Incredibly powerful, sincerely caring and superbly
thought-provoking. The most well-attended
workshop ever.
- Dr Rosalinda Leone, GSK
Browse Hannah’s keynotes and workshops below
Women & Underrepresented Groups Workshops
Struggling to manage it all?
Are you firefighting? Do you have a PhD in procrastination or suffering from decision fatigue? Perhaps you have been going too hard for too long and are on the edge of burnout?
We could really do with a breakthrough in effectiveness.
- Discover the three major challenges facing professional women;
- Prioritise three shifts to increasing your energy and effectiveness;
- Be introduced to the Superwoman myth and a new approach to get more done with less push and effort and without burning out;
- Uncover the biggest mistake that most of us make in the interest of time management and how to avoid it.
I'll give you all the tools you need to put that foundation in place so you can thrive in the current climate of uncertainty and create real, meaningful change next year - and beyond!
Includes an anonymous pre-workshop energy and effectiveness poll. The results are used to tailor the tools used in the workshop.
1hr webinar-workshop
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Ever tried time management systems only to give them up days into implementation? What most time management systems teach us is how to squeeze more out of every minute of the day. During this women’s specific workshop, we will make the shift from time management to energy management and breathe a huge sigh of relief!
- Uncover where the overwhelm epidemic came from and why choosing a new approach matters;
- Learn the number one-time management mistake and how to shift your focus to get more done with less push and effort and without burning out;
- Get the latest research on cycle tracking in sports and learn how to use this approach to improve effectiveness and reduce the risk of burnout;
- Get the tools to give you three quick wins to get you back on track for maximum impact;
- Learn how to prioritise your own needs and the boundaries required to achieve this.
1hr webinar-workshop
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This is a unique opportunity to gain awareness of your natural talents and capabilities and harness your authentic leadership style. You’ll leave with more confidence in your ability to step up into leadership and management roles. Be more decisive in your leadership and execution and able to readily balance the competing priorities in your own life.
You will learn:
- What leading research reveals about successful women leaders and how you can employ this to get more personal and professional effectiveness;
- The covid-19 effect highlighting existing inequalities for women;
- The structural, cultural and individual biases that need to change through the lens of research by McKinsey & Company;
- Dispel the Superwoman myth and how bigger, better, faster, more is causing an epidemic of dissatisfaction and burnout for women globally;
- Learn how to harness your own leadership style to get more done with less push and effort and without burning out;
Discover your unique personal and leadership strengths with the Women’s PowerTypesTM profile. Each participant will get a free token worth £77 / $99.
1hr webinar-workshop
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There’s no one silver bullet when it comes to stemming the haemorrhage of women leaving the STEM pipeline and underrepresented groups being fairly represented in the first place. Equality and diversity policies favour black men. The Athena SWAN charter disproportionately benefits white middle class women. One solution in one arena is not enough. Uncover the latest research ideas and silver levers to make science more equitable for everyone.
- Uncover how to foster employee empowerment and allyship within your research community.
- Address the reality of the ‘leaky pipeline’ and how representation of role models matters for career planning and progression.
- Discover the latest research by National Academies of Science describing sexual harassment as ‘the tip of an iceberg’. Understand how subtle slights and microaggressions all add up, particularly for underrepresented groups.
- Reflect on how the science community can accommodate identities who don’t have clearly visible markers of marginalization (e.g. sexual orientation, low-income, disability, mental health etc).
- What structural changes institutions and companies can make to better protect people from potential harassment and inequity.
It’s time to move away from a culture of compliance to a culture of change. Leave with five micro interventions you can implement immediately to build an inclusive academic culture through intentional practice.
1hr webinar-workshop
Career Navigation Workshops
Not knowing how impactful online tools really are, what to say or how to use them efficiently are some of the major reasons LinkedIn profiles under perform.
No-one wants to lose focus, wasting time being sucked into consuming social media, leaving a permanent trace and juggling between so many platforms without the evidence it produces tangible results.
