Beetroot Consulting Ltd

Last time we did a Roli Spotted, it was Manchester Tech Festival Women In Tech Unfiltered. The Beetroot Consulting Ltd team realised that Ms Barker has become part of the 2024 story in a number of ways this year. 💅🏾 Here is to some of her greatest hits, as she continues to shine her light on both the NED world and social justice field. 👏🏽 It’s always a pleasure to have you with us! 🍷 #rolispotted #womenwholead #femaleleaders #nedleaders #ned #nonexecdirectors #socialjustice #femalefounders #selfemployed Kanika S.

At the Beetroot Consulting Ltd Party, the fabulous Annie sent us this photo with the caption … ‘team meeting’. In many ways this photograph says a lot about how we at Beetroot work. There is loads of fun, we are a mixed group, we each stand very differently with our different businesses and skills, but at the key moments… we stand together. A fabulous party, beautifully pulled together by Nicole Barker Virtual and captured by Lucy M.. #beetrootteam #diverseteam #femaleleaders #selfemployed #womenwholead #womenfounders #livedexperience #team Kanika S.

🎉We are wildly excited to share with you our Beetroot Consulting Ltd Party. 🎉 It was fabulous to have so many of our people there to celebrate as we move into a new season. Bring the Funk Band!🎸 Bring the Caribbean Food!🍗 Bring the Celebration!💃🏾 #beetrootparty #workparty #worklifebalance #funkband #caribbean #celebration #womenwholead #selfemployed #femalefounders #community Kanika S.

Data Discussions… now we move to the H.E. employee offerings….. Not long ago Higher Education staff considered themselves on the top of the tree when it came to employee offerings. 🎁 Pre-covid it was the most flexible you could get.🤔 That was before things changes around the sector and the competition got hotter. 🤨 Myself and Ian reflect on the changes and what this means for us all. 💅🏾 #datadiscussions #highereducation #heemployees #precovid #selfemployed #contractmarket #contractors #womenwholead Kanika S.

Happy Friday all, If you are feeling a bit like Macduff at the end of a dinner party… we got you! Christmas themed Beetroot Consulting Ltd videos have been made. 🎄 🐕The boy wasn’t a big fan of the late night, but he was a big fan of the carrots. Have a fabulous weekend. 👏🏽 #christmas #xmascontent #beetrootchristmas #womenwholead #femalefounders #fridayfeeling #puppysoflinkedin #dogsoflinkedin Kanika S.

There is a lot of research out there about the power of women coming together. 👏🏽 📚When looking at this and the impact on the workplace, Harvard Business Review published Brian Uzzi’s research talks about female leaders requiring an informative female inner circle, to support them to navigate getting the right jobs, in an organisation that welcomes them, pays them properly and gives them more authority. 📚 🧘🏾♀️It was this research that came to mind when I landed at my annual yoga retreat… full of women. In the closing ceremony, 🙄 I know stay with me, there was a lot of reflection about how impactful it was to come together and be vulnerable, open and collected together. Now thinking about it in the context of that research, the ongoing requirement for gender specific spaces is as a result of systems and organisations not being built with women in mind. Don’t get me started on the air-con, who is supposed to be on call to pick up the kids or look after the grandparents. But it’s a fascinating thing when I attend this yoga retreat each year, as it gives a dose of something not offered in many other spaces. I’m thinking it needs to be quarterly in 2025! 👏🏽 Link in the comments 👇🏽 #yogaretreat #femalespaces #diverseteams #diverserecruitment #yearlyreflections #reflection #workplaceculture #womenwholead #femalefounders Kanika S.

The Brave Move delves into the quasi-public sector organisational change! Kanika S. offers reflections on how Beetroot Consulting Ltds Higher Education work on digital transformation offers learning in delivering change in similar social value led organisations. For those who don’t have 3 mins….the main take aways are…. Accepting that every organisation delivers change within a cultural history and organisational identity😳 As a pre-requisite to change, we must recognise that knowing the geographical history and organisational identity at play in culture and people.👩🏼🎤 Taking the time to really understand this is the foundational cornerstone of delivering change with big strategic ambitions and an appropriate benefit to the commercial roadmap. 🚗 Thats how you do big change within an organisation with social purpose!👏🏽 #socialpurpose #changemanagement #changemanager #highereducation #womenwholead #selfemployed #consultingleader Kate Still FCIH FRSA

The official launch of our Non Executive Director Disruption series! Here we give you our Managing Director Kanika S.’s journey into NED roles. The highlights….. 🕔 Its now been a 5 year journey of NED-ing 😳 When she started she had no idea what the role was 🧭 It wasn’t a career step that aligned with a master plan 👯♀️ Often the NED world is something you know about, if someone you know does them 👩🏼🎤 The routes into applying can be exclusive and there are a few good brokers & organisations who see the transferability of skills 👩🏻 Mentors made a big difference in ensuring that she didn’t de-value her skills #nonexecdirector #directordisruption #positivedisruption #disrupters #ned #nedwork #femaleleaders #boardmembers #livedexperience

Finding your tribe through external conferences…. Often people talk about how conference talks are good for profile. In reality conference talking can be time consuming, is rarely well paid and takes a lot of administrative coordination. 🛫 To ensure that people get the best out of being part of a conference, we have offered you our Beetroot Consulting Ltd top tips! 👏🏽 1️⃣ Speak at conferences that have a clear purpose that aligns with your own  (Whilst invitations to talk may be plenty, the investment personally is also sizeable. Dont be afraid to be picky and invest in the conferences that have a purpose) 2️⃣ Take the time to get to know the conference curators and structure  (Watching Vanessa coordinate the timing, structure and purpose of her HDN Panel was a beautiful sight to see and engaging to help shape the talk added much more value to those who ended up engaging on the day) 3️⃣ Prepare, but don’t prepare too much  (Doing prep calls for a conference with other talkers and panelists can help you to get a sense of who the others are and what they will say. But if you over-prep you end up having the discussion before you get on the stage. Discussion becomes very formulaic and dull… leave space for it to flow) 4️⃣ Take the opportunity to get to know the people you meet through conferences (A lot of people who are talking at conferences have their own purpose or mission. Conferences can bring you together with people outside of your organisation, sector and specialisms but find a tribe of people who have aligned purpose) 5️⃣ Wear something you feel comfortable in  (Many people say that you should wear something formal to conferences. Often this means that you are fitting into an outfit you don’t often wear and doesn’t feel very YOU. But the point of going outside is often to be memorable and connect with people. Wear something you feel good in and don’t worry about the rest) #womenwholead #femalefounders #conference #speakers #panelspeakers #toptips #conferencetoptips #selfemployed Kanika S.

😳 So it’s time to be honest.😳 The real truth of the story is, if you invite me out for a cuppa, breakfast, dinner, lunch…. I’m asking myself if this work, this meet up, this chat is more fun than staying home with my dog? 🏡🐕 #dogowners #dogsoflinkedin #macduff #femaleleaders #selfemployed #homeworking #homebody #facetoface #meetups Kanika S.