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 We'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who came along to the "Political Savvy for Women in IT" event on Thursday 31st January 2008 which we co-hosted with Société Générale. The evening was very well attended - it was a full house - and the networking both before and after the event was animated and busy.
The evening started with a welcome from Maggie Berry, Director of womenintechnology.co.uk who gave an introduction to the evening's presentation and an update of what's been going on at womenintechnology. Greg Cousland, HR Director SGCIB welcomed the audience on behalf of Société Générale.
The key note speaker was Michelle Brailsford of the Jupiter Consulting Group who presented "Political Savvy for Women in IT". Her interactive session was extremely well received and she gave an overview of political savvy and shared some practical tips to consider when in the workplace. The book Michelle referenced was Survival of the Savvy by Rick Brandon and Marty Seldman. If you would like to contact Michelle directly her email address is michelle@jupiterconsultinggroup.com
After Michelle's presentation there was a lively Q&A session with Michelle and Greg Cousland of Société Générale - the questions were varied and interesting and included:
How can one be sure one is powerful enough to be paid what one is worth?
How can you understand how you're perceived, how to look more powerful and how to deal with hard people/difficult situations?
How should you respond to a male colleague who dismisses you as a neurotic female when you raise serious concerns with something, rather than addressing the issues raised?
Should I, as a woman, worry about being perceived as too sexy to be intelligent and if so, how do I overcome that?
After the Q&A, there was a lively networking session where attendees got the chance to talk further to the evening's presenter and representatives from Société Générale as well as the chance to network amongst themselves and catch up with people.
So we'd like to say a big thank you to Michelle for her presentation and to Greg for his participation and contribution to the Q&A. An even bigger thank you goes to the Société Générale team for their help and support in putting this event together.
A final thank you goes to Société Générale for co-hosting this event with us and for their sponsorship of womenintechnology! | 