Hosted by Paula Brennan
Date: 8th July
Time: 1pm

ACT Signatories and selected partners enjoy FREE access. Please input your Promotion Code at registration. If you do not know your code, please email Academy@cityhive.co.uk.

This workshop is designed to support individuals involved in mentoring either in a cross-company or in-house setting.

Today's session is an opportunity for those who attended our Introduction to Mentoring for Mentees workshop back in March to revisit the key tenets of Mentoring, including meeting processes, setting your agenda, meeting objectives and achieving goals. It's also a good opportunity for you to ask any questions and to share your experiences with a small group of other mentees.

We look forward to seeing you there.

This session is virtual and designed to support and complement mentoring programmes running both in-house and cross-company, as well as those through our partnership organisations.

Biography

Coach Mentoring Ltd has delivered bespoke mentoring programmes both in the UK and globally since 2004. Their USP is their people and intellectual capital. Coach Mentoring Ltd only uses consultants with a high level of expertise at the forefront of knowledge in mentoring. These experts share the same values — ensuring their practice is backed up by academic learning and research. The team is on-hand for any ad-hoc questions. Find out more at www.coachmentoring.co.uk.

About Paula Brennan: Paula developed her leadership, coaching and mentoring expertise whilst working with cross-cultural organisations both in the UK and around the world, spending the last ten years with Save the Children, the world’s first and largest independent child rights organisation. Previously, Paula worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and Oxfam, where she coached on an internal leadership programme for staff around the world.

Paula is a trained coach. She holds a PG Cert in Organisational Coaching and Mentoring for Leadership, is a qualified Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner and has trained as a Team Coach.

Hosted by Sylvie Lui
Date: 2nd July
Time: 1pm

ACT Signatories and selected partners enjoy FREE access. Please input your Promotion Code at registration. If you do not know your code, please email Academy@cityhive.co.uk.

The way we engage with clients is changing. Virtual meetings, including presentations and even pitches now sit alongside in-person sessions, and we are expected to bring our A game regardless of setting.

These interactions are not just about the things we say, but how we say them. Join City Hive and Executive Voice, Accent, and Communications Coach, Sylvie Lui (Founder of SLVC Voice Training in London), to discuss and learn more about using our voices with confidence and communicating more effectively with our audiences –specifically when we are pitching and selling. This session will demonstrate how to craft your own authentic style, develop trust and a connection with your audience, and ensure an impactful delivery and pitch.

The fun and interactive workshop covers:

• Vocal Confidence – finding your voice and body posture and breathing techniques.

• Reading the room - who are you selling to and awareness of your environment.

• Owning yourself and your space- projecting confidence and managing nerves.

• In-person vs virtual deliveries.

• Your message – what you want your audience to take away, and how to leave them with a strong, lasting impression.

About Sylvie

Sylvie is an Executive Voice, Accent, and Communications coach based in London, UK. Her expertise is in vocal development and performance for effective communication and public speaking. She specialises in inclusivity & diversity and teaches with an intercultural and international perspective geared towards those working in international work spaces.

Sylvie works in London and internationally with global companies and privately with professionals across a varying spectrum of executive, senior & middle level management, entrepreneurs, lawyers, consultants + across all sectors.

Presently, Sylvie teaches privately to corporate clients and individuals virtually and in Central London and hosts group workshops in the UK, Europe and Canada. She is a Voice and Speech Coach at the Shout at Cancer Charity, a charity supporting people after laryngectomy (surgical removal of the voice box).

In the past, Sylvie trained as a performer, taught in drama colleges in London, and has voice coached plays and musical performances. She also leads seminars and speaks at conferences in the UK and North America and has run private workshops for MBA candidates at the University of Oxford, Saïd School of Business.

Hosted by Adjust Services
Date: May 15th
Time: 1pm

ACT Signatories and selected partners enjoy FREE access. Please input your Promotion Code at registration. If you do not know your code, please email Academy@cityhive.co.uk.

Neurodiversity Lunch and Learn Online Workshop

Building better corporate cultures starts with people—prioritising their well-being, needs, and contributions. When we recognise and embrace cognitive differences, we unlock new ways of thinking, processing information, and solving problems, leading to more innovative, productive, and positive workplaces.

While the conversation around neurodiversity has gained momentum in recent years, there is still much to learn about how our unique cognitive profiles shape our experiences—and how we can harness these differences to drive success – both in work and our day to day lives.

Our first session in our two-part neurodiversity series welcomes Daniel Aherne, Author and Founder of Adjust Services, for an engaging workshop designed to expand our understanding of neurodiversity. This session will explore:

• A clear and practical understanding of the different neurodiversity types

• Neurodiversity in the workplace and beyond 

• The small changes that can make a significant difference in our approach to neurodiversity

This Neurodiversity Lunch and Learn session is a great way to get the Neurodiversity conversation started in your workplace. This 1-hour bite-size awareness session gives an introductory understanding of neurodiversity and is beneficial for HR professionals, recruitment teams, learning and development teams, managers and all colleagues after a deeper understanding of neurodiversity.

