Thank you Volunteers!
Recognition for all Volunteers of LEAD Network during 2018 Event
LEAD Network is for the members, by the members. And those members that volunteer received special recognition during the 2018 annual event from Executive Committee members Annelie Verstraaten, Chair, and Mick Broekhof, Co-Founder and Secretary. LEAD Network has a relatively high percentage of volunteers, well over 120. Each of them was recognized with their first name on a slide that shows a heart in the centre with ”a Heartfelt Thank You to our Amazing Volunteers.” The audience gave all volunteers, present and not present, a resounding round of applause.
Two volunteers received extra recognition and as Mick Broekhof stated “they are representative of the LEAD Network corps of volunteers.” Elise Misse – Consumer Insights Manager at Nestlé in Switzerland –was recognized for producing Life Lessons during her maternity leave. Life Lessons is a new book from LEAD Network that tells the stories of thirty-five of our remarkable members: how they got where they are now, their challenges getting there, and what they would do differently if they could do it over again. Elise communicated with the thirty-five contributors, led a team including writer, designer, and other LEAD Network stakeholders, and successfully managed the project on budget, on time and on spec. As Mick Broekhof stated “Elise added in a significant way to the portfolio of ‘products’ of LEAD Network.”
The second volunteer recognized was Peter Beets – Finance Director, Global Audit & Consult at Procter & Gamble in Switzerland – for his strong advocacy to engage men in the gender diversity topic. In June of this year, the LEAD Network Education Committee hosted a webinar with Moni Buzasy – Head of Talent Europe – and Paco Medina – Senior HR Manager at Procter & Gamble – who talked about the P&G MARCTM programme they launched in partnership with Catalyst within their organization to engage senior leadership and men on gender equality. You can watch this webinar at http://www.lead-eu.net/webinar-how-to-engage-men-in-gender-equality/.