Discover the 4 stages to developing a LinkedIn strategy and an all-star profile to future proof your career, transform your career trajectory and increase your earning potential today.
- Distil your skills into clear and concise templated formats;
- Build your network full of ideal employers or collaborators and harness your network into ideal opportunities with 15-20 minutes of daily micro-actions;
- Uncover the themes of social content so that each and every post has a purpose and is impactful;
- Every stage of the process is measured and tested so that you can see the growth of your network and the tangible outputs of your efforts, year on year;
- Receive supporting workbooks to integrate the exercises.
All of these stages reveal how to utilise LinkedIn to its fullest. Easily translate this method to become more visible across other platforms.
1hr webinar-workshop
This is a foundational workshop, ‘A Guide to Virtual Networking’ builds on these principles.
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Do you struggle to speak clearly and openly about your successes without it feeling like a humble brag? Discover how to self-promote confidently and with integrity to elevate your professional profile.
- Uncover the science of self-promotion and how to feel more comfortable to increase your visibility;
- Discover your unique edge and distil it into a 2-word personal brand;
- Identifying your niche, difference and brand;
- Articulate your unique edge and brand into a professional positioning statement to attract opportunities like a magnet;
- Use your stand as an elevator pitch and learn foundational strategies to build your network full of ideal employees or collaborators and harness your network into ideal opportunities with 15-20 minutes of daily micro-actions;
- Receive supporting workbooks, audio clips and videos to integrate the activities.
2 x 90-minute webinar or workshops (also available as a 1hr masterclass)
Are you so busy working in your career, head down: producing, producing, producing that you forgot to look up and work on your career at the same time? You are not alone. The strategy of ‘proving yourself’ is unfortunately a paralysis trap causing the feelings of being overlooked, underappreciated and underpaid for all of that hard work.
During this 90-minute workshop, you will be guided through the 6-step Career Pivots® Compass methodology to find balance, confidence and fulfilment. There will be a special focus on time and energy management so that you can create your biggest impact while balancing the things and people that mean most to you.
- Learn how proving feeds the self-esteem depletion cycle and how to remove yourself from this paradox by focusing on one elevating element
- Discover how to unlock the mythical unicorn of work-life balance by prioritising 5 pillar areas in your life, fiercely protecting your career development with boundaries
- Leave with three clear action steps and the accountability in place to kickstart your journey to an Intentional Career.
The Book, Intentional Careers for STEM Women:
How to create balance, confidence and fulfilment in 6 strategic steps will be released in September 2023. ***All registered attendees will receive a copy of the book after this date.***
Ever had a feeling that sooner or later you are going to be found out. That you actually don't really know what you are doing, you're a fraud? Maybe you have not gone for opportunities in anticipation that you are not quite good enough?
During this 90-minute workshop you will be guided through the 6-step Career Pivots® Compass methodology to find balance, confidence and fulfilment. There will be a special focus on overcoming personal limitations so that you can create a career pathway from an empowered and resourceful state.
- Discover your unique stress team of ‘selves’ and how to move beyond imposter syndrome by separating from their agendas and regaining real choice in your behaviours and actions.
- Utilise the 5-step VOICETM methodology to break old patterns of behaviour and unlock your true potential
- Leave with three clear action steps and the accountability in place to kickstart your journey to an Intentional CareerTM.
The Book, Intentional Careers for STEM Women:
How to create balance, confidence and fulfilment in 6 strategic steps will be released in September 2023. ***All registered attendees will receive a copy of the book after this date.***
Working longer and harder than everyone else is not the route to fulfilment and backfires as a strategy to kickstart your career.
During this 90-minute workshop, you will be guided through the 6-step Career Pivots® Compass methodology to find balance, confidence and fulfilment. Each step of the compass will elevate your career to give you clarity on 'what's next?' and make it happen.
