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- 1. #CharityRetail2018 @AnjHanda @WmnChangemakers Navigating the Labyrinth Shattering the myth of the glass ceiling Anj Handa Inspiring Women Changemakers
- 2. #CharityRetail2018 @AnjHanda @WmnChangemakers About Anjā¦ Charity Chair, daughter of retailers, maker of social change, rent-a-body for charity challenges (Ben Nevis, Y3P, a skydive and abseil so far).
- 4. #CharityRetail2018 @AnjHanda @WmnChangemakers Exploring the Labyrinth What are the barriers? What/who needs to change? What else?
- 5. #CharityRetail2018 @AnjHanda @WmnChangemakers Organisational Politics Who or what do you need to influence? Who are the gatekeepers? What else needs to change?
- 6. #CharityRetail2018 @AnjHanda @WmnChangemakers Letās connect: ļŖ anj@inspiringwomenchangemakers.co.uk ļŗ www.inspiringwomenchangemakers.co.uk @WmnChangemakers
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- Anj is the Chair of Freedom Studios, an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. She is also a Governor at Leeds Arts University with the lead remit for Equality and Safeguarding. Sheās a keen hiker and often holds walking coaching sessions and residentials in the Yorkshire Dales for her clients. You can read more about Anjās story on the Inspiring Women Changemakers website. The link is: www.inspiringwomenchangemakers.co.uk/anj-handa-story/
- Anjās Change.org petition for asylum seeker Afusat Saliu and her daughters received over 126,000 signatures and gained interest from the global media, MPs and personalities such as Richard Branson. This is the link to the actual petitions https://www.change.org/p/home-office-please-review-the-fresh-evidence-submitted-for-afusat-saliu-s-asylum-case-properly The case was widely covered by the media, especially The Guardian.Anjās story is featured in a book āEradicating FGM in the UKā by Guardian writer Hilary Burrage. Below is an opinion piece by Hilary. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/25/britain-deport-child-at-risk-fgm-theresa-may-nigeria More recently, Anj was named by The Independentās inews publication as āA bloody brilliant womanā on International Womenās Day 2018. https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/women/17-bloody-brilliant-women-and-two-men-share-their-proudest-moments-for-international-womens-day/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
- The labyrinth metaphor is described within this article by The Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2007/09/women-and-the-labyrinth-of-leadership Anj facilitated a discussion about possible barriers to progression: the outer (external/interpersonal) and inner (conscious and subconscious/intrapersonal)
- Anj facilitated a discussion about navigating organisational politics and ways to influence. The diagram above was included in a blog that she wrote with former Women & Equality Minister, Meg Munn. https://www.inspiringwomenchangemakers.co.uk/2018/04/03/organisational-politics/ She also highlighted three preferred styles in which others can be persuaded: Logos: logic/fact Ethos: ethics and morality/values Pathos: emotions and feelings
- You can give me a call if you prefer. My mobile number is 07946 646295.