JOIN OUR INTERNATIONAL MEN’S DAY SUMMIT
Friday 19th November 2021
Do you know how many men in your organisation are struggling with their mental health or parenting responsibilities? Does your workforce celebrate positive male role modelling, and is yours a company culture that champions authentic and vulnerable leadership?
Join our International Men’s Day Summit on Friday 19 November, to hear from nine world-class speakers, including organisational psychologist, bestselling New York Times author and former NBA player, John Amaechi, and discover why these are among the key issues affecting men within all levels of organisations right now.
Our high-profile speakers will take you on their journeys of struggle, resilience and enlightenment. They will demonstrate to business leaders, HR directors and heads of D&I how inclusion and diversity strategies that are receptive to the issues that men face, can ultimately help everyone in your business thrive.
And don’t forget, if you sign up to our International Men’s Day Summit, which will be broadcast live online, your organisation will gain year round access to hundreds of hours of our TED-talk style videos, which you can share internally with your employees as part of your own D&I, learning and development programmes.
OUR world-class speaker LINE UP
John Amaechi OBE
Inclusion in the workplace
Organisational psychologist, bestselling New York Times author and former NBA player, John Amaechi, will be discussing how we can promote positive male role models: not just movie stars and sports men but every day, men who are living decent, honest lives.
Barra Fitzgibbon
Vulnerability and embracing person-centred conversations
The broadcaster and TV host became a conversational specialist after being hospitalisted with Covid. From his bed in ICU, Barra counts the value of healthy conversations as key to his recovery. He will be reflecting on how his experiences can provide a broader focus to men’s mental health and wellbeing.
Michael McGrath
The Yellow Front Door: A story of resilience
CEO, speaker and charity founder, Michael is also record-breaking polar adventurer who is best-placed to talk about resilience and its impact on men’s mental health and wellbeing particularly in light of the challenges that Covid brought on us all in the last two years.
Satish Kumar
New Leadership for a New World
Philosopher and author Satish Kumar is a former Jain monk who walked 8000 miles from New Delhi to Washington for peace. The author of 10 books, Satish will be discussing the integrity of true leadership and how that celebrates men’s positive contributions to society.
Iman Amrani
Reflections from the series
‘Modern Masculinity’
An award-winning journalist who has reported on terrorism, youth violence and the Grenfell Tower disaster, Iman's YouTube series addresses the issues affecting men today. She will discuss the discrimination against men – in areas of social services, social attitudes and expectations, and law – and how to improve gender relations and promote gender equality.
Rachel Vecht
The future for employees with caring responsibilities
Rachel engages and supports employees (particularly parents and carers) to successfully integrate work and family, to feel productive, empowered and motivated. At our International Mens’s Day Summit, Rachel will explain how this can support men’s health and wellbeing while also celebrating men’s positive contributions to society.
Jamie Catto
Playing from a full deck: integrating masculine and feminine into everyday life
Musician, film-maker and creative catalyst, Jamie mission is to create a world where we all lighten up and enjoy the unpredictable human path together with humour, playfulness and a healthy dose of irreverence.
Alex Staniforth
Running on Empty: one small step beyond burnout
Adventurer, ultra-endurance athlete, motivational speaker, author and charity founderis no stranger to adversity. At just 26 he has already survived the two biggest disasters in Mount Everest history, authored two books and raised over £100,000 for charities – all after overcoming epilepsy, stammering, mental ill health and bullying in childhood.
Sharath Jeevan
Creating "Nurture for All"
Work Cultures
Author and global motivation expert Sharath is one of the world’s leading experts on reigniting our inner drive or ‘intrinsic motivation’. Having helped governments, universities and other organisations worldwide solve deep motivational challenges, Sharath’s talk will help you understand how your company can improve gender relations and promote gender equality
GETTING INVOLVED IN THE SUMMIT
Be sure to let your colleagues and networks know that you're attending this year’s International Men’s Day Summit. You can also download the social media tiles and add them to your LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram or Facebook.
Join us live on Friday 19 November from 10:00 – 13:00 GMT (replayed at 18:00-21:00 GMT)
CAN’t JOIN US ON THE DAY? WATCH AT A TIME THAT SUITS YOU!
Whether you choose to join us on International Men’s Day, or watch the content in your own time, your organisation’s purchase of the Summit will enable access to an impressive archive of more than 60 films from our 2021 Summit Series. These videos make ideal content for networking groups, screening at events and EDI celebrations such as International Women’s Day, Black History Month, Pride, and Transgender Awareness Week. It’s an opportunity to share enlightening stories and insights, and to give teams and colleagues an opportunity to be inspired by some truly world-class storytellers and experts. The lessons and learnings from our videos can not only engage people with EDI issues within the workplace but in their personal lives too.