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News from everywoman and our partners, coupled with the latest thinking from the world of leadership and diversity 10 WHAT'S NEW AT MINDFULNESS IS ON OUR FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP TRENDS: IS IT THE END FOR THE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR EVERYWOMAN? MEMBERS’ MINDS EVERYWOMANCLUB: BARCLAYS SIZES UP THE OPEN-PLAN OFFICE? EVENTS, AWARDS, HOW ROLE MODELS ARE 2016 WORKPLACE ACADEMIES AND MORE MAKING A DIFFERENCE February 2016 Welcome toWelcome UPDATE! to UPDATE, where you'll privileged to meet such inspirational find the latest findings in employee women. Each of them had a unique story engagement and discover what to tell and we’re sure their journeys will be of continued success. You can discover we've been up to at everywoman. more about our winners at You'll find news from our partners, www.everywoman.com. and the freshest thinking from the So, what will 2016 bring? We’re looking world of leadership and diversity. forward to reaching out to tens of thousands of women worldwide, online Since the last edition we’ve had the and offline through our Awards, Forums pleasure of hosting some exciting events, and the everywomanNetwork. Plus we’re introducing hundreds of women to role looking forward to kick-starting the year models and celebrating extraordinary with the everywoman Forum: Advancing entrepreneurs. Women in Technology and the 2016 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards on At the everywoman Academy: Advancing Tuesday 23 February. It’ll be a joy, once Women in Banking and Financial Services, again, to witness the rare sight of 600 we heard from Charlotte Hogg, the Bank women in technology under one roof. of England's first female COO in its 321- year history, who’s smashed glass ceilings In this edition of UPDATE we’re exploring: to lead teams at the most prestigious financial institutions including Experian, • Mindfulness on our members’ minds Morgan Stanley and Santander. While over • Leadership trends 2016: what does half of the workforce in financial services the future hold? is female, just 11% of senior staff are • The science of the open-plan office women. Charlotte told us how diversity is at the core of the Bank of England's Finally, we’d like to give a warm welcome ethos and what they’re doing to drive to our latest corporate members an inclusive workforce. You can read Experian, Sainsbury’s and National Grid. more about the event at www.everywoman.com/clubblog We hope you enjoy this edition of UPDATE, The year ended on a high with the 2015 NatWest everywoman Awards where we unveiled 10 winners at a tremendous ceremony at The Dorchester. All of the winners displayed courage and Maxine Benson MBE Karen Gill MBE determination, and once again we were Founder everywoman Founder everywoman Page 1 Mindfulness is on our members’ minds In every edition of taken an interest too. In reduced anxiety, higher quality improved by 20%, If you are a member of UPDATE we give our most popular webinar levels of concentration there were an additional the everywomanNetwork, you an insight to date, An Introduction and better conflict 62 minutes of productivity you can log in and access 2 into what our to Mindfulness in the management , all of which a week and stress levels recorded versions of Workplace, hundreds of our 4 the webinar on everywomanNetwork can help interns through to decreased by 33% . Once members came to discover CEOs lead better working these findings were www.everywoman.com. members are thinking. how it can improve our lives. discovered, it has since If you’re not yet a In January, we polled wellbeing and productivity rolled out the programme member and would like them on mindfulness; during our working hours. The results of mindfulness nationwide. more information about the conscious, non- are tangible, as proved by becoming a corporate judgemental focus of Of those polled, 65% have the healthcare company, As more organisations see partner, please contact your attention on the tried mindfulness, with 7% Aetna, who currently the benefits of mindfulness [email protected]. emotions, thoughts practising regularly. But deliver The Mindfulness on their bottom-line, and sensations why has it got everyone’s at Work™ programme. and most importantly, occurring in the attention? Chances are, “We have seen first-hand their people, it seems 1 http://www.wisebrain.org/ when companies like how these mind-body it’s definitely here for papers/MindfulnessPsyTx.pdf present moment.1 Google, Intel and Facebook programs have helped the long-haul. From 2 http://www.apa.org/ are gifting mindfulness our employees deal with management consultants monitor/2012/07-08/ce-corner. Mindfulness has moved aspx classes to colleagues, stress more effectively firms to banks and tech up the agenda: more 3 https://www1.aetna.com/ others will start to take and help them achieve start-ups, the corporate press-time than ever news/newsReleases/2012/0223- stock