Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, accelerating career  and BusinessProgression

Black Women in Business & Professionals Network

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, accelerating Career Progression & business  growth

KPMG Manchester

B﻿WIBP &amp; KPMG African Caribbean Network presents Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, accelerating Career Progression &amp; business growth in a hybrid world .J﻿oin us for a transformational and dynamic evening of networking and a panel exploring how to successfully navigate Imposter Syndrome in a hybrid world in order to accelerate career progression and business growth.C﻿ontextR﻿esearch by NatWest has found that nearly two thirds (60%) of women have considered starting their own business but haven’t due to feelings commonly associated with imposter syndrome (2019) Individuals from ethnic minorities are more likely to experience Imposter Syndrome in the workplace and this can be attributed to many reasons including a lack of representation in senior leadership roles ,discrimination or the struggle to be a ‘cultural fit’.G﻿uest Speaker Martina Witter ( Health &amp; Wellbeing consultant /Accredited Cognitive behaviour Therapist) Award Winning Martina Witter, Director of Rapha Therapy and Training Services &amp; cofounder of Black women in Business &amp; professionals Network bringing 20+ years of experience in providing Cognitive Behaviour Therapy , Training and speaking on mindset , Resilience, emotional Intelligence and Imposter Syndrome .Martina facilitates transformation and motivation through using proven scientific approaches to her service delivery. Martina will make it easy for your audience to engage with her through her passionate, engaging and motivational delivery style. Your audience are guaranteed a mindset makeover, transformation, insight and skills in transitioning from bottlenecks to breakthroughs.Martina has over 20 years experience working within the wellbeing and mental health field helping Individuals ( children and Adults) to develop a strong mindset that allows them to turn bottlenecks into breakthroughs, increase performance ,productivity and gain clarity and increase motivation through effective strategic goal setting. Due to her contributions to the field, she has been featured in HuffPost, Thrive Global ,Metro, The Voice, and BBC Radio Manchester.Martina is a transformational, dynamic and experiential Speaker with a passion to see Individuals thrive holistically in life through being revived, restored and refocused . Martina delivers psychological therapy/training /coaching in innovative and accessible. Martina draws upon her life experiences including bereavements, divorce, rejection and stress to connect with her audience whilst sharing how she has successfully navigated adversity for her advantage and utilised this for transformation and growth .P﻿anelists Dr Marilyn ComrieMarilyn Comrie is an award-winning entrepreneur, green tech innovator , principal founder of the Black United Representation Network (BURN) and social justice campaigner.She is a director of motorsport STEM education provider The Blair Project, principal founder of the Black United Representation Network which exists to tackle racial inequalities in Greater Manchester through wealth generation, and CEO of the Manchester Innovation Activities Hub (MIAH).Opening in April 2022 within Manchester Science Park, the MIAH will accelerate clean growth by upskilling and reskilling people to fast-track them into hard-to-fill roles that require specialist technical skills. It will also provide access to industrial-grade equipment and technical expertise to help SMEs repivot, prototype and manufacture clean growth products, and scale up to achieve sustainable growth.Marilyn is passionate about developing the pipeline of diverse talent needed to fuel the green industrial revolution and save the planet. This includes girls, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic youth, and those from low-income backgrounds. Her determination, persistence and Northern grit, have earned me a growing reputation as a transformational leader, influencer and change agent. Her goal is to inspire other women and people of colour to assume leadership roles.Marilyn was honoured with an OBE for services to women’s enterprise in 2009 and has received the prestigious Kofi Annan African Leadership Excellence Award as well as an honorary doctorate from the University of Birmingham in 2018.C﻿arol Ann WhiteheadFellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Carol Ann is the Co-Founder of The Zebra Partnership.CMI Womens Board I Heritage Trustee Portico Library I MD, The Zebra Partnership Publishing &amp; Events I RSA Fellow I Award Winning Mentor I 50:50 Parliament Trustee , Northern PowerWomen PowerListL﻿isa Maynard-AtemAward-winning Entrepreneur | Non-Executive Director | Board Member | Public Speaker | Equality, Diversity &amp; Inclusion Advocate | BBC 1Xtra Future Figure 2022Ekponoimo Comfort Nkang Practice Leader and senior solicitor, who heads the HR, Employment law, and Health &amp; Safety team at LegalVision, a commercial tech law firm. Comfort is also interested in the advancement of AI technology in the legal sector, and completed a Master of Science degree in Legal Technology last year (2022). In her spare time, Comfort informally mentors her peers and also blogs about Afro natural hair on her instagram.R﻿efreshments will be available on the evening.L﻿imited tickets available , register today.W﻿e look forward to seeing you and rising together !

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