Committed to more femininity in the Swiss economy
Since 2014, Female Business Seminars (FBS) has been advocating for a confident and authentic path to personal and professional success for women. The continuing education and networking platform is specifically designed for committed professional women. In addition to 12 workshops and impulse seminars as well as various networking events, FBS 2018 will offer 1:1 coaching sessions for the first time. One of the special highlights is the Female Business Experience Day, which is already taking place for the third time. Self-determination and self-management are the focus of this successful format on May 25, 2018.
"Moving instead of sitting" is the motto of the Female Business Experience Day (FB Experience Day), which in 2018 will be held under the motto "Self-determined through life - confident and authentic to personal success". It is well known that proven strategies in sports also contribute positively to professional development. Ilka Piechowiak, keynote speaker and workshop leader of this year's FB Experience Day, is an eloquent example of this. Before she established herself as an expert in leadership and self-management, she was a national handball player for 11 years. In her keynote speech and practical workshop, she will explain how to remain confident and professional in one's professional role and how to achieve natural authority and assertiveness as a businesswoman.
Executive health coach, mental trainer and two-time European karate vice-champion Stefan Labas provides the physical exercise. With coordinated movement units such as "Powerswitch" and "Mindful Walking", he gives participants even better access to focus, concentration and letting go. On this varied day, body and mind get moving. At the same time, there will be plenty of time for exchange, discussion and networking among businesswomen.
Confident and authentic to personal success
Where are women in their professional careers? Have they achieved the desired goals and functions in the company? Why do we still "lose" so many women on the way to the top? The Female Business Seminars emerged in 2014 from an intensive examination of these and other questions. In the meantime, it has become an established continuing education and networking platform that stands out for its commitment to more femininity in business. In the meantime, the offer counts around 450 participants annually; 300 registered alumni and a network of 2,000 women have grown out of it.
The program, which is tailored to the further development of professionally committed women in specialist and management positions, deliberately focuses on topics complementary to specialist qualifications. The aim is to strengthen women in areas where "glass ceilings," a lack of gender-equitable culture and the special challenges of a time of change continue to stand in the way of personal advancement. The program therefore includes topics such as resilience, gender dialogue, fair negotiation tactics, self-efficacy and much more.
"I believe in the competence and strength of women. In that their involvement in shaping the world of work leads to good, more balanced decisions. That's why, with the FBS, we are committed to a gender-equitable corporate culture and economy," says Dr. Karin Jeker Weber, summing up the motivation for her extraordinary commitment.
Spirit of cooperation thanks to committed partners, collective and corporate memberships
After the first few years of "proving the point", other well-known business partners such as Beyer Chronometrie AG and Bank Linth AG have joined us as of 2018. This makes it possible to offer seminars with excellent speakers at sustainable prices, with deliberately small groups of 8 to 15 participants per seminar. In addition, there are partnerships, partly in the form of collective memberships, between the FBS and various women's, professional and industry associations. In this way, the latter provide their members with access to well-founded continuing education events. Members of the cooperating associations or organizations receive preferential conditions on the entire range of seminars.
For the first time this year, companies can also benefit from preferential conditions for their female employees by means of company memberships for participation in the FBS continuing education program. This is an attractive offer for organizations that want to commit themselves to more femininity in the economy.
