Women’s Leadership Forum

During the Women’s Leadership Forums at IMEX, Liz Jackson, President of Jackson Consulting Inc and Susan Sarfati, CEO, High Performance Strategies looked at examples of powerful women who have achieved top-level leadership positions and examined what made them such high achievers.

Women have more power and potential than they realise. By demonstrating how women can overcome barriers and succeed in business and in life and feel good about themselves they will reach beyond their expectations. Models to emulate this were established and explored.

During the sessions attendees learned and explored the following:

• Overcoming barriers and developing strategies to succeed personally and professionally
• Keys to branding yourself
• Understanding gender and cultural differences
• Lessons from others – success and challenges

The speakers used a technique called Pecha Kucha, involving each speaker presenting 20 power point slides over seven minutes. The concept behind Pecha Kucha is to be concise, engaging and to the point. Plus, the format creates an enjoyable learning atmosphere.

The results from IMEX's survey amongst a selection of show attendees to find out what additional issues they would like to see addressed at this year's Forums were also discussed.

The survey results