- Uncover which stage of the Intentional Career™ journey you are at and what needs to shift to move you up through to fulfilled and valued.
- Discover if you are in the capability trap, career values conflict or disconnected vision and what to do about it.
- Leave with three clear action steps and the accountability in place to kickstart your journey to an Intentional Career™.
The Book, Intentional Careers for STEM Women:
How to create balance, confidence and fulfilment in 6 strategic steps will be released in September 2023. ***All registered attendees will receive a copy of the book after this date.***
Ever wondered why certain tasks and roles drain you of energy, while others excite and energise you?
Discover your unique Talent Dynamics profile and your mix of thinking and action styles. It is a leadership pathway designed to activate your natural talents and strengths and gives you permission to own the value you can bring. Use your primary and secondary profiles to develop your own training and development programme. Uncover the language of your leadership profile so that you can distinguish roles that align with your natural talents and provide a good fit as well as how you can best work in a team environment to leverage individuals strengths and communication styles.
- Understand the concept of flow and debrief your individual profile including strengths and blind spots.
- Discover role profiles that align to your talents check for alignment.
- Uncover your team dynamics strengths and blind spots.
- Learn the preferred style of communication for each team member and how to work with and through others effectively.
Personal Development Workshops
Many people are torn – afraid to speak up, be seen, or minimise their achievements and at the same time, are frustrated that they are getting in their own way. Feeling like you will be exposed to not know enough and being your own worst critic is a toxic combination. It can result in procrastination, individualism and ruminating thoughts. Learn the three layers to imposter syndrome, where these thoughts and beliefs originate from and three tools to overcome your imposter and fulfil your true potential.
Stage 1: Preliminary Training: What’s holding me back? Barriers to your potential (40 minute audio-writing task)
- Identify the one obstacle holding you most stuck in your career right now, release it and plot a course forward;
- Define a set of 3-5 aspirational intentions for your future and break these down into a clear 3-part action plan.
Stage 2: The Psychology of Selves: Beyond Imposter Syndrome (90 minute webinar-workshop)
Having different selves is normal. We all hear different voices in our head. One voice says we should take a walk at lunchtime and the other one says no you must respond to your emails. It depends which one you listen to as to what decision you'll make. During this webinar-workshop you will:
- Uncover the theory of the psychology of selves to gain valuable; understanding of how your personality is structured and how you function;
- We will look in detail at the sub-personalities of The Pusher, The Pleaser, The Perfectionist and The Inner Critic. Learn how to become aware of these sub-personalities so that you can separate from their agendas, desires and responses and regain real choice;
- Discover the three layers of Imposter Syndrome and identify where those behaviours originate from.
Integrate three gold standard tools to:
- Learn how your brain creates iterative cycles of thought and how to break that negative worst-case scenario thinking so you can approach your work confidently and successfully. This new approach will also enable you to stop thinking about work at home so you can be fully present for the people and things that matter to you most;
- Discover how to deal with challenging emotions and emotional allergies – those emotions you will do anything to avoid;
- Redefine where you seek value and learn how to manage unhelpful and unhealthy perfectionism.
90 minute webinar-workshop.
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The physics of vulnerability. It’s pretty simple: If we are brave enough often enough, we will fall. Daring is not saying, “I’m willing to risk failure.” Daring is saying, “I know I will eventually fail, and I’m still all in.” - Brené Brown
During this 90-minute webinar-workshop take 3-steps towards failing gracefully and increase your resilience exponentially.
Phase 1: The Reckoning
Discover the pivotal successes and failures throughout your life and what you can learn from the nature of your failures over time.
Phase 2: The Rumble
Use an alternative CV of failures to become more resilient in your approach, separating success and failure from your self-worth.
Phase 3: The Revolution
Leave with the leadership tools to address failure positively, give and receive candid feedback without taking it personally and use failure to drive innovation. You will become a beacon for authentic leadership and an inspiration to others.
90-minute webinar-workshop.
