No More Hiding

How to celebrate IWD in the workplace - there is no excuse not to!

#Takeaways

• The impact of supporting women in the workplace
• Results from my interactive workshops and group programmes
• Why companies should be celebrating IWD 2023
• Ideas for the IWD celebrations

It has been great few months with incredible guests on the podcast and I wanted to say thanks so much to each and everyone of you for tuning in - we have had a great number of people downloading the podcast and to be honest with you I am over the moon because I want to reach as many people as possible!

If you are new to the show today then please do go back and listen to some of the awesome interviews over the last few weeks. And then come and connect with me - the links are below

IWD interactive workshops / sessions

if you are leader in your organisation or maybe part of a women's network then or maybe you just feel the need to get me in front of your people then remember we are taking bookings for IWD in March with a two week window to deliver some incredible workshops and training for organisations who want to celebrate their employees and embrace equity.

It is filling up and I am really excited to be spending some time in London delivering a talk on the 8th March but I do have spaces around that date.

So get in touch sooner rather than later if you fancy chatting about what kind of workshop would work for you -

> self promotion not being a dirty word to owning your expertise

> challenging gender bias to building inclusive cultures and allies to support women's career progression.

Let's get more diversity around those decision making tables and more importantly let's get more people involved in creating equity in the workplace for everyone.

How to celebrate IWD at work

And if your company hasn't got the budget or won't find it to support empowering women yet. Then there are many ways you can still celebrate IWD at work.

I wrote an article about this very thing with 12 ways companies can celebrate IWD check it out here:

https://www.gemmastow.com/insights/2021/2/24/how-can-my-company-celebrate-international-womens-day

#Resources for YOU and your team!

Click HERE to get the monthly 'Visibility Matters' Newsletter > that shares the latest around the gender pay gap, visibility, allyship, self promotion and good practice that is happening all over the place that support more women to step up and companies to recognise the value they bring.

5 Steps to being more visible at work - Your HOW to guide!

Take the Test > How good is your visibility and personal branding quiz?

Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility.

Get the White Paper > 'Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women's Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gemmastow

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Why we still need to talk about ambitious women having it all?

I am very excited to have an incredible woman on the show who I met last year. We got talking and well lets just say we didn't stop.

So many shared passions around career progression, gender and the intersectionality's that come with being a woman in work.

Roxann Dawson is a Business Assurance Director and influential senior leader who has a proven track record of developing and deploying business strategy and leadership for quality and business improvement within complex infrastructure organisations.

She has a wealth of experience in Rail, Construction, London Underground, Safety and Supply Chain industries. As well as thriving in a male dominated industries, she is passionate about inclusion and advocates the importance of 'levelling the playing field' for all parties.

Roxann believes investment through volunteering is a key building block to making a difference and building a strong network. Roxann is a board trustee and chair of governance risk committee for the Chartered Quality Institute and as a parent is also a diversity and inclusion governor at her local secondary school, keen to use the power of her voice, time and expertise to support others."

Listen in because today we are talking about 'having it all' when ambitious women don't want to have choose between their career and family yet so often feel like they have to.

Do you think times are changing?

How does your organisation support this?

Maybe it doesn't or maybe it is making real strides forward in helping parents and especially women to keep the juggle going.

Roxann shares her own personal experiences of being a mother of 3 girls and having an incredible career and what she did and continues to do to make sure that it works for her and that she can have it all. Enjoy!

#Resources for YOU and your team!

Click HERE to get the monthly 'Visibility Matters' Newsletter > that shares the latest around the gender pay gap, visibility, allyship, self promotion and good practice that is happening all over the place that support more women to step up and companies to recognise the value they bring.

5 Steps to being more visible at work - Your HOW to guide!

Take the Test > How good is your visibility and personal branding quiz?

Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility.

Get the White Paper > 'Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women's Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gemmastow

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Connect with our Guest Roxann Dawson

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roxann-dawson-msc-dipq-cqp-fcqi-88512b43/

How important is visibility and self promotion in education?

Takeaways...

• How important is visibility for teachers?
• The potential of a positive impact on education
• With visibility comes opportunities for individuals and educational organisations and schools

With everything that is going on right now and the teachers and public sector strikes we wanted to re-release this epic episode which focuses on education and whether visibility has a place for educators and teachers - you can probably already guess my opinion on that but I wanted to chat to an amazing teacher Leisa Grace Wilson who is currently the Editorial Director of Teach Middle East Magazine.

