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 We'd like to extend a big thank you to everyone who came along to the How to Manage Your Manager event on Tuesday 18th September 2007 which we co-hosted with UBS at their offices near Liverpool Street - the evening was a great success with around 160 attendees. The event topic was obviously very popular as we also had over 100 people on a reserve guest and we'll certainly be putting some thought to running a one day training session on this topic.
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. The key note speaker was Rebecca Watson of Brompton Associates, a corporate and executive coach who led the session on How to Manage Your Manager. Her presentation covered several key areas including common management types and how to manage them, how to get to know your manager, understanding your role in the relationship, a quick guide to self-promotion and top tips to increase your effectiveness.
Rebecca's session was followed by an interesting and open Q&A with representatives from UBS - Nick Barker, Global Head of a number of functions including IBD IT, Business Technology Services and IT Diversity, Catherine Campbell, Global Head of Infrastructure, Equities & Prime Services and Clare Playfair, SAP Project Manager, Finance IT. The Q&A covered questions such as:
- "If your Manager is a very dynamic, gifted person and likes to take control of all situations, how can you win/manage their trust?"
- "How do you sell a different leadership style to senior management, from the ones they have traditionally accepted?"
- "How do you manage a disorganised yet controlling Manager?"
After the Q&A, there was a lively networking session over drinks and canapés where attendees got the chance to talk further to the evening's presenter and panellists 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 Rebecca for her presentation, another big thank you to Nick, Catherine and Clare for their participation in the Q&A and an even bigger thank you to the UBS team for their help and support in putting this event together.
A final thank you goes to UBS for co-hosting this event with us and for their on going support of womenintechnology! | 