S T R E N G T H T H R O U G H D I V E R S I T Y

TOP FLIGHTMaking it to CEO and C-Suite Roles

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INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSEMcKinsey found that the senior management teams of global companies with three or more women had a higher firm performance, on average, than teams with no women. They also identified that companies in the top quartile for gender diversity are 15% more likely to have higher financial returns. Yet, even if companies do want to increase their women in senior roles, nearly half of female executives feel a lack of role models holds them back and reduces their willingness to go for promotion.

‘Top Flight’ addresses this gap, by helping women with potential take that last difficult step to Executive CEO and Executive Committee roles. We advise organisations to begin at this senior level because women will not strive for promotion or remain if they do not see other women making it to the top.

“I’ve gone from being the hired help regionally to driving and owning the strategy of my organisation

in the UK. Top Flight helped me to make that choice and catapulted

my career.”

Jane Kielty - Managing Director,

National, AON

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Programme ContentParticipants are a small, carefully selected group of women who, as part of their own development, and with the support of their CEOs, want to prepare for top leadership, by joining a group board (internally or externally). This programme is like no other on the market. It gives individuals unrivalled access so that they learn from FTSE 100 Chairmen and CEOs and other high achievers. These leaders talk about what they look for in choosing executive and non-executive directors and share the wisdom they’ve gained from their successes, and, more crucially, their mistakes.

The programme comprises six three-day group sessions in central London every other month with executive coaching in between. Guest speakers include the likes of Lord Stuart Rose, Baroness Gail Rebuck, Sir Gerry Grimstone, Baroness Martha Lane Fox, Sir Terry Leahy, Baroness Dido Harding and Sir Mike Rake.

‘Top Flight’ is comprehensive. It allows for the development of a personal narrative, it deepens knowledge of corporate governance, it encourages promotion of the best personal and corporate reputation and helps women understand and develop their leadership style.

Before the course begins there is a one-to-one review of each individual, within her organisational context, to fully understand her requirements. Progress is reviewed over the year so that each individual finishes feeling strong and confident about the skills she has acquired and ready to make a success of the new challenges in her life.

Peer support from fellow participants is another important factor in the programme’s success. Participants report that the camaraderie within a group of high calibre businesswomen is powerful and motivating. For this programme to deliver results all participants need to feel comfortable in taking risks, which means trust is absolutely essential. We create a supportive environment where each participant feels safe and can confidently share their hopes and fears. We believe that only when participants are able to acknowledge their vulnerabilities, real or perceived, can they accept their strengths and play to them. This is something we pride ourselves on as it is vital for achieving desired outcomes.

Dates Fees and further informationThe cost of this programme is £28,500 which includes six three-day group training sessions, bi-monthly executive coaching, two tailored one-to-one reviews, career planning, reading material and hospitality (excludes VAT and accommodation).

Each year, Top Flight starts in January and runs over three days in the following months:

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Guest Speaker: Rt Hon Lord John ReidChairman, Institute of Security & Resilience Studies‘What’s going on in the World’

Guest Speaker: June Sarpong and Margherita TaylorTV Presenters, DJ’s, Authors & Wonderful Women‘Communicating with confidence everyday’

Guest Speaker: Doug Gurr - UK Country Manager, Amazon‘The Future – How to decide on the new business opportunities to back

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JANUARY: INTRODUCTION & 2019 OVERVIEW

MARCH: COMMUNICATION

MAY: STRATEGY

Baroness Margaret McDonagh - Co-founder, The Pipeline‘Introduction’

Charlotte Milligan & Susan BookbinderFormer TV Journalists at ITV & BBC‘Practical: Messaging and Arguments’

Sue Kay - Board Advisory, UCL‘Strategic Networking – Making it Happen’

Baroness Margaret McDonaghCo-founder, The Pipeline‘Reflections’

Phil CollinsEasily Top 3 Global speech writer today. Also, Journalist, Author, Banker, Academic‘Analysis: What makes a great speech’

Review: Margaret McDonagh‘Reflections’

Karen Blackett OBE - UK Country Manager, WPP‘Building your personal brand’

Harriet & Matilda ThorpePresentation Persona Trainers & Actresses‘Practical: Immediate Impact & Affinity’

Sue Campbell - Head of Women’s Football, The FA‘Good to Great – Producing Exceptional Performance’

