ABOUT WLG
The Women’s Leadership Group consists of male allies and female leadership from all sectors of UK businesses, charities and public sector, who all share the desire and commitment to change the bias on women achieving main board positions in male-dominated sectors.
We challenge the executives and boardrooms across the sectors and encourage them to take an active role in our mission of change by inviting them to identify the barriers to entry through a working group approach.
Vicky Brook
Chair of the Women’s Leadership Group, Founder & Business Lead at P3CL, Chartered Fellow FCIPD and FREC
A Chartered Fellow CIPD, Vicky Brook has a wealth of experience in executive management across a diverse range of sectors including MMC, HR, Banking, and Receivables Recovery. She has first-hand experience working in other male-dominated industry sectors and has the benefit of operating at CEO level, leading a European board for a US-based business, something she achieved whilst bringing up 2 daughters.
She broke through into the boardroom before she turned 30, and Vicky’s passion and focus is now on enabling talented women to reach their full potential within the C-suite, having spent 5+ years as a non-exec for a leading MMC provider.
The Six Goals of the Women's Leadership Group
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To actively lobby organisations and government for women onto boards in the construction sector
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To better understand the barriers and build a coherent plan to tackle them
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To actively support and mentor potential C-Suite members
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Create training material and partner with a recognised-accredited organisation to create qualifications for our aspirational C-suite women members
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Create a platform to share inspirational stories / articles / videos / and podcasts and become the natural source for reference and data
6.
Launch the WLG mentorship membership for middle-management level
How the Women's Leadership Group Works
We whole heartedly encourage male leadership allies and female SLT/C-suite members from all sectors, to join our community and help support their business on its gender diversity journey in the safety of a close-knit group of trusted game changers from diverse sectors.
We host quarterly meetings inviting guest speakers to talk, including wellbeing and women’s health. There is carefully curated content selected by the Chair - Vicky Brook, featuring inspirational and thought-provoking material with an opportunity for debate and Q&A, ensuring our members take away at least one positive action.
We facilitate discussions in a safe and confidential environment, enabling all our WLG members the opportunity to share real life business issues, for the group to debate and help resolve.
As well as business goals this time away from the business in the company of like-minded game changers, enables networking and reflection to stimulate initiatives to take back to their businesses.
We also encourage our members to get involved in our working groups, we aim to host at least three each year, these are thought led sessions with white paper output. Co-hosted with WLG and experts and partners on the working group subject.
We have a network of WLG Partners offering our community with services at discounted WLG rates. We also have an active Book Club where our members can share their great reads and offer them up to our community to borrow.
You can sponsor a meeting room, a lunch, offer up a venue, sponsor training materials, and or sponsor a guest speaker. If you can’t manage any of these options then there is also the chance to throw in some branded merchandise for our goodie bags for new members.
WLG Quarterly Meeting Highlights
MEDIA
women's leadership group podcast
women's leadership group Quarterly newsletter
Women's Leadership Group Book Club
women's leadership group Whitepapers
CAMPAIGNS
"WLG campaigns are about Unlocking Potential. Elevating Possibility
The (WLG) women’s leadership campaigns are about more than representation - they’re about empowerment with purpose. We champion women to break barriers, lead with confidence, and achieve more - because when women rise, so does what’s possible for everyone.
To deliver a consistent, adaptable framework that champions women’s leadership and advancement across industries and communities - fuelling equity, innovation, and progress at every level of society."
Vicky Brook - Chair and Founder WLG
Mentor Membership for Middle Managers
£475pp/pa
Corporates can sponsor mentorship membership for their female employees, demonstrating your commitment to supporting their advancement and also accelerating your gender diversity strategy.
Individual members or create a cohort of between 6 - 10 female employees.
Creating a cohort enables your business to select the bolt-on workshops and education programs as you see fit for your specific organisations needs and budget.
The mentorship program is tailored to the individual needs of each mentee member. It’s their time to take an external prospective, receive unbiased support and promote self-reflection.
Typically, we work with employees to address the sorts of issues women commonly face including:
• Lacking confidence in their management abilities
• Setting very high standards of their own performance
• Use of language and terminology in a business meeting setting
• A reluctance to put themselves forward for management positions
• Attributing success to ‘the team’ rather than themselves
• Being appropriately assertive
• Establishing authority with reluctant subordinates
• Worrying about losing their identity in order to succeed
What your Mentee membership will include
Each member can expect:
• 4 virtual one-to-one mentoring sessions per year from a P3CL WLG partner
• 1 career health check with an HR expert
• Attendance at the annual WLG summit
• Regional Networking events twice yearly (guest speakers and refreshments)
• Independent networking with other group members
• Online use of our WLG Mentorship Membership Logo/Badge
• Early access to WLG articles and inspirational podcast
• WLG member goody bag (Eco travel cup, exec notebook, WLG jelly beans, WLG coffee and cake voucher, WLG stress ball and pen)
• 10% Discount WLG approved training and qualifications with our education partners.
Cost & Funding options
Cost £475.00 p.a
• Personal: quarterly or annual by DD
• Company funded: annual by DD * 10% discount for corporate members of 10 +
COMMUNITY GALLERY
A few photos from our amazing WLG Community Events!
Hear from our members
Our members are devoted to D&I and driving change, they are reaping the benefit of our community. Read what they have to say!
“I enjoyed the discussion afterwards most of all because I feel this is how we all learn from each other.”
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“Hi everyone, it was a pleasure meeting you all last week at the IOD. Thank you Vicky for arranging such a great event.”
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“The Women’s Leadership Group focuses on female leadership talent in a male dominated sector so I was thrilled that they are putting health and menopause high on their agenda.”
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How would you rate your overall experience? “5/5”
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“Just wanted to thank you for the invitation to the WLG Quarterly Meeting yesterday, it was a pleasure meeting everyone and getting involved. It was a massive step out of my comfort zone, but was for the better and look I look forward to continuing my journey and what’s to come in the upcoming months.”
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“I have found confidence in my ability and direction to apply conviction to the strategy we discussed in our mentoring sessions.”
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