We chat about the lack of visibility of teachers especially the work that goes on behind the scene and the reasons why teachers avoid putting themselves out there. We look at the impact that they could actually have on the negative media attention that teachers and education in general often have to face.

If you are a teacher let us know your take on visibility for you or if you know any teachers then make sure you share this episode with them.

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#Resources for YOU and your team!

Click HERE to get the monthly 'Visibility Matters' Newsletter > that shares the latest around the gender pay gap, visibility, allyship, self promotion and good practice that is happening all over the place that support more women to step up and companies to recognise the value they bring.

5 Steps to being more visible at work - Your HOW to guide!

Take the Test > How good is your visibility and personal branding quiz?

Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility.

Get the White Paper > 'Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women's Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gemmastow

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Connect with guest Leisa Grace Wilson:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leisagrace/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/leisagrace

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leisagracewilson/

Website: http://www.leisagrace.com/

138. Re-Release - Time to Lean In Rather Than Backing Out with Lauren V Davies

Couldn't resist sharing this fab episode! It was absolutely amazing to have Lauren V Davis on the show...

#Takeaways

• We chat about personal branding.
• How important it is for others to see the real you.
• The importance of leaning in to opportunities.
• Having female role models to inspire us.
• Tips on how to make the most of networking.

Lauren is sharing her thoughts on why she would love to see more women in positions of leadership, why it is so important to take those opportunities when they are presented to you and why it is crucial to have a personal brand which really reflects who you are and what you represent.

'Your personal brand is what you're known for, how people experience what makes you uniquely you.' – Lauren

'It's really important to build connections.' – Gemma

'The more people who believe and trust in who you are as a person, the more those relationships convert into sales and into a great business where you feel fulfilled.' – Lauren

'I think it's really important to find people who inspire you.' – Gemma

"One day waking up saying oh my gosh I'm speaking I've got a podcast and I'm doing all the things I never thought I would do and that comes from leaning in" - Gemma

'It's the power you have inside you which influences the people around you.' - Lauren

An entrepreneur from an early age recognising the impact that hard work made, Lauren has had an incredible journey. She recognised a genuine love of branding, strategy and marketing when she started her first venture as a small business owner.

Lauren Davis lives in Rockford Illinois and works with people over the world to overcome their personal branding discontent and grow their presence so that they can focus on sales, exposure, leadership and community impact through her marketing consultancy Lauren Davis Creative and her podcast, the Business EventPlaybook.

Lauren's natural and undying passion revolves around taking new learning opportunities, travelling the globe and networking at conferences and workshops in order that she can better serve her clients. As she says, she loves to improve, loves to impress and loves to give everyone she works with 100%.

#Resources for YOU and your team!

Click HERE to get the monthly 'Visibility Matters' Newsletter > that shares the latest around the gender pay gap, visibility, allyship, self promotion and good practice that is happening all over the place that support more women to step up and companies to recognise the value they bring.

5 Steps to being more visible at work - Your HOW to guide!

Take the Test > How good is your visibility and personal branding quiz?

Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility.

Get the White Paper > 'Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women's Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gemmastow

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Connect with Lauren :

Website: https://laurendaviscreative.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ldaviscreative/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LDavisCreative?ref=hl

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ldaviscreative/

How your company is missing out if they don't have a women's network with guest Sam MacDonald

We have a wonderful woman on the show today! But before I tell you about her, I wanted to start with International Women's Day we have something new and excited planned around this year's theme Embrace Equity. So, if you are intrigued, please get in touch and I could be delivering an awesome and very important workshop to your organisation and to celebrate and most importantly support women in their career progression. If you're interested drop me a message, an email or book a call and we can have a chat about it and see how your company can embrace equity this year!

So on todays show we have the awesome Samantha MacDonald, born a bred in a small town in Northamptonshire she also has roots linking to Scotland! Family is her priority, she has 3 step children, 2 dogs and a cat. A big influence on her life was her father. She always tries to do her best to support and help others in any way she can and you'll definitely get that sense of her in today's show.

She is extremely proud to work for the RS group, having started out life as a warehouse operative, she has a strong work ethic and wholehearted believes you can do anything you set your mind too.

She's the proud chair of Elevate which is their gender ERG (employee resource group) at RS working together with a committed committee of individuals, and is also part of the women in sales forum for RS UK.

