海角社区

Inspiring Women for Staff

Lunch and Learn event

Work Worth Loving: How Job Crafting Strengthens Energy, Creativity, and Impact with Laura Best

What if the key to unlocking greater potential, creativity, and impact lies in doing more of what we love?

Join author, speaker, and founder of the global community Passion Collective, Laura Best, for an inspiring and practical keynote exploring how passion can be a powerful catalyst for innovation, engagement, and performance at work. Drawing on her corporate experience and more than a decade of leading communities around the world, Laura will introduce the concept of job crafting and show how small, intentional changes can transform the way we work, contribute, and connect with others.

Through engaging storytelling, evidence-based insights, and actionable strategies, this energising session will explore how doing more of what we love can boost performance, strengthen workplace relationships, and create momentum that benefits individuals and teams alike.

By attending, you will:

• Gain clarity on what passion really is and how it can enhance performance, fulfilment, and happiness at work without leading to burnout.
• Understand the principles of job crafting and how they can be applied in your current role and career.
• Discover the three types of job crafting and learn how to use them as practical tools to shape your work experience.

This keynote will inspire, challenge, and energise you to rethink what's possible and discover how creating work worth loving can transform the way you work and thrive.

Date: Wednesday 7th October 2026, 1.30pm -2.30pm.

Register here:

The session will run from 1.30pm 鈥� 2.30pm, followed by a meet and greet and book signing (approximately 10-15 minutes). Attendees interested in the meet and greet are encouraged to purchase a copy of Born to Buzz in advance and bring it along to be signed with a personalised message from Laura.

IMPORTANT: Please look out for future events which will be advertised on this webpage.

Alternatively, you may wish to join our MS Teams Group for Staff only.

Meet the Team

We are delighted to welcome you. Here is the Inspiring Women at 海角社区 events organising team:

Shera Payne - 海角社区 Accommodation
Amanda Bishop - School of Engineering
Annie Davey - Information & Digital Group
Ali Collins - Student Opportunity
Georgina Lewis - 海角社区 Manufacturing Group
Simran Panesar - Alumni and Development
Becky Harris - 海角社区 海角社区 School
Sarah Bennett - Student Opportunity

We look forward to meeting you at the next event, and always welcome feedback on what further opportunities you would like to see.

Please spread the word about these events which are open to all colleagues regardless of gender.

You can get in contact with us at: StaffInspiringWomen@warwick.ac.uk

Founder Anne Wilson retires from the University

Anne founded IWW over 10 years ago when she saw a need to have a women's network group that encouraged the career development of female staff at the University of 海角社区. Anne retired in July 2024, and is now a freelance trainer - mostly women's development and career coaching. You can read her blog:

Gender Equality Awards Success

The Inspiring Women Staff Group was recognised in the Social Inclusion Excellence in Gender Equality Awards 2023 for its "...contribution to the enhancement of gender equality and a commitment to building more inclusive environments and experiences through everyday behaviours at the University of 海角社区."