The REWIRE podcast

The return of the Future Female Leaders: Lessons for virtual leadership

In this first episode in a series of podcasts where we will get to find out more about our second cohort of Future Female Leaders, EG editor Samantha McClary meets Zoe Sharpe from Dandara, Amanda Lim from Knight Frank and Natasha Trathen from Nuveen Real Estate.

The trio share their views on how they are operating in lockdown, what they have learnt so far from the the Future Female Leaders programme and how they are planning to use their experiences to deliver their standout Ted-style talks when the Future Female Leaders finale comes round.

Lean, young and hungry: The key to investment success?

"We're lean, we're hungry, we're young. We've a lot to prove."

Meet Lesley Davison, the newly installed chief investment officer at Seaforth Land.

In this episode of the REWIRE podcast we talk about how Seaforth boss Tyler Goodwin's search for the right "man" for the job had to be a woman, how Lesley has hit the ground running, getting a major investment deal over the line just nine weeks into the job and how Seaforth believes it's different approach is making it an attractive partner.

The power of three: Why paternity leave matters for all

This episode of the REWIRE podcast celebrates International Men's Day with news that Cushman & Wakefield has trebled its paternity package from two to six weeks.

Joining host Samantha McClary in the studio this week is Leng Montgomery, head of diversity and inclusion at Cushman & Wakefield, to talk about why the new package is being implemented, why it is open to all types of parents and why work policies like this deliver more than just a package of rights.

Why the power to change lies in our hands

We don't need to work harder, we should work harder - the power to change is ours, says Rachel Dickie, investment manager with responsibility for urban regeneration at Legal & General Capital, in this latest episode of the REWIRE podcast.

In this episode, host Samantha McClary tackles diversity from a different angle.

Not only will you hear about Rachel's journey into real estate and how she feels about being a role model for tomorrow's leaders, but you'll also learn about sci-tech as an investment class and the diversity that that brings to the L&G portfolio, the importance of investing in a sector that will bring a diverse range of skilled jobs to the region regions, and much, much more.

Trumpeting change, leaving loudly, hiring differently: the future of leadership

In this Future Female Leaders podcast we look at how some of our partner organisations are changing their organisations through a new approach to career development.

When it comes to embedding a flexible working culture, why is it important that leaders “leave loudly”? Are recruitment practices changing to ensure more diverse hiring? And what should you do in an advisory role when clients expectations lag?

Answering these and other questions are:

• William Beardmore-Gray, global head of occupier services and commercial agency at Knight Frank
• Becca Johansson, head of operations for real estate at DLA Piper
• Sarah Turner, head of organisational effectiveness at Grosvenor Britain & Ireland

EG editor-in-chief Damian Wild hosts.

Culture Club: The power of flexibility, inclusivity and empowerment

In this EG Future Leaders podcast we meet three of the businesses that have been supporting the programme to find out more about how they are working to change culture within the real estate sector.

Listen in to find out more about how flexibility, inclusivity and empowerment are key in attracting and retaining talent.

Sharing their thoughts are:

• Leanne Baird, head of marketing at BW
• Dave Beddell, director of strategy & growth, civil infrastructure for UK & Ireland at Aecom
• Alisha Morris, HR business partner at Cluttons

EG editor Samantha McClary hosts.

Future Female Leaders E04: Feeling the fear and doing it anyway

In this episode of the REWIRE podcast, we meet the final trio of our Future Female Leaders to find out what they have learnt during the programme, how they are feeling about the big final event on 8 October and what they plan to do with their skills once the learning part of this programme comes to an end.

Listen in as EG editor Samantha McClary catches up with Sandeep Dhillon, principal surveyor at the Cabinet Office, Helen Davis, director at Arup, and Rossella Nicolin, associate director at Aecom, in the hope of picking up some tips and advice on how not to let the side down with her own public performance at the Future Female Leaders finale.

To find out more about the Future Female Leaders programme visit www.egi.co.uk/futurefemaleleaders

 

Diversity & Inclusion: The male conversation

In this episode of the REWIRE podcast, Real Estate Balance managing director Kaela Fenn Smith talks to host Samantha McClary about boys and the role that men have to play in the current gender debate.

They talk about the true nature of inclusiveness and how diversity needs to create a positive and safe place for all people in business.

Listen in to find out more about how to bring real inclusiveness to your business, how to create a balanced workplace for all and much, much more.

Purpose, pay gaps and thinking about more than bricks and mortar

In this episode of the EG REWIRE podcast, host Samantha McClary meets Jessica Bowles, director of strategy at Manchester-based regional developer Bruntwood, to talk pay gaps, purpose and why real estate is more than just bricks and mortar.

Listen in to find out how Bruntwood managed to take its gender pay gap from 16% to 10% over the space of a year, why the firm is committed to delivering on its purpose, what role diversity has, in its many forms, on delivering for the business and much, much more.

Future Female Leaders E03: Becoming inspirational

EG talent reporter Lucy Alderson hosts the third in our series of special live broadcast REWIRE podcasts, featuring EG’s Future Female Leaders.

In this episode we meet Helen Lowe, business development director at BW, Emily Hamilton – senior sustainability manager at Grosvenor, and Alanna Hasek, senior associate in the real estate team at DLA Piper and find out what they’ve learnt from Future Female Leaders programme so far, and share their top tips on what it means to be an inspiration future leader.

To find out more about the very special Future Female Leaders programme and to secure your place at what is set to be an evening of inspiration on 8 October when our Future Leaders deliver their stories, visit www.egi.co.uk/futurefemaleleaders

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