Over 100 business women were inspired as The Successful Women in Business Network (SWIB) held their annual conference and launched their SWIB Awards last month.
SWIB is a membership organisation for women who want to grow their businesses , an or develop their careers, with the support of other women, at regular networking events across Devon, Dorset, Hampshire & Somerset.
Founded by Gill Donnell MBE experienced leader, motivational speaker and business coach, who has spent much of her working life promoting the role of women in the workplace.
The MD of an Exeter based business is celebrating a milestone in her career as an ecologist.
Sue Searle set up Acorn Ecology in Exeter in 2003 to provide ecological services to home owners, architects, developers and local authorities that include surveys of protected species.
She retrained to work in ecology at the age of 39 after a career in midwifery and nursing, first obtaining a degree in Biological Sciences at University of Exeter then a post-graduate diploma in Ecology and Conservation at the University of Bristol.
Sandra Sampson......As a leader over the years I became familiar with the “three R’s of Leadership”. Respect for self, Respect for others and taking Responsibility for all our actions .
Leaders, in order to lead at their best, need to look after themselves and their personal wellness, they also need self-compassion to be able to understand their own strengths and weaknesses and they need emotional intelligence about their own emotions and behaviours to ensure they perform to their best and are able to influence and motivate their followers.
Plymouth Science Park hosted a sell-out free Women in Business Networking workshop designed to help businesswomen to address limiting self-beliefs and help their businesses to grow.
The course, run by coaching organisation In Good Company, encouraged delegates to identify and overcome elements that hold them and their businesses back.
It is the second free bi-monthly workshop being hosted at the park and was run by Joanne Wheatley and her business partner Zoe Hawkins from In Good Company ( www.igcompany.co.uk ) on Over Coming Self Limiting Beliefs.
The nominations for the 2016 Devon Venus Awards are now open and Sampson Hall are proud to be sponsoring Company of the Year, a category for 50 + employees.
The annual awards support and acknowledge the achievements of Women in Business and they make a powerful difference for those very special women who you believe should be recognised and rewarded.
Nominations are now open until the 12th July and can be submitted online at www.venusawards.co.uk/devon You can nominate someone for an award or you can nominate yourself for up to 5 different categories.
A regional programme designed to help women develop their digital skills and improve business practice, has culminated with a conference in Exeter.
And fittingly, the Love Digital event took place at Exeter Library on Tuesday - International Women’s Day.
The Love Digital programme was funded by the Women and Broadband Challenge fund and supported by the Government Equalities Office. The programme is a part of Connecting Devon and Somerset and has been delivered by Cosmic, Peninsula Enterprise and Westward Pathfinder.
Mid Devon is our new group that we started on the 3rd March - our second meeting is on the 5th May at the Stables, Cowley - and we are looking for local, inspirational business women to join us.
Jo Soley runs this group and is welcoming ladies from Exeter, Crediton, Cullumpton, Tiverton, Barnstaple and further afield to join us to showcase your business, to meet other like minded business women and expand your network. If this is you or you know someone who would benefit from this powerful meeting - let them know!!
We are delighted to be running this workshop for Leading Women UK and if you are a member it is FREE to attend.
Non members will be charged £49.00 and bookings can be made at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-leadership-afternoon-tea-tickets-117004... .
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