On today's show we chat about the importance of ERGs or Employee resource groups or internal networks as they are sometimes called and how they can make a huge difference in terms of companies' inclusive cultures but also into impacting the bottom line, you know these networks make a huge difference. If your organisation doesn't have an ERG or maybe you do have one but it could do better then this is the episode for you!

Let us know what you think about this amazing conversation and all the golden nuggets Sam shares with us today…

#Takeaways

• What are ERGs what do they look like and are they exclusive?
• How ERGs benefit a company's culture in a positive way
• The impact of having an ERG – Money talks
• Networking, building results and engaging the work community
• Setting up an ERG - Better to seek forgiveness

#Resources for YOU and your team!

Click HERE to get the monthly 'Visibility Matters' Newsletter > that shares the latest around the gender pay gap, visibility, allyship, self-promotion and good practice that is happening all over the place that support more women to step up and companies to recognise the value they bring.

5 Steps to being more visible at work - Your HOW to guide!

Take the Test > How good is your visibility and personal branding quiz?

Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility.

Get the White Paper > 'Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women's Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gemmastow

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Connect with our Guest Sam MacDonald

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-macdonald-78481593/

How to nail that next interview and secure that promotion

#Takeaways

• The importance of applying for opportunities / promotions even if you don't get them
• Why you need to insist on tangible feedback
• Reasons that stop you when it comes to selling yourself
• How you can have the edge next time!

Listener's Question:

"Gemma I didn't get the promotion I really wanted and now feel deflated - how can I get back on it and make sure I get the next one!'

Today is a quick win episode based on a question we received through our social media channels.

If you do have any questions about women's career progression, or networking or how to raise your profile and make sure you are seen and heard and most importantly get that recognition you deserve then get in touch.

You might be thinking about your company and how you can start to build a successful pipeline of female talent so that you can impact on that gender pay gap.

Whatever questions you have either on LinkedIn in or send me an email [email protected]

#Resources for YOU and your team!

Click HERE to get the monthly 'Visibility Matters' Newsletter > that shares the latest around the gender pay gap, visibility, allyship, self promotion and good practice that is happening all over the place that support more women to step up and companies to recognise the value they bring.

5 Steps to being more visible at work - Your HOW to guide!

Take the Test > How good is your visibility and personal branding quiz?

Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility.

Get the White Paper > 'Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women's Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gemmastow

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

How to make sure the menopause doesn't impact on women's visibility at work with special guest Julie Dennis

We have an amazing conversation on the podcast for you today! Now

As the title suggests we are talking about the big M - no not money, but something that everyone should have more awareness about and that includes the men.

Julie Dennis runs one of the UK's leading menopause consultancies for organisations who want to create positive conversations and behaviours around menopause to help retain top talent, impact the gender pay gap and reduce business costs and risks.

She's spent the past five years working with 100s of organisations across the UK to raise awareness, educate and improve the experience of people working through menopause.

So I wanted to ask her about how she thinks the menopause can affect women's visibility and career progression.

Do you think it can? Maybe you have some experiences of this for yourself? If you do listen in and then get in touch and share your thoughts.

#Resources for YOU and your team!

Click HERE to get the monthly 'Visibility Matters' Newsletter > that shares the latest around the gender pay gap, visibility, allyship, self promotion and good practice that is happening all over the place that support more women to step up and companies to recognise the value they bring.

5 Steps to being more visible at work - Your HOW to guide!

Take the Test > How good is your visibility and personal branding quiz?

Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility.

Get the White Paper > 'Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women's Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gemmastow

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Connect with guest Julie Dennis

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.juliedennis.net

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-dennis/

How to make sure the term privilege is embraced and not avoided by allies.

So today we have the incredible force of nature that is Sharon Amesu on the show. I have had the honour to see this woman in action and she inspires everyone everywhere she goes - she asked me to be a part of her conference recently and I jumped at the chance not only because I knew it would be incredible but also to meet all of the amazing women who were attending and speaking there.

Sharon is a multi award winning Professional Speaker who started her career in Law. She was a Criminal Barrister for 16 years with a successful practice across the Northwest of England. Sharon now runs a Consultancy that supports organisations with Leadership Development and Diversity and Inclusion initiatives. As a Professional Speaker, Sharon is invited to speak to audiences around the Globe on Women in Leadership and Inclusive Leadership. As you can imagine this lights me up!

Listen in to our conversation around allyship and how we can make sure that the term privilege is not seen as dirty word but is embraced instead. She shares some of her own experiences and strategies and tips that organisations and individuals can do right now to make a difference in their workplace and be better allies.