About Daniel Aherne

Daniel, author of The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity, founded Adjust in 2016 to raise awareness of Neurodiversity in the workplace.

Daniel has over 20 years’ experience of neurodiversity and working with employers as a trainer and speaker.

Daniel’s passion for Neurodiversity started in 2000 by volunteering with an Autistic boy on a playscheme. This led to him working at the National Autistic Society in the employment team, where he managed the Employment Training. In this role he noticed that whilst every autistic person was different, every workplace was very similar in terms of the barriers that autistic people faced. Leading him to focus primarily on workplaces and helping them become more inclusive.

Daniel is available to deliver his new “Fireside Chat” with a focus on his book ´A pocket guide to Neurodiversity ´and his inspiring ADHD journey. Visit Adjustservices.co.uk for more details.

Hosted by Paula Brennan
Date: 26th March
Time: 1pm

ACT Signatories and selected partners enjoy FREE access. Please input your Promotion Code at registration. If you do not know your code, please email Academy@cityhive.co.uk.

These sessions are designed to support individuals either involved in, or entering into, a Mentoring relationship.

What would you like to achieve in collaboration with your mentee?

Mentoring is a conversation with a purpose. This workshop is designed to outline the key principles of mentoring and, importantly, how to structure your sessions to meet your objectives.

Your mentee will want to draw on your extensive experience in the investment industry to help identify and achieve professional goals, develop soft skills and to advise on workplace challenges. We will discuss all this and more in this workshop.

This session is virtual and designed to support and complement mentoring programmes running both in-house and cross-company, as well as those through our partnership organisations.

During this workshop we will discuss:

• Roles of a Mentor

• Giving meetings a process

• Preparation: Agenda; Action Points; Feedback.

• Phases of the Mentoring relationship: Building rapport; Setting direction; Progression; Wrapping Up; Moving on.

• Building and developing trust.

• The Mentoring agreement.

• Setting Direction.

• Expectations.

• Appropriate focus.

• Setting boundaries.

Biography

Coach Mentoring Ltd has delivered bespoke mentoring programmes both in the UK and globally since 2004. Their USP is their people and intellectual capital. Coach Mentoring Ltd only uses consultants with a high level of expertise at the forefront of knowledge in mentoring. These experts share the same values — ensuring their practice is backed up by academic learning and research. The team is on-hand for any ad-hoc questions. Find out more at www.coachmentoring.co.uk

About Paula Brennan: Paula developed her leadership, coaching and mentoring expertise whilst working with cross-cultural organisations both in the UK and around the world, spending the last ten years with Save the Children, the world’s first and largest independent child rights organisation. Previously, Paula worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and Oxfam, where she coached on an internal leadership programme for staff around the world.

Paula is a trained coach. She holds a PG Cert in Organisational Coaching and Mentoring for Leadership, is a qualified Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner and has trained as a Team Coach.

Hosted by Paula Brennan
Date: 25th March
Time: 1pm

ACT Signatories and selected partners enjoy FREE access. Please input your Promotion Code at registration. If you do not know your code, please email Academy@cityhive.co.uk.

These sessions are designed to support individuals either involved in, or entering into, a Mentoring relationship.

What would you like to achieve in collaboration with your mentor?

Mentoring is a conversation with a purpose. This workshop is designed to outline the key principles of mentoring and, importantly, how to structure your sessions to meet your objectives.

Your mentor will have experience and knowledge of the Financial Services industry. They are here to help you identify and achieve professional goals, develop soft skills and to advise on workplace challenges. We will discuss all this and more in this workshop.

This session is virtual and designed to support and complement mentoring programmes running both in-house and cross-company, as well as those through our partnership organisations.

During this workshop we will discuss:

• Roles of a Mentor

• Giving meetings a process

• Preparation: Agenda; Action Points; Feedback.

• Phases of the Mentoring relationship: Building rapport; Setting direction; Progression; Wrapping Up; Moving on.

• Building and developing trust.

• The Mentoring agreement.

• Setting Direction.

• Expectations.

• Appropriate focus.

• Setting boundaries.

Biography

Coach Mentoring Ltd has delivered bespoke mentoring programmes both in the UK and globally since 2004. Their USP is their people and intellectual capital. Coach Mentoring Ltd only uses consultants with a high level of expertise at the forefront of knowledge in mentoring. These experts share the same values — ensuring their practice is backed up by academic learning and research. The team is on-hand for any ad-hoc questions. Find out more at www.coachmentoring.co.uk.