Featured Article: The CV of Failures
Featured Article: Powerful Mistakes
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Have you ever been afraid to express your opinion for fear of how you might be perceived? Changed your behaviour in order to conform to the situation you were faced with? Why is it such a challenge at times to be our true and authentic selves?
During this workshop you will:
- Uncover the theory of the psychology of selves to gain valuable understanding of how your personality is structured and how you respond to triggering people or situations.
- You will discover your unique selves tag team that prevents access to your authenticity. Learn how to separate from their agendas to regain real choice in your actions.
- Integrate three gold standard tools to break the cycle of pre-empting, overthinking and ruminating to unlock your true authenticity.
Do you have difficulty speaking up, articulating your contributions effectively or avoid conflict at all costs? There are four distinctive yet complimentary styles of communication we all use every day. Harness these styles to build and maintain rapport with an individual or group and manage challenging conversations effectively. Learn 3 feedback models and how to handle criticism with ease. You’ll leave with a 3-part action plan for your own leadership development and tools to support your communication style.
During this interactive 90 minute webinar/workshop you will:
- Learn the 4 social styles and how to use them effectively to manage conversations and work with and through other people effectively.
- Discover systems for conflict resolution, with non-confrontational conversation templates to overcome obstacles to communication.
- Uncover how to promote effective feedback using 3 different feedback methods to handle criticism without it feeling like a personal attack.
90-minute webinar or workshop.
Ever struggled with specific individuals or team dynamics? Said yes to yet another piece of work when you are already overwhelmed? The chances are you have a strong “Pleaser” personality type. This can result in difficulty speaking up, not articulating your contribution effectively and avoiding conflict at all costs. There are four distinctive yet complimentary styles of communication we all use every day. Harness these styles to build and maintain rapport with an individual or group and manage difficult conversations. Learn how to step into the PowerTypeTM of the King/Queen and hold a powerful vision for your work and team. You’ll leave with a 3-part action plan for your own leadership development and tools to support your communication style.
During this live interactive 90 minute webinar/workshop you will:
- Uncover the model for researcher-PI dynamics and how to shift your strategy and approach from feeling resentful and underappreciated to valued and respected.
- Learn how to become aware of the sub-personality of “The Pleaser” so that you can separate from its agenda and regain real choice in your responses.
- The 4 social styles and how to use them effectively to manage conversations.
- Explore deeply the PowerTypeTM of the King/Queen and how this archetype can support you in confident negotiation and communication.
- Discover systems for conflict resolution, with non-confrontational conversation templates to overcome obstacles to communication.
- Learn how to say no with grace, set and maintain boundaries and delegate with ease to propel your career and regain more work-life balance.
- Receive supporting workbooks to integrate the exercises.
90-minute webinar or workshop.
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Dreading your next presentation?
Feeling anxious for days leading up to your presentation, worrying what will happen if you can’t keep the anxiety in check and overpreparing to compensate? Presenting in front of people can leave you feeling vulnerable and exposed and like you don’t know enough. Discover the secret to confident speaking without the jaw clenching nerves hijacking your brain. Plus feel prepared to handle tricky questions elegantly.
- Uncover the root cause of your presentation fears, meaning that the way your approach speaking opportunities will finally make sense and you can take concrete actions to move beyond these blocks to your progression. Notice how letting go of this challenge transforms other areas of your life.
- Discover how your brain creates iterative cycles of thoughts and how to break that negative worst-case scenario thinking so that you can approach your presentations confidently and successfully. This new approach will also enable you to stop thinking about work at home so you can be fully present for the people and things that matter to you most.
- Develop tools to enhance your confidence in challenging situations.
- Understand how to best structure your presentations so that you can handle questions easily.
- Learn how to review your performance to enable further growth without dwelling on the negatives. You'll become an expert at reflective feedback which is a highly sought-after leadership skill.
2 x 90-minute webinar-workshops.
Do you tell yourself, “when I finish this project/move roles, then I will reclaim balance in my life?”