#Resources for YOU and your team!

Click HERE to get the monthly 'Visibility Matters' Newsletter > that shares the latest around the gender pay gap, visibility, allyship, self promotion and good practice that is happening all over the place that support more women to step up and companies to recognise the value they bring.

5 Steps to being more visible at work - Your HOW to guide!

Take the Test > How good is your visibility and personal branding quiz?

Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility.

Get the White Paper > 'Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women's Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gemmastow

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

What do you really want to know about visibility and career progression?

Takeaways!

> Our new 'question time' - let us know yours!

> What to do when work commitments mean there's not enough time to be visible?

> What 'hiding' really looks like!

WE ARE BACK!

We are back to it and it's all for you - my awesome loyal listeners, so make sure you keep in touch and share your thoughts and definitely share this podcast with other people and companies who will benefit from it - you know it makes sense…

#Resources for YOU and you team!

Click HERE to get the monthly 'Visibility Matters' Newsletter > that shares the latest around the gender pay gap, visibility, allyship, self promotion and good practice that is happening all over the place that support more women to step up and companies to recognise the value they bring.

5 Steps to being more visible at work - Your HOW to guide!

Take the Test > How good is your visibility and personal branding quiz?

Book a chat with Gemma - This is the place to book a call to see how Gemma can help you or your company support female leaders to raise their profile, increase performance and visibility.

Get the White Paper > 'Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women's Career Progression

I want to hear from YOU. so get in touch with me:

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gemmastow

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Why being vulnerable is absolutely a strength

#Takeaways

• The power of being an authentic role model that inspires

• Companies can do more to create a safe space for women from all levels to share stories and experiences

• Leaders hold back from always sharing because they feel like they need to protect others

• Peer groups and women's networks are key to shifting the company culture.

• Women can have it all - when they figure out what their all is

• Surround yourself with different people so you can open your mind

Even though this episode was recorded almost two years ago to the day we couldn't resist including it with all of the other inspiring re-releases we have shared again with you!

This episode we have the super inspiring Zandra Moore on the show. Zandra is CEO and Co-Founder of Panintelligence Data Analytics Software Business in Leeds and Founder of LeanIn Leeds 800+ women's leadership network, mum to 2 and football coach to twenty, 15 year old girls.

When you meet Zandra you cannot help but be inspired by her. And that's exactly how I felt a number of years ago. I am really excited to have her on the show as she doesn't hold back.

She is open and willing to talk about things that sometimes female leaders don't often talk about. Women often have to work so hard in their careers that being vulnerable when you are in a senior positions can be difficult. Although vulnerability is absolutely a strength it's not always viewed that way by others. So many women are inspired by those around them but have often told me that they can't ever reach those heights. Seeing successful career women as 'superwomen' or having to make huge sacrifices in their lives to get to where they want to be.

Isn't it time we start breaking down these barriers to show what the reality is and that if women want it all they have to figure out what their 'all' looks like and that anything is possible for them.

" It's had it's hurdles, of course it has it's never been plain sailing, but when I look back at why I have been able to persist and overcome those hurdles, I had the benefit of somebody from a very young age that made me believe that anything was possible" - Zandra

" It's addictive...the more you do for others the more these things walk towards you..givers gain " - Zandra

"You don't have to be an expert in something to be able to add value or change things or inspire others" - Zandra

"I want women to hear that message that you don't have to know everything to get ahead" - Gemma

"People just present the good, they never present the bad. It's never easy in any role whatever level you are at and it doesn't change whether you are a graduate or a CEO" - Zandra

"There's such power in the 'me too' element of safe spaces and that association with each other" - Gemma

#Resources

Get my NEWSLETTER that shares the latest around the gender pay gap, book recommendations and good practices that are happening all over the place that support more women to step up and be recognised for the value they bring.

Get yours by clicking >> https://www.gemmastow.com/newsletter

• "5 Steps to being more visible at work"

https://www.gemmastow.com/5-ways-to-be-more-visible-at-work

• Get the White Paper 'Visibility at Work: The Importance of Self Promotion for Women's Career Progression:

https://bit.ly/WP2020podcast

• Book a call with Gemma:

http://bit.ly/CallGemmaPodcast

Connect with your host Gemma Stow:

Website: https://www.gemmastow.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmastow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/gemmastow

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nomorehidingco

Connect with Zandra:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zandramoore/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/zandramoore

Website: www.panintelligence.com