What does it mean for women to be their authentic selves working in an ambitious audit firm? To celebrate International Women’s Day 2024, we decided to dive into that and organised a workshop for the Empowered Women.
The Empowered Woman
Women are still silently shaped by patterns and stereotypes all around us. We organised this workshop to learn how to break free from these limitations and be our authentic selves.
So on March 13th we welcomed Ria and Marga, professional coaches, to spend the day with us at Reanda and teach us about the empowered women. They challenged us to explore topics such as what it means to be our true selves as a woman, how to feel empowered and how to empower each other.
Topics we worked on
We started the day with a group discussion on what it means to be a woman. After that, we split into pairs and smaller groups to work on exercises. Themes like, ‘what is frustration and from what passion is it born’ gave us quite something to think about. And by discussing these together, we learned about each other’s passions, what we value, and how we can acknowledge each other. Back with the whole group, we were each asked to name our biggest strength. It was great to see what each colleague values and how we can complement one another at Reanda.
Takeaways
Each colleague had their own things they wanted to learn from this workshop. We spoke about building confidence, on how to stay connected to each other despite our differences. Yet something we all agreed on was how great it was to get to know our colleagues a bit better. We learned how to stay strongly connected to our own authenticity, both in the office and outside of it.
Overall, we can agree that it was a very special day where we learned a great deal about ourselves and each other.
Special thanks to Ria Bauhofer & Marga Berlinski for facilitating this workshop!