Managing all of the different competing areas of our lives is a huge challenge, one that comes with the weight of expectations and guilt. We need a breakthrough in effectiveness to be able to make our biggest contribution in the world without our health and relationships suffering as a consequence.
During this 60-minute lunch and learn session, discover the five-pillar system to time domination.
- Prioritise three shifts to increasing your energy and effectiveness.
- Uncover the biggest mistake that most of us make in the interest of time management and how to avoid it.
- Create your personalised plan for immediate transformation and uncover steps to create huge momentum and take yourself to the next level in your life and career.
- Master the ability to prioritise and focus your workload utilising high performance habits so that you can achieve more in less time.
- Discover your keel zone and harness when you are at your most productive and gain control over your workload through consistency of action.
Leave feeling reactivated ready to reset your habits within 28 days. You’ll leave with all the systems and methodology to take your performance to elite levels.
60-minute webinar-workshop.
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Leadership Development Workshop Series
Designed as a 6-month leadership programme with one topic focus per month.
Workshop 1: Authentic Leadership
A leader draws people towards a vision but it doesn’t mean that a leader is always in front. Discover the difference between a manager and a leader and your own authentic leadership qualities. Uncover how you are currently showing up in the world and the values that you will need to prioritise in order to lead authentically.
The purpose of this session is to:
- Reflect on specific aspects of your life and leadership by defining your life values.
- Begin to articulate your greater vision and how you can be of greatest service in the world.
- Recognise and define the personal qualities that are important for your leadership to be authentic.
Workshop 2: Life Harmony - The Constant Juggling Act
What are the challenges you face balancing work, home, time for self and friends? One of the most important aspects of being a leader is to lead a balanced life. You are a role model to others. Are you operating in a way that you would like others to model? Uncover the biggest mistake that most of us make in the interest of time management and how to avoid it. I'll give you all the tools you need to put that foundation in place so you can thrive.
The purpose of this session is to:
- Recognise what your life balance is today.
- Begin to articulate what is lacking in your life and define what you can do to build more of what you want into your life.
- Uncover what you want to model for others and how to lead this change.
Workshop 3: Confidence & Charisma
Ever hesitated before speaking up in a meeting? Worked really hard hoping that your work will speak for itself? Confidence is crucial to success as a leader. Learn three specific techniques to transform your confidence immediately so that you can be a more effective leader. Uncover the characteristics of a charismatic leader and choose one particular quality to enhance in your own leadership and formulate a plan to incorporate this into your work.
The purpose of this session is to:
- Focus on what makes you a confident leader.
- Discover tools and techniques you can use immediately to become more confident.
- Recognise the importance of being confident in your leadership to reach your vision.
- Uncover the characteristics of charismatic leadership and traits you can use to become more charismatic in your own leadership.
Workshop 4: Communicating as a Leader
There are four distinctive yet complimentary style of communication we all use every day. Harness these styles to build and maintain rapport with an individual or group and manage difficult conversations. Use specific tools to promote effective feedback and handle criticism with ease. You’ll leave with a 3-part action plan for your own leadership development and tools to support your communication style.
The purpose of this session is to:
- The 4 social styles and how to use them effectively to manage conversations.
- Understand how you communicate upward, downward and horizontally.
- Explore the challenges in communication with others and discover non-confrontational conversation templates for conflict resolution.
- Learn how to set boundaries, say no gracefully and delegate effectively.
- Use specific tools for promoting effective feedback and handling criticism with ease.
Workshop 5: Developing Leadership
None of us will be able to attain our vision alone. We need others. Some are trail blazers that continue to show us the way. Others will be drawn to us and our vision to help us put it into action. There will also be a multitude of leaders to whom we can pass the flame. What we do as leaders to develop leadership in others is crucial to our success in reaching our individual visions and our collective vision.
The purpose of this session is to:
- Learn how others have helped you develop your leadership and the need to continue to develop your own personal leadership.
