In the first in our series of international speaker events this year, we are delighted to welcome Hira Ali, author of Her Allies: A Practical Toolkit to Help Men Lead Through Advocacy, to Dublin to address members in the RDS Members’ Club at 6.30pm on Wednesday, 5th March 2025.

The event takes place in the week of International Women’s Day 2025.

Her Allies: A Practical Toolkit to Help Men Lead Through Advocacy offers men the strategies they need to become powerful advocates for gender equality. Hira Ali introduces readers to the knowledge, strategies, and confidence needed to embrace the role of an ally and discusses the barriers that might hold them back. Through five interactive sections, she exposes the obstacles that impede women’s equality, and encourages readers to not only challenge their own perspectives but also to confront societal norms, organizational dynamics, and the institutional structures that perpetuate gender disparities. 

Hira Ali is an award-winning executive coach, leadership development specialist, and speaker. Founder of Advancing Your Potential and champion of allyship programs and inclusive talent management initiatives, she is also the award-winning author of Her Way To The Top: A Guide to Smashing the Glass Ceiling.

This event is free to members, who may bring a guest. Note you must log in when booking to avail of free entry.

The cost for golf and meal with tea/coffee is €99 pp. 

Our quarterly series of international speaker events continues on Wednesday, 21 May 2025 in the RDS Members Club as we welcome Karthik Ramanna, author of The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World.

Professor of Business and Public Policy at the University of Oxford and an expert on business-government relations, sustainable capitalism, and corporate reporting and auditing, Professor Ramanna studies how organizations and leaders build trust with stakeholders. His scholarship has won numerous awards, including the Journal of Accounting & Economics Best Paper Prize, the Harvard Business Review-McKinsey Prize for ‘ground-breaking management thinking,’ and three times the international Case Centre’s prizes for ‘outstanding case-writing,’ dubbed by the Financial Times as ‘the business school Oscars.’

Previously, Professor Ramanna taught at the Harvard Business School in both the MBA and senior executive-education programs. He has a doctorate from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

In his latest book, Professor Ramanna offers a framework for managing stakeholder outrage that draws on analytical insights from disciplines as wide-ranging as the science of aggression, managerial economics, organizational behaviour, and political philosophy.

This is a date for diary – more details to follow.

Our quarterly series of international speaker events continues at 6.30pm on 12th June 2025 in the RDS Members Club as we welcome Deborah Perry Piscione, author of the recent Harvard Business Review publication Employment is Dead! How Web3 Technologies Will Radically Shift Our Relationship with Work.

Deborah Perry Piscione is a thought leader who helps Fortune 500 companies boost profits and grow talent by harnessing the power of Web3, ChatGPT/AI, and innovative future-of-work solutions.

In her latest book, Deborah Perry Piscione and co-author Josh Drean bring to life the seismic shifts occurring in the workforce, propelled by employees’ growing demand for autonomy, flexibility, and a sense of purpose in their work. The authors challenge leaders to embrace these changes, offering vital insights into navigating this new landscape.

This event is free to members, who may bring a guest. Note you must log in when booking to avail of free entry.