Guest Speaker: Denise KingsmillNED for E.ON, Inditex S.A, Telecom Italia & ICAG‘Big Horizons: Driving your career’

Guest Speaker: Patience WheatcroftColumnist, Sunday Times & Editor, Former Sunday Telegraph‘Understanding the Media’

Waheed Alli - Chairman, Koovs and Silvergate Media‘How Leaders Think About Strategy’

Helen Pitcher OBEChairman, Advanced Boardroom Excellence‘The Role of Boards in Organisations and How They Work’

Sue O’Brien OBE - Managing Partner, Ridgeway Partners‘How successful candidates behave in the promotion process’

William DevineHead of Coaching Practice, The Pipeline‘Not coasting the coaching’

Mark BetteridgeDirector, BBM Campaigns‘Making a speech – The Building Blocks’

Dido Harding - Former CEO, TalkTalk & Chair, NHS Improvement‘Strategy in a Crisis’

Guest Speaker: Julie ChakravertyNED, Santander UK & CEO, Rungway‘Powering through to the top’

Guest Speaker: Sir Rod AldridgeFormer Chairman & Founder, Capita‘Leadership & Growth’

Guest Speaker: Bernadette KellyPermenant Secretary Department for Transport, and Civil Service Social Mobility Champion‘Strategy on a Humongous Scale – How to Cope’

Mary MeaneySenior Partner, McKinsey & Company‘The value of women’

Lorna FitzsimonsCo-founder, The Pipeline‘Communication: The Theory’

Gill Wylie - Transformation Director, Lloyds Banking Group‘Digital Transformation: Making the Complex Simple

Debbie Johnson - Mindfulness Trainer‘Mindfulness’

Story Board Preparation

Book recommendations:‘Thinking Fast & Slow’ by Daniel Kahneman ‘Influence the Psychology of Persuasion’ by Robert B. Cialdini ‘Social Animal’ by David Brooks

Story Board Preparation

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Charlotte Milligan & Susan BookbinderFormer TV Journalists at ITV & BBC‘Practical: Messaging and Arguments’

Simon Gulliford - CEO, Gulliford Consulting LTD‘Competitive Positioning

Harriet & Matilda ThorpePresentation Persona Trainers & Actresses‘Practical: Immediate Impact & Affinity’

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Guest Speaker: Sheila FlavellChief Operating Officer & Co-Founder, FDM Group‘My leadership journey’

Guest Speaker: Tangy MorganSenior Advisor, Bank of England‘What Gets Heard’

Graduation Dinner

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JULY: LEADERSHIP

SEPTEMBER: FINANCE & RISK

NOVEMBER: THE NEXT STEPS…

Professor Chris Bones - CEO, Good Growth & Dean Emeritus, Henley Management School‘Your Leadership’

Jim O’Neill - British Economist & Former Chairman - Goldman Sachs Asset Management‘Why Productivity is Key’

Stuart Rose - Chairman, Ocado‘The Things You Need to Know About Leadership’

Lindsay Thomas - CEO - Sustainable Risks LTD‘Understanding & Quantifying Risk: How to Use Risk to Help You Run Your Business’

Sue O’Brien - Managing Partner, Ridgeway Partners ‘Career Planning’

Margaret McDonagh - Co-founder, The Pipeline‘Review: What we learn about leadership from Abraham Lincoln’

Review: Margaret McDonagh‘Reflections’

Review: Lorna Fitzsimons & Margaret McDonagh

‘Interviews with panel’

‘Interviews with panel’

‘Social Media Content Creation: Vlogs, Blogs & Podcasts’

‘Social Media Content Creation: Vlogs, Blogs & Podcasts’

Baroness Margaret Ford - Chair of Scottish TV Holdings Plc (STV) & Chairman of New River Plc‘Leadership from the Chair’

Sir Gerry GrimstoneFormer Chairman, Standard Aberdeen and Barclays International‘The Chairman’s Role’

Suzanne Baxter - NED & Chair of Audit Committee, WH Smith‘The Role of NED and Recruitment Process’

Rob Goffee - Emeritus Professor of Organisational Behaviour, London Business School‘Why should anyone be led by you?’

