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 Ari on Mon, 01/03/2021 - 19:34

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I'd like to attend "Leading small businesses". In my opinion, this is a really important topic to discuss, because many people start as small companies or organizations, and their leaders need a lot of motivation and good knowledge to manage such a business. Most of these companies become death because of their leaders, because when he gives up, everyone in that company gives up. Only good preparation, patience and ingenuity, which belong to the boss, can help save the small buisness.
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Submitted by Maria Andrea on Wed, 24/02/2021 - 00:49

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I would like attend at the session Conflict management. I think it is very important known how to manage and solve problems

Submitted by jose luis torr… on Sun, 21/02/2021 - 19:01

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I'd like to atend leading small businesses due to It's very important we can focus to small thinks and control it. Then We can be solve to big problems and became an experts.

Submitted by Pola on Fri, 19/02/2021 - 18:10

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I'd like to attend the leading small businesses and the leading in certainty times to let me get much more better in leading in small businesses and in uncertainty times. It's important to be more knowlegeable and have some new concepts.

Submitted by Yusra Mahadi on Thu, 18/02/2021 - 18:32

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Conflict management , because I believe that when we solve conflict between team members then we can achieve our goal in business.

Submitted by Leila77 on Wed, 17/02/2021 - 07:56

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I'd like to attend the session "Using storytelling in leadership communication" with Antoine Martin, because it's new for me and I'm curious to know more about this subject.

Submitted by Adrian49 on Tue, 16/02/2021 - 18:52

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Hi everyone! I would choose two conference sessions. First of all, Managing change with Akira Yoshida, because I’ve worked as the Process Engineer and I know how people behaved when I wanted to change something, although I didn’t want to make something wrong for them. Conflict management with Tracy Edward is interesting as well. I can’t imagine how we can managing conflict in our team and even it can bring about development.

Submitted by Dariusz on Tue, 16/02/2021 - 15:16

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I would attend to the "Leading in uncertain times" conference session. Being confidence is important not only in work but also in many situations of life.
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Submitted by Rafaela1 on Fri, 12/02/2021 - 14:13

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Definitely, coffee break & lunch! ;)