A conference programme

A conference programme

Read the programme for a management conference to practise and improve your reading skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

Reading text

Morning programme

9.00–9.30

Conference opening
Dr Jon Martinez

9.30–10.45

Management styles
with Helena Clark

Consider the different management styles and how you can adapt yours to suit your team.

Giving feedback
with Amelia Novak

Explore the different ways to give feedback to maximise development.

Managing change
with Akira Yoshida

Help your employees deal with change and to see the positives change can bring.

10.45–11.15 Coffee break
11.15–12.30

Using storytelling in leadership communication
with Antoine Martin

Sometimes, the best way to communicate with your team is by telling stories. Find out how to do this in this workshop.

Leading small businesses
with Cheng Wei

How is leading small businesses different and how can leaders of small businesses bring success to their team?

Leading in uncertain times
with Omar Abboud

Uncertainty can affect the success of your team. Learn to bring confidence to your team in a time of uncertainty.

Afternoon programme

12.30–2.00 Lunch
2.00–3.15

Managing international projects
with Alisa Petrov

Consider how to ensure successful intercultural communication in your international teams.

 

Developing creative thinking in your team
with Mariana Silva

How can you get your team to think more creatively? Explore the different ideas that can help your team see things in a new way.

Conflict management
with Tracy Edwards

Conflict can create problems in your team, but managing conflict well can bring about development. Learn how to manage conflict in this workshop.

3.15–4.15 Group discussions
4.15–5.00 Conference closing
Dr Grace Moloney

 

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Submitted by Abrarhussain on Fri, 12/02/2021 - 08:42

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I would like to attend tow sessions of the conference meetings which are , giving feed back and leading small businesses. Because the both of these sessions are linked to the success and maximum development of any business. Through these sessions a business can help employees to achieve there compony targets and high quality standard.

Submitted by rijas001 on Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:16

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Though all the conferences are equally informative and important but out of them I will choose Managing change as it will teach me how to bring the change and be more adaptive in life.

Submitted by Gostlady on Tue, 09/02/2021 - 22:41

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I would attend to Leading small businesses with Cheng Wei. In Latin America entrepreneurs is a new way to do business because it reduces costs. Small business are totally different in compare to an enterprise. How to manage and how to lead is very important to the small business success.

Submitted by German on Tue, 09/02/2021 - 02:37

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I would like to attend to Managing change conference because I think that the companies have to be prepare to the change and being able to fit to the dinamic of the market.

Submitted by nancyvirginiare on Fri, 05/02/2021 - 19:00

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I would like to attend the conference "Giving feedback" because is really important to handle skills about that and been ensure the message will be transmitted correctly to the team.
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Submitted by lucasfuini on Thu, 04/02/2021 - 15:45

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I'd like to know more details about the conference "Leading in uncertain times" with Omar Abboud, because I understand the it´s necessary to get deal with the imprevisive situations that this excepcional moment of our history, with the Cov-19 pandemy, place for companies and it strategies.

Submitted by robertoconexo on Wed, 03/02/2021 - 12:52

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I would like to watch "Using storytelling in leadership communication" because I think that it is enjoy and necessary for make us creative for deal with many people in a company.

Submitted by Jennythegirl on Mon, 01/02/2021 - 22:41

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Developing creative thinking in your team- because if a team is creative and original, it will show to the world and everyone that the employees have good ideas and strategies for their company and that they don't copy ideas from other companies. This means that any team with these qualities is absolutely unique and special.

Submitted by Memmedeva Nezrin on Fri, 29/01/2021 - 07:08

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From my point of view, all of the conferences and discussion topics are useful for a good working team.Confidence in yourself as well as capability to work with your team, managing problems together makes the perfect team with a lot of success.