About EmpowerUs
About EmpowerUs
The EmpowerUs programme has been developed to support under-represented staff to develop their careers at the University of Warwick. Our data show that these groups include disabled staff, women, LGBTUQIA+ staff, and staff who identify as ethnic minority.
The six-month programme will combine workshops and group coaching, delivered by consultant and executive coach Banke Sotmoi, who has extensive experience facilitating inclusive leadership programmes.
Click to read more about Banke Sotomi, Senior Consultant
Banke Sotomi is a Senior Consultant, Executive coach and Facilitator at Delta, with over 20 years experience in the corporate world as a qualified commercial lawyer in the UK and in Nigeria. She is a certified Life and Executive Coach by the LCAN (Life Coaches Association ofNigeria) and is a member of the International Coaching Federation (the ICF Nigeria Chapter) and European Mentoring & Coaching Council.
Banke is Delta’s leading consultant on our inclusive ecosystem change programmes, working with key organisational stakeholders (senior sponsors, HR/DEI leads, as well as professionalsfrom underrepresented groups) to progress talent and build inclusive cultures. Banke uses a combination of integrative practices in her coaching including Neuro Linguistic Programming, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Mindfulness to support behavioural change in her coachees. Her coaching includes impactful 1:1 and group coaching sessions that are focused on helping individuals make lasting life and career transformations, as well as corporate executive initiatives with various companies to improve productivity, performance, and profitability.
Banke has significant experience in personal, professional and career development and is experienced in creating and facilitating practical workshops focused on providing tools and strategies to empower and support individuals into leadership capacity. She thrives on helping individuals identify their superpowers and grow in self-confidence so that they can achieve more and make an impact in the world.
The programme is designed around the principle that to deliver meaningful change, we have to include different communities across Warwick and therefore engages diverse talent in academic and professional services roles and their managers.
Criteria
The programme is open to academic and professional services staff at grades 4, 5, and 6, who belong to under-represented groups and their managers. This includes disabled staff, women, LGBTQUIA+ staff, and staff who identify as ethnic minority. To take part you and your manager must be available to attend all sessions.
Format
EmpowerUs participants will attend:
- Introduction and opening forum with managers (on the same day as workshop 1).
- 3 full day in person workshops.
- 3 Teams coaching sessions (participants will be divided into 3 groups for the coaching).
- 1 joint in-person session which brings together the participants and their managers to include a closing forum.
Line managers will attend:
- Introduction and opening forum with participants (on the same day as workshop 1).
- 2 half day workshops.
- 2 Teams coaching sessions (participants will be divided into 3 groups for the coaching).
- 1 joint in-person session which brings together the participants and their managers to include a closing forum.
Dates
Dates for the 2024/25 programme will be announced shortly.
The programme will start in December 2024.
Apply
To apply please complete this form by 1 November 2024 with:
- Your name and email address.
- Your title and job grade.
- Your department.
- A statement outlining your ambitions to progress and develop your career and how EmpowerUs will support you.
- Your line manager’s name and email address.
- Confirmation that you can both attend all sessions.
Please note, applications for 2024/25 will open shortly.