and listen. But 3 world is embracing it, Aetna-Mind-Body.html before is being devoted better overall health,” recently, a steady flow of offering lunch-time yoga 4 https://news.aetna. to the ancient Buddhist said Elease Wright, head of research has given merit Human Resources at Aetna. sessions, gifting online com/2014/09/journey-personal- practice, and it seems the organizational-wellness/ to anecdotal reports of its courses, and even creating everywomanNetwork has During its pilot programme benefits, which include in 2011, participants’ sleep mindfulness 'zones'. Page 2 SPOTLIGHT ON in CLUB How role models are making a difference Hillary Clinton once said that “women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world”, and while the socioeconomic consequences of gender inequality are often- cited, the commercial forfeits MELISSA HARRIS HEATHER MELVILLE CHERYL CHAN are equally bleak. Research states that UK business could potentially benefit by £5bn a year if companies unblocked the female talent pipeline for their 500,000 female middle managers, so the question that’s JOANNA CHIN MELISSA ADJEI-MENSAH SARAH SPAIN equally concerning employees and their female middle managers is, how? TAKE A LOOK AT THE THE EVERYWOMANNETWORK VIDEO ON THE HOME PAGE AT WWW.EVERYWOMAN.COM Page 3 “Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world” HILLARY CLINTON “When we were developing the be alleviated. The results point to joined RBS 14 years ago I couldn’t to share my concerns with them everywomanNetwork we really key findings: in order for employers see the senior women or role and I’ve been very receptive in wanted to understand what the to unblock the talent pipeline models, I knew they were there taking their advice. I’d say to my blocks were that were stopping they need to encourage female but I couldn’t see them.” She took younger self ‘don’t worry, just find so many women progressing middle managers to take more the initiative to create her own a trusted confidant.’” beyond middle management,” said responsibility for their own careers; women’s network, RBS Focused Maxine Benson MBE, co-founder align HR leaders’ perceptions with Women, which is quite the success; The RBS Focus Women Group is of everywoman. “Many female the ambitions of female middle 12,000-strong members, presence pertaining to the needs that Heather managers think that progression is managers; extend flexible working in over 30 countries and run entirely had while climbing the career ladder going to happen for them. They’ve options; and engage could-be by volunteers. and the same trepidations of millions got the ability, they’ve got the leaders by connecting them with of women worldwide. By giving ambition and they think that’s role models within the organisation. “We focus on personal women access to role models it can enough.” development, how we can help help them to forge better careers, When it comes to enabling bring change in the organisation simply by raising their aspirations The Focus on the Pipeline report connections between women in and we’re very integrated into and sharing stories. commissioned by everywoman, business our everywomanClub the business. If I were starting out involving 400 female middle member, Heather Melville, is an again I would probably tell myself Heather Melville stars in our video managers and 200 senior HR expert. The Director of Strategic not worry as much because I had a showcasing the benefits of the leaders, aimed to uncover the Partnerships & Head of Inclusion network of friends and professionals everywomanNetwork. To watch it, challenges that female middle initiatives, Commercial & Private who have helped me and that I visit www.everywoman.com/networkvideo managers face and how they can Banking for RBS said: “When I completely trust in. I’ve been able Page 4 LEADERSHIP TRENDS Barclays sizes up the 2016 workplace Throughout 2015, we shared how our partners were tackling some of the biggest workplace talking points – from digital overload to LGBT diversity, employee wellbeing to cross-generational management. As a new year gets underway, we explore what’s on Barclays’ agenda for the coming 12 months. Page 5 Welcome more male champions of gender diversity The Women’s Business Council of Global Diversity and Inclusion at alongside that we’ve come up with “In 2014 and 2015 we’ve met our has called for “an army of senior Barclays. some very specific and tangible asks goals of a 1% annual increase in male leaders to become agents of of internal colleagues who sign up the numbers of women in senior change”, something that Barclays to the campaign.” leadership positions across has wholeheartedly embraced WE ALSO RECOGNISE the bank. through its partnership with THAT REAL This includes making commitments the United Nation’s high profile TRANSFORMATION around mentoring, sponsorship But we don’t just look at managing HeForShe campaign, fronted by TAKES TIME AND and even working with community director levels; we look at director actress Emma Watson.