Investing in Success

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I found the session really interesting and I’ve come away with some really helpful insights as well as tips as to how I can further support greater gender equality in the workplace. 


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Welcome to Investing In Success – a Blake Morgan forum dedicated to helping you and your business succeed.

Working with a panel of strategically focused experts, we tackle topics that aim to encourage our audience to achieve higher levels of engagement with colleagues and peers, think differently about driving good judgement, and create an inclusive culture.

Investing in Success offers a full calendar of events throughout the year, focused on one aim: helping you succeed.

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Recent events


Reshaping the world of work – how the dramatic shift in the environment has meant that adaptability and flexibility have taken over job security, long term employment, structured environments and standardised roles.

Mental wellbeing – explored ‘mental fitness’ and unpicked the challenges employers and business owners face navigating this sensitive area.

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace – encouraging businesses to make changes to the processes and behaviours of recruitment and career progression, to embrace people from different social backgrounds.

Survive and Thrive – considered the challenges that business owners and employers now face and how to survive and thrive in our new reality.

Creating high performing teams – the foundations of leadership, the skills to master, and adapting your behaviour to match the context you’re facing.

Gender bias and the ‘authority gap’ – highlighting the ‘authority gap’ and how individuals and organisations can help close the gap to the benefit of all.

The Power of Trust – how leaders can drive forward innovative thinking and pivot to changing requirements by focusing on the importance of trust.

Scaling up and business exits – we were privileged to be joined by Debbie Wosskow OBE, one of the most recognised serial entrepreneurs in the UK, who provided insight in to managing multiple business ventures and exits.

Building a successful business – we heard fascinating insights from Laurence Pearce, CEO & Founder of Lifelight and Vivek Madlani, CEO & Co-founder of Multiply into their growth stories, the challenges they have faced when scaling their businesses, attracting investors, what’s driving them and plans for the future.

Events & Insights


Articles

How do you grow a business? Not an easy question to answer as there are so many elements for start-ups to consider, but taking on board advice from those that... Read More

Webinar, Thursday 7 March - PAST EVENT

Growth is one of the key objectives of any successful business, but this doesn’t happen overnight and requires the right strategy, mindset and innovation. So what does it take to... Read More

Articles

A career as an entrepreneur is not often a path that a school careers adviser would suggest to students. But Debbie Wosskow OBE, who featured on Blake Morgan's most recent... Read More

Webinar, Wednesday 19 April - PAST EVENT

Starting up your own business can be incredibly empowering: incubating an idea, turning it into something tangible, setting your own milestones and striking out on your own. But what happens... Read More

Articles

Experts in trust and business culture were guest speakers at an Investing in Success webinar hosted by Blake Morgan Partner Jennifer Williamson on Wednesday 2 November. Read More

Webinar, Wednesday 2 November - PAST EVENT

Trust in our culture at large, in our institutions and in our companies is significantly lower than a generation ago. At this event, Blake Morgan hosted a discussion on trust.... Read More

ENGAGE

Investing in Success brings you board level topics, designed to ensure you can engage with a programme relevant to your business. We know that by engaging in subject areas, designed to test assumptions and the norm, can we make improvements to our environment. That’s why our topics provide thought provoking content to stimulate debate and change.

REFLECT

We are proud of the calibre of individuals we secure for our panels, as they demonstrate our passion for these topics through their own stories. During Investing in Success events, you will be able to listen to first hand experiences from entrepreneurs and experts in their field, who will provide invaluable practical insight

THRIVE

At Blake Morgan, we have a reputation for building life-time relationships with our clients, helping them to navigate through the challenges that affect their organisation. We are dedicated to working alongside you to help your business thrive. Investing in Success aims to help you progress your business to the next stage and always aim higher.

"Thank you for organising this. Mary was amazing and so interesting, I think we all could have listened to her all day, as you said."
- Attendee at the Gender Bias and the 'Authority Gap' webinar


"I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed this webinar today. Mary Ann Sieghart was truly inspiring and I have ordered her book."
- Attendee at the Gender Bias and the 'Authority Gap' webinar


Meet the Investing in Success team


Helen
Bunker
Chair

London

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Joanna
Corbett-Simmons
Legal Director

Cardiff

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Tim
Coles
Legal Director

Reading

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Mathew
Wilson
Partner

Southampton

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Michelle
Davenport
Legal Director

London

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Investing in Success News


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