Claire Harwood - Investment Director - Permira‘Investment: How we see’

Professor Joe NellisProfessor of Global Economy - Cranfield University‘Understanding the Economy – What Every Executive Should Know!’

Terry LeahyFormer CEO, Tesco & Former Chairman of B&M Bargains‘Characteristics of a Great Leader’

Diane MaxwellRetirement Commissioner – New Zealand Government‘Women and Money: Finances for the long-term’

Sam Gilpin - Partner - YSC‘Overcoming difficult relationships’

Caroline NobletPartner & Co-Chair Employment Practice, Squires Patton Boggs‘Your Contractual Security’

Rees Aronson - Partner - KPMG‘Financial Assumptions: Behind the numbers’

Lorna Fitszimons‘“Group Leadership Exercise’

Dr. Ruth Whitby - Lead GP of Cleveland Clinic‘Looking After You’

Annie Swain - TV Stylist‘What Not To Wear’

Gail Rebuck - Chair - Penguin Random House ‘Leading over the Long-Term’

Guest Speaker: Evelyn BourkeGroup CEO – BUPA & NED of Bank of Ireland‘CEO: How Leadership Differs’

Guest Speaker: Sally Greene OBEFounding Member of The Old Vic Theatre Trust‘Leading Creativity without Losing Money’

Guest Speaker: Juergen Meier CBECEO, Siemens UK‘Why Diversity is Important to Me’

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JASVINDER GAKHALDirector, Direct Line for Business

Jasvinder has full P&L responsibility for the company's entire B2B offering. She is rapidly growing and transforming the SME insurance space with a customer centric approach providing over 450,000 small businesses with direct digital access to insurance without the need for a broker. Prior to this, Jasvinder grew Commercial Direct as Head of Direct Line by delivering its first profitable year within two years. She is also a Northern Power Women ‘Top 50 Women to Watch’.

RACHEL IZZARDChief Financial Officer, Aer Lingus

Rachel was one of the three-strong leadership team which successfully integrated Aer Lingus into the IAG Group and turned it into a fast-growing modern airline with financial performance in the top tier worldwide. She ran the financing and acquisition of over £1bn aircraft assets and rebuilt the digital customer proposition.

CHENG LI YOWPartner, Clifford Chance

Cheng Li is a Partner at Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance, specialising in corporate transactions for financial institutions clients and regulatory advice for insurers. She has been actively working on Brexit related re-structurings since the referendum. She is a key member of the global insurance sector team and a contributor to the Financial Markets Law Committee.

DR JILL LEESDirector Global HSE & Sustainability, E.ON

Based in Munich, Jill is responsible for the Health, Safety, Environment, Asset & Plant Safety and Sustainability function across renewables globally and the respective legal entities in each country. This includes operational assets in 7 countries across Europe & North America, as well as JV businesses and third party assets.

CLARE GRAINGERGroup HR Director, Morrisons

Clare became Group HR director at Morrisons in 2015 and is responsible for over 100,000 colleagues across more than six hundred stores. At the time of her appointment, the CEO, David Pott, said, “Clare is a hardworking and talented director who passionately represents our people at every level. She has done a great job of leading our stores and now her focus will move to ensuring we grow, develop and attract the best people.”

SAMPLE PARTICIPANTS

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JO JENKINSCEO, White Stuff

Prior to leading White Stuff, Jo had one of the most recognisable jobs in High Street fashion responsible for womenswear, lingerie and beauty at Marks & Spencer to support and grow their £4 billion turnover. She has a reputation for combining creativity and commerciality in her decisions. Prior to this, Jo spent seven years with Next growing their womenswear product line.

SARAH MCMATHChief Executive, Market Operator Services

Prior to running the market operator for the retail water market, Sarah was on the executive team at Thames Water accountable for all asset management and strategic business planning. Previously at Thames Water, Sarah was Managing Director of Water, responsible for the treatment and delivery of clean, safe drinking water to over 9 million customers in London and the Thames Valley.

GILL WYLIECOO, Group Digital & Transformation, Lloyds Banking Group

As part of her role, Gill is transforming the experience for over 5 million customers already banking online. She has spent her career heading up transformational change whilst also leading IT divisions responsible for delivering change. Previously she was Senior Vice President System Integration for UK&I and led the UK projects and programmes team for ATOS UK.

