Name: Career Boost: How to Raise Your Profile
Start: 2026-03-31T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-03-31T13:00:00+01:00

WeQual Career Boost: How to Raise Your Profile (On-Demand)

A focused, practical reset designed to help Rising Leaders raise their profile with intention, clarity, and credibility.

This 30-minute, self-guided Career Boost supports leaders who are delivering strong work but want to ensure their impact is clearly understood by the right people. Using WeQual’s ICSR Framework (Internal → Connections → Systems → Results), this session helps you examine how you currently present to others, how your contribution is perceived, and where your profile may not yet reflect your true value.

You’ll work through short, structured reflections to clarify your internal leadership narrative and identify where greater visibility, connection, or articulation would most strengthen your impact. This Career Boost is designed as a foundation for Q2, when the focus shifts more explicitly to Connections, helping you move forward with confidence and intent.

Takeaways:

Clarify what you want to be known for

See where your impact is not yet visible

Strengthen your leadership narrative

Identify one high-value connection or conversation

Commit to one clear profile action this month

Why It Matters 

Raising your profile is not about self-promotion. It is about making sure your contribution is understood, trusted, and valued by the people who matter most.

This Career Boost creates a short, structured pause to help you focus your energy, use connections more intentionally, and enter Q2 with clarity and momentum.

Format: On-Demand via the WeQual Rising Leaders’ Member Site

Access anytime

Complete at your own pace

Return to it whenever you need

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.