Strategy Circle : Getting the MOST out of HR even when it feels hard

Hey there, Sisters! Join us for an empowering online event where we discuss strategies for dealing with situations when HR processes feel long, unclear, or a bit nerve racking. This circle is a safe space for sharing experiences, gaining support, and learning how to navigate challenging workplace dynamics.

Designed for working women across sectors - from seasoned professionals to early careers to recent graduates stepping into corporate life. It is always good to get ahead of this vital component of companies that you will likely be liaising with. This session goes beyond stories: you'll leave with REAL, ACTIONABLE STRATEGIES. Plus, we’ll be joined by a guest speaker with OVER 25 years of SENIOR HR EXPERIENCE at some of your favourite prestigious corporations.

THIS SESSION IS FOR WHEN:

• You're afraid to report something you probably should
• You’ve received a promise of action, but haven’t yet seen meaningful change - and it’s hard to know your next step.
• You've shared openly, but now worry that honesty may have backfired
• You are exploring reasonable adjustments and what that looks like for you
• You made a complaint, but now it feels too late (and too risky) to backtrack
• You have been invited to an informal conversation like mediation
• Your colleagues are making you feel uncomfortable and you are unsure about what to do
• You're managing isolation, retaliation, or quiet exclusion with no real support

WHAT TO EXPECT:

• A grounding story that names what it feels like when support systems quietly fail you and when they work incredibly well.
• An experienced guest speaker with over 25 YEARS IN SENIOR HR ROLES shares practical insights on how to navigate HR with confidence - especially as a woman, and as a woman of colour. Expect guidance on how to prepare for meetings and use the right language to advocate for your needs.
• Three real-world workplace scenarios (Lauren, Jackie, Danielle) that mirrors workplace exclusion, systematic bureaucracy, colleague retaliation, and/or gaslighting.
• A collective insight session where you’re invited (not pressured) to share thoughts, questions, or strategies
• We close with clear, strategic tactics for navigating work environments where visibility doesn’t always lead to support or protection. You’ll leave with quiet, clever ways to document, reposition, and defend your value. Always be 10 steps ahead throughout your career. You deserve to be in these spaces.

At this Strategy Circle during our Strategy Teach we'll explore what happens next when:

• Your claim has been "unsubstantiated": (something women - especially women of colour - hear far too often)

THIS SESSION WILL ALSO BENEFIT

Women who are working on repairing your relationship with HR, this session will support you with setting healthy expectations regarding what great HR feels like from people passionate about their HR careers and enterprise. Sometimes, there are misconceptions surrounding Human Resources and we want to ensure you have healthy expectations and standards too.

Creatives who are interested in how HR fits into the creative and entertainment sectors.

In addition to, people who are considering a career in HR. This session will 100% benefit you. Receive gems from our guest speaker, who will be able to advise you on how best to navigate your Human Resources career. Perhaps you are already in HR, but want to pursue a higher seniority. Ask our July guest speaker questions, and receive insight in return.

GUEST SPEAKER: TACITA SMALL (Founder of The Small HR Company): As a senior HR leader within her field, Tacita worked "in-house" for nearly three decades with many instantly recognisable brands, including Westfield, The Walt Disney Company, Apple, Ministry of Sound, Freemantle and BBC Worldwide.  With this breadth of experience, Tacita started The Small HR Company in 2019 to bring modern, creative and human-centric HR practices to businesses of all sizes. Tacita's mission is to ensure that the creative and entertainment industries move toward a place where solid practices are the norm and everyone enjoys transparent, honest, collaborative and supportive environments. 

ABOUT SISTERS PROTECT:

Here, you can see the work that we are doing at Sisters Protect.

At Sisters Protect, we create strategy and support that centres those most often excluded, so every woman can move with more clarity, confidence, and care. All women are welcome to this session.

Our Strategy Circle's bring together women across industries, roles, and life stages - from students, new graduates, to seasoned leaders. This intergenerational space means every session is rich with layered insight, lived experience, and practical strategy you can apply immediately.

Let's come together to uplift, protect, empower each other!

[ONLINE EVENT - Last Thursday of every month @6:30pm]

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INTROSPECTION: A CORPORATE SURVIVAL JOURNAL

Introspection: A Corporate Survival Journal is an A4-sized, hardback tool for strategic self-leadership: built for women navigating complex, fast-paced, or hostile work environments. With 48 guided weekly reflections, Introspection supports you with tracking workplace tension, monitoring your wellbeing, documenting microaggressions, planning financial stability, and developing your skillset outside the workplace. With sections featuring escalation logs, feedback decoding, performance review prep, and even workplace policy analysis, this journal becomes your personal strategy system to thrive in workplaces that you deserve to be in.