{"id":14312,"date":"2021-02-26T16:19:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T16:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kent-business-matters\/?p=5026"},"modified":"2022-05-20T21:34:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T20:34:17","slug":"kbs-mba-guest-lecture-series-event-diversity-in-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2021\/02\/kbs-mba-guest-lecture-series-event-diversity-in-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"KBS MBA Guest Lecture Series Event &#8211; &#8216;Diversity in Leadership&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">In celebration of International Women\u2019s Day this month, our next MBA Lecture Series will be on the topic of \u2018Diversity in Leadership\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>Two successful and inspiring women from diverse areas of business share with us the positives, the challenges and the inspirations of being a woman in leadership.<\/p>\n<p>This interactive Zoom event, led by our Women in Leadership Scholars, will welcome a global live audience, bringing together our community of MBA students, alumni and the wider community of business leaders.<\/p>\n<p>You will also have the chance to submit questions to the panel during the Q&amp;A and to network following the Q&amp;A.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kent-business-matters\/files\/2021\/02\/pia-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5046 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kent-business-matters\/files\/2021\/02\/pia-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Pia Roenhoej, Country Manager, IBM Technology Support Services Denmark (TSS)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pia likes to make things happen. She characterises herself as solution-orientated person, a strong communicator, who loves having lot of balls in the air. Her strengths lie in creating relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Pia has a 32 year long career in IBM and will share her experiences of being a &#8216;woman in tech&#8217;. During her career she has held down many roles spanning from teaching to sales, HR consultancy to project management, CSR to COO and now plays a pivotal role, where she is responsible for managing IBM Technology Support Services in Denmark.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside this, Pia is a founder and driving force of a growing self-governing housing association that now has 50 full-time employees, offering a safe environment for 24 young adults with multiple disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kent-business-matters\/files\/2021\/02\/debs-resized-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5035\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kent-business-matters\/files\/2021\/02\/debs-resized-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"493\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Deborah Turner, Deborah Turner Ltd<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Deborah Turner describes herself as a multipotentialite &#8211; running two very different companies and actively championing women in business.<\/p>\n<p>Deborah will share top tips for supporting and mentoring women. Having worked in a male dominated environment for many years, Deborah is fully aware of the challenges that women wishing to succeed can face in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>She is the Champion for Women in Business for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Kent, a member of the FSB Diversity Taskforce and Co-Founder of Breakthrough Women, a not for profit organisation celebrating women in business and raising the visibility of women succeeding in business.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJckd-Cvrj0sGte1ivBl383yWSyZ28pToAE3\">Sign up to join the Zoom session here<\/a>.<\/strong> Please note, this live session will be recorded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>If you have any questions about the event please email Kent Business School at <a href=\"mailto:r.alexander-601@kent.ac.uk\">r.alexander-601@kent.ac.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of International Women\u2019s Day this month, our next MBA Lecture Series will be on the topic of \u2018Diversity in Leadership\u2019. 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