About Paula Brennan: Paula developed her leadership, coaching and mentoring expertise whilst working with cross-cultural organisations both in the UK and around the world, spending the last ten years with Save the Children, the world’s first and largest independent child rights organisation. Previously, Paula worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) and Oxfam, where she coached on an internal leadership programme for staff around the world.

Paula is a trained coach. She holds a PG Cert in Organisational Coaching and Mentoring for Leadership, is a qualified Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner and has trained as a Team Coach.

Hosted by Sylvie Lui
Date: 19th March
Time: 1pm

ACT Signatories and selected partners enjoy FREE access. Please input your Promotion Code at registration. If you do not know your code, please email Academy@cityhive.co.uk.

Public Speaking. A topic that fills many with dread – even though it appears to be an unavoidable element of any professional journey. But what if we could change our perspective? While many of us may never love it, public speaking can become something that is not viewed with immediate dread and instead becomes an area that we can learn to navigate and even succeed at.

Join City Hive and Executive Voice, Accent, and Communications Coach, Sylvie Lui (Founder of SLVC Voice Training in London), to discuss and learn more about using our voices with confidence and communicating more effectively with our audiences.

The fun and interactive workshop covers:

• Vocal Confidence – finding your voice and body posture and breathing techniques.

• How do you feel about public speaking?

• Your perception of your own image and what others see.

• Being heard – literally!

• Your body language.

• Confidence and impact exercises.

• Understanding your audience and how to make a connection.

About Sylvie

Sylvie is an Executive Voice, Accent, and Communications coach based in London, UK. Her expertise is in vocal development and performance for effective communication and public speaking. She specialises in inclusivity & diversity and teaches with an intercultural and international perspective geared towards those working in international work spaces.

Sylvie works in London and internationally with global companies and privately with professionals across a varying spectrum of executive, senior & middle level management, entrepreneurs, lawyers, consultants + across all sectors.

Presently, Sylvie teaches privately to corporate clients and individuals virtually and in Central London and hosts group workshops in the UK, Europe and Canada. She is a Voice and Speech Coach at the Shout at Cancer Charity, a charity supporting people after laryngectomy (surgical removal of the voice box).

In the past, Sylvie trained as a performer, taught in drama colleges in London, and has voice coached plays and musical performances. She also leads seminars and speaks at conferences in the UK and North America and has run private workshops for MBA candidates at the University of Oxford, Saïd School of Business.

Hosted by: Christine Brown-Quinn
Date: 20th November 2024
Time: 12pm

Tickets £45. City Hive members and selected partners enjoy FREE access. Please input your Promotion Code at registration.

While there are many definitions of leadership, my personal favourite is the one described by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall in their book Nine Lies About Work, “there is only one thing that will make you a leader. Followers.” This outcome-oriented definition shifts the focus from the so-called leader to the impact and influence they are having on others.

Christine Brown-Quinn, The Female Capitalist® welcomes Leila Pilgrim, Legal Advisor and Non-Executive Director, to the Career Masterclass Series to see how she has learned to be a leader, not by designation, but rather by her followership.

Join the webinar, “Leadership Learnings - How to Become the Person Others Want to Follow” on Wednesday, the 20th of November 2024 to get the inside scoop on how to attain this impactful and sustainable variety of leadership.

About Christine Brown-Quinn, Career Expert, Author & Thought Leader

Following 30 years+ in the corporate world, Christine embarked on a new career in 2010, coaching aspiring professionals in the practical business strategies they need to fast track their careers, whilst demystifying the unwritten rules they don't teach you in business school!  As a former Managing Director in International Finance, she is well versed in what it takes to forge a thriving career in highly pressurised, alpha environments.

Christine is an accomplished international speaker and commentator on a range of issues relevant to the success of professionals through podcasts, blogs, radio & TV (including BBC Sunday Live, BBC Big Questions, Financial Times, London Evening Standard and Women in Banking & Finance Magazine).

She is a published author on work-life balance for professionals.  Her first book, Step Aside Super Woman, continues to resonate with women across a range of age groups, sectors, and continents.  In 2020 Christine launched her second book, Unlock Your Career Success – Knowing the Unwritten Rules Changes Everything which is a five-star rated Amazon #1 Best Seller in Business & Finance.

Christine has an undergraduate degree in Foreign Languages from Georgetown University (Cum Laude) and an MBA in International Business from The George Washington University (Beta Gamma Sigma scholar).  She’s tutored for Georgetown University’s Graduate Programme in International Management at Oxford University on managing diversity in the workplace and delivered workshops for The George Washington University on the Board programme.  Christine is currently President of The George Washington University’s Alumni Association & a member of GW’s School of Business Dean’s Board of Advisors.