NIMISHA PRADEEPKUMARMD Finance Executive, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Previously, Nimisha was responsible for designing, prioritising and delivering change for Group Finance at Lloyds Banking Group. This included strategic, regulatory, legal and funding aspects as well as embedding new ways of working. She was also ranked in the EMPower 100 Ethnic Minority Leaders featured in the FT.

JENNIFER THOMASHead of Internal Communications, Direct Line Group

Jennifer is part of the Group’s Strategic Leadership Team, responsible for developing the Group’s internal communications strategy, including employee engagement and the incorporation of the employee value proposition and corporate brand. She is also a leading diversity champion within her role as Chair of the Gender & Working Families. Prior to this, Jennifer was Head of Financial Communications.

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About The PipelineAs a leading gender diversity business, The Pipeline is proud to be working with hundreds of organisations to build sustainable pipelines of female talent and has helped more than 1,000 women to reach their potential. As a result, over 60% of our senior alumnae attain executive committee and board roles and over 50% of our alumnae in middle management secure a promotion to join the executive pipeline. Examples of our interventions include:

Top FlightOur flagship programmes for women with potential taking that last difficult step to secure the most senior roles.

Mastering CommunicationsOur transformational programme turning solid communicators into those rare individuals that motivate others to achieve more than they thought possible.

GENIE™GENIE is a diagnostic tool based on six years of primary research in the largest study of its kind, including executive interviews, focus groups, quantitative work and a longitudinal study of over 500 female executives, Boards, CEOs and C-Suites in over 100 large organisations. GENIE signposts where and how senior management might need to focus to help women within their workforce maximise their contributions as well as their career and provide the support to allow them to flourish and grow.

Leadership SummitOur results-driven programme for women stuck in middle management trying to break through to executive roles.

Leading Diverse TeamsOur practical workshop building senior leaders’ and line managers’ confidence to advance diverse talent and make developmental breakthroughs.

Women CountNow in its fourth year, The Pipeline’s independent and highly acclaimed report ‘Women Count’ covers the role, value and number of female executives in the FTSE 350. In 2019, it found that despite formal reviews into this area, there has been little progress.

WOMENCOUNT2019Role, Value, and Number of Female Executives in the FTSE 350

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“The Pipeline has enabled me to explore and define my career

ambitions, while equipping me with the knowledge and skills needed to

achieve my goals.

Access to role models and industry experts was invaluable, enabling

me to expand and utilise networks more effectively – an unforgettable

experience!”

Jennifer Thomas - Head of Internal Comms &

Experience, Direct Line Group

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OUR TEAM

Prof Sir Cary Cooper CBEPresident, CIPD

Chair of the Advisory Board, The Pipeline

Lorna FitzsimonsCo-founder

Dame Vivian HuntManaging Partner, McKinsey UK &

Ireland

Baroness Margaret McDonaghCo-founder

OUR ADVISORY BOARD

Dame Una O’Brien DCBFormer Permanent Secretary,

Department of Health

Simon LinaresGroup HR Director, Direct Line Group

Bronek MasojadaCEO, Hiscox Ltd

Sue O’Brien OBEManaging Partner, Ridgeway Partners & Founder Member,

Women’s Business Council

Prof Chris BonesDean Emeritus, Henley Business

School & Chairman, Good Growth

For further information on our con-tributors, please go to:

www.execpipeline.com/speakers

Simon GullifordChairman, Gulliford Consulting Ltd

Baroness Margaret McDonaghCo-founder

Lorna FitzsimonsCo-founder

Alison ByromHead of Client Liaison

Billy ChristieProgramme Co-ordinator

Michelle EmmersonManaging Director, GENIE

Clementine CollettHead of Research

William DevineHead of Coaching Practice

Lisa WilcoxFinance Director

Margaret EdgeDirector of Advisory Services

Nell CundleSenior Programme Co-ordinator

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“A year of thinking differently, not just focusing on the day job…talking to people that can give me down-to-earth, tough advice on being the best I can possibly be as a

female leader. I am better at what I do because of joining

The Pipeline’s Top Flight programme.”

Rachel Izzard - Chief Financial Officer,

Aer Lingus, part of International

Airlines Group (IAG)

Cover Photo: Top Flight 2015 graduate, Jo Jenkins, CEO, White Stuff © 2019 The Pipeline. All rights reserved.

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