- Recognise your role in developing other leaders.
- Look as specific tools and techniques you can use to develop the leadership of others.
Workshop 6: Ethical Leadership
Have you ever been asked to do something that pushed your ethical boundaries? During this workshop you will explore your own personal ethical standards and how to verbally express them. They are crucial for the future of society and the key to sustainable development. Discover how ethics relate to your bigger vision and begin to separate out your purpose and mission from the bigger why. Leave with clarity on your vision, purpose and mission and break this down into a 5-year plan mapped back to achievable milestones.
The purpose of this session is to:
- Become consciously aware of and verbally express what your personal ethical boundaries are. What becomes intolerable and unacceptable ethically and where are the limits?
- Build awareness of the importance of ethics as they relate to your vision.
- Raise your vision to express the greatest “why” in your life. Separate out your purpose and mission from your vision.
- Formulate a 5-year plan mapped back to achievable milestones you need to be hitting to get you there.
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Leading Millennials Workshop Series
Designed as a 6-month leadership programme with one topic focus per month.
Workshop 1: Leading Millennials
Millennials face unique challenges in the workplace. Moving and integrating into brand new workplaces, cities, countries and cultures on a backdrop of picture-perfect social media stories. Feeling different and comparisonitis are rocket fuel for their Inner Critics.
Learn what millennials really want out of work and how to lead and empower them using unique coaching tools and skills.
Part 1: Who are Millennials?
38% of the workforce are Millennials and this number increases year-on-year. Millennials have grown up in a time of rapid change, giving them a set of priorities and expectations sharply different from previous generations. Discover six major differences in the outlook of millennials and how to flex your leadership style to bring the best out in their performance.
Part 2: Engagement at Work
55% of millennials are not engaged at work, 60% are open to a new opportunity and 21% changed jobs in the last year. This is 3X higher than non-millennials. Learn 3 gold standard tools to improve the engagement and retention of millennials in your team.
Part 3: Leading through Imposter Syndrome
Millennials are prone to pleasing behaviours in order to prove themselves and be successful in the workplace. Yet this is one of the biggest barriers to career performance and trajectory. During a proving cycle, the focus is on seeking approval and therefore trying to gain self-worth from external recognition from a boss or colleagues. Self-worth becomes wrapped up in the volume of work delivered which ultimately leads to unsustainable habits and even burnout. Learn how to recognise when someone is exhibiting proving and pleasing behaviours and how to coach them from feeling like an imposter to recognising when they are adding their unique value to the company.
90 minute webinar or workshop for leaders of millennials.
Workshop 2: Vitality Reset for Millennials
Millennials face unique challenges in the workplace. Moving and integrating into brand new workplaces, cities, countries and cultures on a backdrop of picture-perfect social media stories. Feeling different and comparisonitis are rocket fuel for your Inner Critic.
It's time to press the reset button to get separation from your Inner Critic and learn how to cope with these challenges positively and purposefully. Leave feeling replenished, regenerated and reactivated ready to be the fully vital version of you in 2022 and beyond.
90-minute webinar or workshop for millennial workers.
About Your Trainer
Dr Hannah Roberts
As founder of Intentional Careers™, author of Amazon #1 bestseller Intentional Careers for STEM Women and host of a top 10 UK podcast, top 5% globally Women in STEM Career & Confidence, Dr Hannah Roberts is an award-winning coach on a mission to eradicate inequity in the workplace by guiding professionals to design careers for fulfilment with a mindset for leadership to build progressive workplace cultures where every individual feels valued.
Hannah is uniquely positioned as a scientist, mum of three with a background in corporate and academia. She was managing director of a spin-out company before pivoting into coaching, speaking and training in 2019. She has clients spanning 6 continents and is a certified One of Many™ Women’s Leadership Coach and Trainer with the Professional Certified Coach credential from the International Coaching Federation and has been a member of the Forbes Coaches Council since 2022.
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