Women into Leadership Board at Enfield Borough Council

The Women into Leadership Board is made up of volunteers across the Council and was originally formed in April 2018. The remit of the board is to consider barriers women may face in the workplace and identify initiatives to overcome these barriers, including support to empower female employees to aspire to reach their full potential. The Board has six workstreams that focus on different initiatives including:

• Networking sessions
• Communications
• HR
• Events
• Health & Wellbeing
• International Women’s Day Conference

The Board has hosted three successful International Women’s Day conferences, all attended by well over one hundred employees from all parts of the Council.

We have been lucky to have some notable and motivational speakers including, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thomson, Liz Earle MBE, Jinjer Kandola, Helen Millichap and Maria Kane. All events hosted by the Board are open to all employees and are well attended. Speakers include career coaches, trainers and motivational speakers (both internal and external). The networking events provide opportunities for informal coaching and mentoring. The events and newsletters have promoted greater awareness of how women can get into leadership roles.