Name: Career Boost: Enterprise Thinking: Seeing the Bigger Picture
Start: 2026-06-10T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-06-10T23:59:59+01:00

WeQual Career Boost: Enterprise Thinking: Seeing the Bigger Picture (On‑Demand)

What To Expect

A focused, practical session designed to help Rising Leaders see the bigger picture in an enterprise setting, influence more effectively across the organization, and progress in their career.

This 30-minute, self-guided Career Boost builds on this month’s Leadership Insights sessions on leading across systems and cultures.

You’ll examine your own challenges and leave with a clearer understanding of:

What sits outside your view
How decisions are shaped
Where perspective is too narrow
What to widen in your thinking

Why It Matters

A blinkered focus on your immediate remit can blind you to what moves things at a broader level.

But it’s a real challenge: To understand where decisions are really influenced, you must see how different priorities, stakeholders, and pressures connect.

This session equips you for that challenge through lived examples, and the opportunity to stress-test your approach. You will leave with a clearer sense of what sits beyond your immediate remit, and how to take it into account in your decisions.

Emma Hicks

WeQual

SVP, Product & Learning

Emma is an experienced strategic leader specializing in professional development at
C-suite and senior management levels. With over 20 years’ experience across global sectors, she brings deep expertise in leadership education and a genuine passion for continuous professional growth.

A Fellow and Advisory Board Member of the Learning and Performance Institute (LPI), Emma also holds certifications from the Institute of Directors (IoD) and the Association for Talent Development (ATD) and previously served on the Education Committee of the European Confederation of Directors Associations (ecoDa).

Before joining WeQual, Emma spent nearly a decade with the IoD, shaping the strategic direction of its global executive programs, including the prestigious Chartered Director qualification. She later joined HR technology company Connectr, first as interim COO and then as Chief Commercial Officer, leading its mission to build more inclusive leadership pipelines.

Earlier in her career, Emma held senior roles with Reed Learning, designing and delivering internationally recognized qualifications for more than 100 corporate and academic partners.

At WeQual, Emma leads the global membership and program function. Creating communities where senior leaders connect, reflect, and develop through shared experience. Her work aligns with her core purpose: Helping individuals achieve their career goals and enabling organizations to succeed through inclusive, effective leadership.

Outside of work, Emma has a young family — Joshua (10), Jasmine (7), and Monty the cockapoo (3) — who keep her active, grounded, and grateful.