The Academy

The City Stars Programme is designed by City Hive CEO Bev Shah and Christine Brown-Quinn, a former Managing Director in International Finance, now an author, speaker and consultant helping women to develop business strategies so they can thrive in their careers. Well versed in what it takes to forge a thriving career in highly pressurised, alpha environments, Christine is known as The Female Capitalist.

At the beginning of their career, when delivery andcompletion of tasks are paramount, women often excel. By mid-career, however,they can experience a slow-down inthe rate of pay and promotion, which cannot be simply explained away bymaternity leave or a system based purely on meritocracy. So what is happeninghere?

First and foremost you have to take full ownership of your careerso that you can shape it in a way that keeps you fully engaged and aligned to achanging competitive environment. There is an easy way to go about this - withoutadding more hours to an already long day - but it does require a fresh approachand a new way of thinking.

While hard skills are perhaps more obvious and achievable, the softskills critical to career progression are often overlooked. The City Stars programme, therefore, addressesthe issue of career ownership and strategic positioning as well as the criticalsoft sills to move a promising career forward.

City Stars equips midcareer women with:

A greater awareness of their personal talent and potential (aligned strategically to the business)

An increased sense of ownership of their career now and in the future

A solid foundation of skills and strategies to navigate the complexity of business and organisational life

A support network of like-minded women working in the same industry

A clear endorsement from their companys management that they matter to the success of the organisation

What to expect

This session will cover:

Whats holding you back from negotiating and how to overcome it

Why not asking for what you want hurts your career AND the company you work for!

How to make negotiating feel (and look) more natural

What the real truth is behind the biggest myths about this career-critical skill

The power of the seven secrets to successful negotiating

If you would like to join the City Stars programme, please contact [email protected].