented. Together we will capture the ROI for your organisation to demonstrate the added value. Please contact me by email to discuss the programme and if it is right for your organisation Vicky@empoweredchange.co.uk
What are the benefits of the programme?
- Attract future talents as you communicate to potential future females about how your organisation invest in your women.
- You will notice your female talents develop in confidence, drive new initiatives and have a stronger sense of purpose and impact.
- More female talent will progress into next-level roles or expand their areas of responsibility.
- You will retain more female talents as they are being developed and will want to give back to the organisation.
- These females will inspire and become representation and role models for others.
- You have real-life examples to use in BIDs for business demonstrating your commitment to equality and diversity.
Please see below testimonials from others that I have developed either they have attended my programmes or had one-to-one coaching.
I look forward to having the opportunity to support your organisation to achieve your goals and see the impact of this investment. Email me at Vicky@empoweredchange.co.uk
Our Testimonials
I highly recommend Vicky for her outstanding dedication to empowering women in the workplace. As a driving force behind our Women in Business committee, she not only championed the HM Treasury Women in Finance charter but also provided invaluable support through tailored learning and development initiatives. Vicky’s people-centric approach ensures individuals reach their full potential and achieve their career aspirations. She is a true advocate for fostering growth and success.
Keeley Downing Head of Marketing and Brand, BNP Paribas Personal Finance, 15th January 2024.
Vicky is an excellent executive coach. She has the ability to assess and tailor coaching strategies to individual situations and dynamics. She easily identifies the strengths in people and helps build confidence in others. Vicky possesses excellent communication skills, empathy and genuine commitment to professional development. She is selfless in the time and support she invests in others.
Claire Moore, COO Lendable, 4th December 2023.
I worked with Vicky for 7 years and she was the heartbeat at BNP Paribas L&D. Her coaching skills are unique with an incredible ability to draw things out of people. As a trainer she has the ability to engage a group and at the same time everyone feels involved and special. Vicky’s passion for development is infectious and I cant recommend her highly enough as a coach and to develop individuals and groups.
Michael Phillips, Director, Premium Finance, BNP Paribas Personal Finance, 3rd December 2023.
Vicky’s passion and enthusiasm in wanting to break the mental health stigma is what led me to volunteer as co-chair of the committee. I got involved during covid, and we had no idea how much it was going to be needed. Vicky was passionate about making sure we had the right support in place and wanted to make sure we had Mental Health First Aiders trained and available to support colleagues across the business. With her training experience, she ensured that colleagues and managers across the business could enhance their knowledge of mental health and wellbeing and confidently help, listen, and support each other. There were many campaigns over the last few years such as a “Walk the World” challenge and “Winter Wellness” which saw over 300 colleagues engage and take part. Vicky was a huge driving force in the success of these campaigns. I can confidently say that it is with Vicky’s passion and determination to break the stigma and to get everyone at BNP Paribas talking more openly about Mental Health and Wellbeing that this is now part of our culture.
Shauna Gayle, Customer Service Manager, BNP Paribas Personal Finance, February 2024.
Vicky has supported me over the last 12 years in my career and also on a personal level. Her support of career development has resulted in multi-internal company promotions. I have benefited from several coaching sessions tackling my confidence and imposter syndrome especially when returning from maternity leave. She created a safe space to talk and be honest with no judgment and asked the questions that make you think. Most recently, going through a redundancy process, I spent time with Vicky completing and reviewing the GC Index. This was a useful tool in my job searching and interview preparation. It helped me focus on my skills and key drivers and ensured I kept my job search focused. It also helped me turn some of what I believed to be weaknesses into strengths and how these could be of value to another company. I have also seen the results with other friends and colleagues where her coaching has brought people into their own and thrive in what they decide to do. If you feel you need that extra something and support that will be valuable speak to Vicky – you won’t regret it 🙂
Elise Adcock, Sales Manager, BNP Pariabas Personal Finance, March 2024
I would recommend coaching Sessions with Vicky. These sessions allowed me to hold space and unpack where I am currently and what I need to do to develop and improve my practice. Vicky’s coaching style allows you to reflect on where you are and her guidance has helped me shape a plan for what I need to do to progress. I left each session with actions and things to practice before our next session as well as a longer-term plan for things to do in the coming year(s). Thanks for all your help, guidance, and support Vicky!
Clarisse Smith, EDI Manager, 5th February 2024,
Vicky has supported me in my career journey and provided 3 personal coaching sessions. These where all done remotely via teams, and they lasted around an hour each time. Vicky kept me focused during these sessions and really dug deep into understanding what I wanted to achieve and it wasn’t always what I thought after some good questioning and reflections on the session. Vicky has a really calming presence which makes it easy to share and she assured me everything would be confidential. I highly recommend Vicky if you are thinking of taking on any coaching support, she not only supported me tackle imposter syndrome with better thought practices but I’ve also left with some practical changes I can make which will benefit me for a long time to come. Thank you for everything Vicky.
Tanya Gamble, Operations Training Manager, 15th January 2024.