Freedom to flourish: Making the most of where you are now

About this event

Whether you’re loving what you’re doing, feeling ‘meh’ on Mondays (and other days) or simply impatient to progress, this session will help you engineer more of what you want and need to thrive at work. Through reflection, learning and action, we’ll uncover how much scope each of us has to shape our work experience. You’ll reflect on your career journey so far and identify what’s most important for your next stage. We’ll explore the ‘four freedoms’ framework alongside the habits and mindset shifts that make change possible. You’ll leave with simple, evidence‑based tools for influencing how you work, strengthening relationships and steering your career in a direction that feels both authentic and sustainable.

Your speaker - Helen Beedham

Helen Beedham, MA Cantab, is an organisational adviser and coach who helps leaders and teams build workplaces where people deliver better, feel happier and stick around for the longer-term. Her first book The Future of Time: How ‘re-working’ time can help you boost productivity, diversity and wellbeing was named People, Culture & Management Book of the Year at the Business Book Awards, and her second book People Glue: Hold on to your best people by setting them free was published in January 2026.

She hosts The Business of Being Brilliant podcast, speaks publicly about the future of work and is regularly featured in national, business and HR press including the FT, Financial News, Forbes, FastCompany, theHRDirector and HR Review. Outside of work she runs daily, keeps hens, is learning Korean and loves visiting historic, quirky and beautiful libraries around the world.