Fellowship Forum on Career Development
Discussion at the last Mentoring Evening
"Chasing Change": A Fellowship Forum on How to Seize Opportunities.
This is a Fellowship evening planned for 16 March and aimed specifically at those Fellows who have their university days behind them and who are still contemplating career destinations for their thirties and forties.
The venue for the Forum has been kindly provided by Chairman Jason Chaffer at his Manchester Square Partners headquarters in Old Burlington Street, London W1
The evening will start at 6 pm: the more formal sessions will take place between 6 and 8 pm, followed by informal discussion over food and wine after 8. We have focused on three workshop sessions: Career Development and Transition, Entrepreneurship and Financial Planning. We also hope to include a broad range of topics during the evening, including thoughts about working abroad, work/life balance, developing a diverse work portfolio, following a long-held ambition and so on. It should be an excellent Fellowship social occasion too.
Further information about the evening can be obtained from Tim Young.
Warm congratulations to Rank Fellow Chris Adams on the award of an honorary Master's degree from the University of Brighton. This award is in recognition of Chris's highly successful eleven years as captain of Sussex and his huge contribution to sport within the community.
Chris's reaction to the award was to say that " Not many things knock me over these days, but this certainly has!" We are delighted for him: he thoroughly deserves this honour.
Fundacao Estudar in Brazil has an enduring relationship with the Fellowship: Fred Packard's vision of the Rank Fellowship was strongly influenced by the Fundacao, a charitable foundation which supports very bright young Brazilians through their graduate and postgraduate education. The aim is to create a dynamic leadership group within Brazilian society. Our photograph on the right shows the 2008 Fundacao scholars.
As with the Fellowship, the Fundacao is always looking at new ways of communication, with a new website, a Linkedin group and even a short film on Truetube
Patience and perseverance have a magical affect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish." - John Quincy Adams