Very early start last week with a Business Breakfast to initiate the Trafford Leadership Network, run by Trafford Partnership. Fantastic to be in on something at the start, particularly something as optimistic and productive as this. That was followed on Wednesday by lunch with other Forward Ladies at Cheshire Conference & Events. As always, it was great to meet with other business women and I came away better informed and connected. The mix was great with employed and self-employed women. It emerged that running interests of our own alongside loyalty to our employers is good for both. It enables us to diversify our own skills and experience, benefitting the employer, and provides an avenue of commercial independance should it be needed or wanted.
I attend many events and Forward Ladies are particularly rewarding.
I attend many events and Forward Ladies are particularly rewarding.
On Thursday I met with a Forward Ladies member about event sponsorship before heading off to the The Point where 50 Trafford firms were appearing at a Business Showcase. It’s a fantastic venue and the event demonstrated the local business community is as lively as ever, investing in sustaining themselves and sharing plans for growth. The business week ended with a meeting at Betty’s Ilkley, that is a drive over gorgeous countryside and delicious cream tea, not to mention great decisions on all sides; result!
I found time today to “Listen Again” to the Reith Lecture, Aung San Suu Kyi: Liberty. It was the right way to hear it as it deserved undivided attention. I can’t recommend it enough, and hope it is still there now for you to listen to. I’ll be scheduling that in for the next few weeks as this is one role model I will always learn from.
Next week I’ll be adding more Forward Ladies events and applying myself to content for the new Daisy Network site, but now I’m going out to catch the sun!
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