The Divas of Colour annual Women into leadership is a high value thought leadership conference for professional and entrepreneurial women at every level. 

Date – July 10 2021

Time – 3pm – 6pm – UK time.

Theme: Adapting To Change

Events of recent times have seen a great shift in how we conduct every aspect of life – from business to social and corporate disruptions, women again have been greatly affected negatively.

In this year’s conference, our aim is to equip women with better strategies to dealing with such sudden and disruptive situations both in their businesses, daily lives or career, especially in dealing with people and navigating the new social expectations off and online. 

What To Expect.

We have brought together some of the leading professionals who will deliver on their niche expertise using not just textbook illustrations but their personal stories to bring these topics home so that you can relate and make them applicable to your own situation. This live virtual event will be interactive with each speaker having up to 10 minutes of delivery time plus 5-minutes to take questions and perhaps clarify things for delegates.

Benefits of Attending This Conference: There are 10 major benefits you will gain from this conference.

• Help you discover your inner strengths and better understand your weak points – a great character-building tool for career growth and employability.
• Boost your career and professional human skills (soft skills) in leadership and people management.
• After this conference, you will learn both self and resources management especially during a sudden change and you will never be overwhelmed in your life again.
• The experts will use their own personal experiences and stories to help you evaluate your own situations.
• An opportunity to meet and interact with other professionals.
• Receive tools to help you make necessary changes to adapt to the new challenges of this time.
• Boost your confidence and understanding of your situation.
• Help you find solutions you may never know what available.
• Provide you with insight into your ability to handle change and help you learn how to adjust and adapt to changing situations of life.

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS

This year’s conference will focus on the below topics with firm emphasises on the points in brackets. 

Resilience– (overcoming rejection, bouncing back, creating alternatives, improving engagement and versatility of skill.) Speaker – Afua Sam – Ceo and Creative designer at the multi-award-winning fashion brand, Studio D’Maxsi, USA.

Leading in turbulent times. ( Decision making, understanding time, delegation, innovation) . Speaker – Dr Ruth Oshikanlu (MBE QN FIHV FRCN) – CEO of Goal Mind – a coaching consultancy, a multiple award-winning expert nurse, midwife and health visitor.

Mental health and Wellbeing (Healthy eating and lifestyle, Sleep, routines, Space decluttering strategies, Habits) Speaker – Dr Stella Okezie – Medical Doctor – GP in London, UK.

Leading with confidence – ( embracing/ being comfortable with self-identity, personality, vulnerabilities, courage, authenticity, humanity and showing up in your real) Speaker: Jacqueline Hinds – Founder of Wilson Hinds Consulting Ltd, Certified Emotional Intelligence Coach & Consultant.

Leading with care – (Empathy, listening, appraising, authenticity and trustworthiness) Speaker Elizabeth Forbes-Stobbe – Registered Psychiatric nurse, and a General Nurse and entrepreneur. 

Collaboration and Cooperation. ( sharing economy, division of labour and responsibility, mutual benefits, see the bigger picture, building growth network and goodwill) – Speaker Lillian Ogbogoh – International Speaker, Corporate Trainer, Certified NLP Practitioner, Hypnotherapist and Coach for women.

Effective Communication (Channel-based communication effectiveness) Speaker FATEN ALSHAZLY – Founder and Chief Creative Officer of WeUsThem, a full-service advertising  agency (Canada)

Change Management – (Future-proofing your career and business, understanding long and short-term concepts and how to stay relevant in changing times). Speaker -Emeka Anyanwu – Co-founder and publisher of C. Hub Magazine, Author and business strategist

Re-balancing Our lives Through Emotional Intelligence – (With a focus on emotional intelligence, self-discovery, self-esteem, confidence and rewiring your brain). Speaker – Maureen Chiana –  Neuro-leadership and resilience Trainer and coach.

Body Language: ( appearance, gestures, self-aware and carriage) – Speakers – Zodie Myles – Personal/Capsule Wardrobe Online Stylist, founder of Style on Rotation.