Reflections on the Women in Project Management conference 2022 into 2023
A personal note thinking back on the Women in Project Management conference and WiPM SIG 2022 by Caroline Ojo
APM Women in Project Management SIG Chair.
Whilst I write this I am still in the celebratory mode, rounding up for the year and preparing to celebrate Christmas with my family and reflecting on my volunteering experience this year. One of the highlights is my participation in the Women in Project Management conference, just a few weeks after assuming the role of the APM WIPM SIG Chair for 2022-23. All the sessions I attended were inspiring and educational.
The sessions covered topics such as work life balance, managing your career journey, diversity in teams and transformational leadership just to mention few. The Women in Project Management conference was an event that truly created opportunities for networking, practical insights for professionals, and navigating project management career into leadership roles.
It was a real honour to moderate one of the sessions, Managing your career journey - the session covered stories from women in leadership, the panellists discussed their experiences and how they managed challenges and embraced opportunities through their career- what resonated for me during this discussion was that there is no linear approach to attaining leadership in the project management profession. There are so many avenues to becoming a project professional starting the journey and progressing depends on individual – APM facilitates this through resources, training and accreditation for members and non-members.
Valuable key points of the day for me were - great ideas gets you noticed, we are often scared to share our ideas, when we share ideas, it creates opportunities for us and our team.
Be visible and effective to attract a sponsor. Knowing your sponsor and maximising the relationship with your sponsor open doors for opportunities.
Work life balance. working smartly helps to be more productive – wellbeing, balancing home, and by setting the right boundaries for work and wellbeing.
Finally, as I have taken on the role as the APM WiPM Chair 2022-23 is a wonderful opportunity for me to give back to the professional community by supporting and advancing initiatives for women. In October we joined the campaign on awareness for Menopause.
I am looking forward to 2023 and various activities planned with APM WiPM Women in Project Management committee colleagues to support women in Project Management profession and continue to engage with our followers.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
This article appears on the APM news and blog site as "Reflective note to the year thinking back on the Women in Project Management conference and WiPM SIG 2022" on December 20, 2022.
--Association for Project Management
[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings
- Celebrating women in engineering.
- Diversity.
- Equality Act.
- Gender stereotypes examined in Unlimited Potential report.
- How to encourage women into engineering.
- Top 50 women in engineering.
- Why so many women leave engineering.
- Women's Engineering Society.
- Women in Project Management Conference.
- Women in the construction industry.
- Women in Construction – the critical solution to a skills shortage.
- Why so many women leave engineering.
- Women in Construction – the critical solution to a skills shortage.
Featured articles and news
The UK’s largest air pollution campaign.
Future Homes Standard, now includes solar, but what else?
Will the new standard, due to in the Autumn, go far enough in terms of performance ?
BSRIA Briefing: Cleaner Air, Better tomorrow
A look back at issues relating to inside and outside air quality, discussed during the BSRIA briefing in 2023.
Restoring Abbotsford's hothouse
Bringing the writer Walter Scott's garden to life.
Reflections on the spending review with CIAT.
Retired firefighter cycles world to raise Grenfell funds
Leaving on 14 June 2025 Stephen will raise money for youth and schools through the Grenfell Foundation.
Key points for construction at a glance with industry reactions.
Functionality, visibility and sustainability
The simpler approach to specification.
Architects, architecture, buildings, and inspiration in film
The close ties between makers and the movies, with our long list of suggested viewing.
SELECT three-point plan for action issued to MSPs
Call for Scottish regulation, green skills and recognition of electrotechnical industry as part of a manifesto for Scottish Parliamentary elections.
UCEM becomes the University of the Built Environment
Major milestone in its 106-year history, follows recent merger with London School of Architecture (LSE).
Professional practical experience for Architects in training
The long process to transform the nature of education and professional practical experience in the Architecture profession following recent reports.
A people-first approach to retrofit
Moving away from the destructive paradigm of fabric-first.
International Electrician Day, 10 June 2025
Celebrating the role of electrical engineers from André-Marie Amperè, today and for the future.
New guide for clients launched at Houses of Parliament
'There has never been a more important time for clients to step up and ...ask the right questions'
The impact of recycled slate tiles
Innovation across the decades.
EPC changes for existing buildings
Changes and their context as the new RdSAP methodology comes into use from 15 June.
Comments
[edit] To make a comment about this article, click 'Add a comment' above. Separate your comments from any existing comments by inserting a horizontal line.