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Archives: August 2019

Dr Alessandra Wall - Mastering Difficult Conversations Part I: Three Reasons Women Avoid Tough Conversations

Katie.Dix / 28 Aug 2019

Dr Alessandra Wall - Mastering Difficult Conversations Part I: Three Reasons Women Avoid Tough Conversations

Mastering Difficult Conversations Part I: Three Reasons Women Avoid Tough Conversations How many complex situations do you navigate every day? One, four, 14? Whether it's convincing your reluctant preteen to take a shower without shaming him for his noxious aroma, sharing a poor performance review with an employee, or pitching...

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Tobacco, sustainable lifestyle and ethical investing. What’s the link? 

Katie.Dix / 27 Aug 2019

Tobacco, sustainable lifestyle and ethical investing. What’s the link? 

Invesco are kindly hosting an E2W event in September around the theme of Resposible Investing. Elena Vydrine, a member of E2W, will be publishing a series of blogs in the run up to the event on the topic of ESG. If you would like to sign up to...

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E2W and She Wins, giving our members the skills and confidence they need to negotiate for their salary and employment package.

Katie.Dix / 21 Aug 2019

E2W and She Wins, giving our members the skills and confidence they need to negotiate for their salary and employment package.

She Wins is a company on a mission to close the gender pay gap. They give women the skills and confidence they need to negotiate for their salary and employment package. E2W has partnered with She Wins to provide with the best negotiation online course out there, developed with...

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Diversity - Stop the talking and start doing!

Mark.Freed / 21 Aug 2019

Diversity - Stop the talking and start doing!

It’s time that the doomsayers, the blockers, the talkers and those with a vested interest moved over and made way for the doers, the deliverers, the agents of change in the quest for a better, fairer and more diverse industry! The statistics show that all the talk and...

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Quick fire Q&A with Fiona Sainz, E2W Advisory Board member

Katie.Dix / 21 Aug 2019

Quick fire Q&A with Fiona Sainz, E2W Advisory Board member

Fiona has extensive COO/business management and business development experience in both buy and sell-side blue chip firms, with expertise in Global Markets, Corporate and Investment Banking. Fiona's experience across the financial industry has given her a unique ability to identify correlations and commercial opportunities. Fiona...

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E2W announce another strong coaching partnership with She Wins

Katie.Dix / 14 Aug 2019

E2W announce another strong coaching partnership with She Wins

At E2W, we recognise the contribution women make to the economy and are passionate about helping women harness their experience, knowledge, and skills for the financial services industry.  Our coaching services are designed to support women in their aspirations and development. We understand that coaching is a two-way...

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E2W candidates are, more often than not, the best person for the job and team!

Mark.Freed / 14 Aug 2019

E2W candidates are, more often than not, the best person for the job and team!

I read a great article last week by Sallie Krawcheck, the CEO and co-founder of Ellevest. Sallie had been asked, whilst on a conference panel, the question “Knowing that diversity is a desirable objective, if you have two candidates for a board role and the white male is...

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Sharing your frustrations…

Mark.Freed / 07 Aug 2019

Sharing your frustrations…

  At E2W, we get many women contacting us each week asking for help and support, summing up their feelings and frustrations. They feel they can talk to us as a trusted friend and support network. I received a note this week which seemed to talk for many ...

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Women Continuers – Delivering Value

Katie.Dix / 07 Aug 2019

Women Continuers – Delivering Value

Giving hundreds of talented people the opportunity to continue their careers at a time in their lives when they have other priorities to juggle, was the building block of E2W’s Business. For almost two decades, city institutions have relied on E2W's talented &lsquo...

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E2W’s Alpha Career Coaching for senior professionals who have taken a career break

Katie.Dix / 02 Aug 2019

E2W’s Alpha Career Coaching for senior professionals who have taken a career break

We are delighted to be able to offer you the opportunity to be part of our Alpha Career Coaching programme, sponsored and hosted by our client, Investec, a distinctive specialist bank and asset manager. Our carefully thought out programme is designed to complement the skills and experience...

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Five things that every women should ask in an interview

Mark.Freed / 01 Aug 2019

Five things that every women should ask in an interview

Five things that every women should ask in an interview, to ensure that the firm they are interviewing with is going to support them in their career, enable them to fulfil their ambitions, succeed, flourish and be valued.  Test the firms commitment to diversity. If they have...

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