The Law Society's International Symposium

Cazzana recently had the honour of exhibiting at The Law Society’s International Symposium: The Power of Gender Equality to Transform the Business of Law. A fantastic event with an inspiring agenda. Women on Boards kindly donated a one-year subscription to its membership to a competition promoted by Cazzana, and we’re pleased to announce the winner is Darja, a solicitor from Plymouth.

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Amy Chesson
Confidence: A Lesson From Your Toddler

What could a toddler possibly know about confidence that we might not? Well, quite a lot actually, which is explored in this post. We’re forever giving pre-verbal signals about ourselves, which others use to make decisions about how confident we are before we even start speaking. Some of those decisions can have profound consequences, affecting our life and our career. We look into how we can be aware of and adapt our posture to appear and feel confident.

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Amy Chesson
Confidence: Speaking for Impact

The best investment according to billionaire Warren Buffett is something that can’t be taxed, can’t be stolen and can’t be diminished through inflation. “Ultimately, there’s one investment that supersedes all others. Invest in yourself.” Everybody has potential that we haven’t explored yet, which learning can set free. In this blog, we discuss the power of your voice - which can be just as powerful during maternity - with our top 10 tips.

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Amy Chesson
Negotiation 101

Let’s face it – much negotiation is arbitrary. One party ‘anchors’ their position (“I’ll sell you this pen for £50!”), the other attempts to take a reasonable slice off from the starting position (“let’s say £40”) and the seller comes back by meeting in the middle (“£45 – it’s a deal!”) But how do you know you got a good deal? Have you come away with value? See our blog article for the fundamentals for a successful - and principled - negotiation.

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Amy Chesson
Flexible Working: The Business Case

What do the programming of the black box voice recorder and supersonic Concorde have in common? Both were done by women working from home, part-time. It’s clear how flexible working benefits employees. The purpose of this article is to correlate true flexible working with the multitude of business benefits that arise to help you in your fight for flexible working post-maternity – or, possibly, before maternity. We’ve identified eight business benefits in our blog.

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Amy Chesson
Confidence: Self-belief

Imagine, for a moment, that you’re Jessica Pearson of legal drama series, Suits. Jessica is the Managing Partner at Pearson Hardman* (*the law firm’s name may be amended as the series progresses, but there’ll be no significant spoilers here…) She’s fought her entire life to reach that stellar leadership position. What do people see? One word: powerhouse. An inspirational leader. Someone you’d definitely want to work with, not against. She couldn’t do any of that without a rock solid, intrinsic sense of self-belief. See our top tips for creating and cultivating that sense of self-belief in your life.

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Amy Chesson
Launch!

Today’s date of 21 November 2018 marks exactly 100 years since legislation received royal assent giving British women over the age of 21 the right to stand as a Member of Parliament: to lead and to shape the country. We’re incredibly excited to be launching our executive maternity wear brand on this powerful anniversary.

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Amy Chesson