A conference programme

A conference programme

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Preparation

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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 nasur21 on Wed, 30/10/2024 - 18:15

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All the mentioned conferences seem fantastic to me. Particularly, I would like to attend Antoine Martin's conference, titled 'Using storytelling in leadership communication'. For me, a leader must have motivational stories to convince his team that they can overcome the challenges. If any distinguished member of a team lacks motivation, it might affect the performance of whole team. Therefore, engaging all the members of the team through motivational storytelling would be a fascinating thing a leader can do. I'm enthusiastic to attend such conferences, as I believe I love to be a great leader.

Submitted by Hsu May Lwin Myo on Mon, 28/10/2024 - 07:27

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interesting topic, good.

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Submitted by vitoruzelotto on Sat, 26/10/2024 - 14:41

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I'll attend the " Leading in uncertain times with Omar Abboud" because I think that a leader has to show confidence for rest of the team even in uncertain times. In good moments everyone does a great job and like to show working hard ethic but when uncertain times come,there is one person who isn't hidden and that person is the leader, he needs to bring confidence back e show to his co-workers than this will pass it´s just a bad moment. He takes the responsibilty and tries to make the best choises even when the others people think a litte bit

Submitted by Jisdam_ on Thu, 24/10/2024 - 08:30

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Managing feedback seems interesting

Submitted by shreyasreddy.k on Mon, 21/10/2024 - 08:57

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The conference session i would like to attend is Managing international projects with Alisa Petrov. As a non-native english speaker i often find it difficult to relate with people from other cultures. In this internet era, it is inevitable to connect with others. With growing opportunities it is quite essential to be prolific with communication, be it intercultural. So i think attended this conference would help me in getting better at connecting internationally.

Submitted by maria_Alsulami on Wed, 16/10/2024 - 12:39

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I would like to attend the 'Leading in Uncertain Times' session with Omar Abboud to explore how I can manage my surroundings when facing uncertainty in my job. I also want to maximize my confidence, as there is no escape from these situations. We all need to learn how to deal with them instead of succumbing to anxiety.

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Submitted by zino on Fri, 04/10/2024 - 08:24

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        The conference session that I'll attend is: 'Developing Creative Thinking in Your Team' with Mariana Silva, because it will help my team think more creatively and explore different ideas that can help them see things in a new way.

Submitted by Ms90 on Sat, 21/09/2024 - 14:15

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Cheng Wei talks about an exciting topic (leading small business) because it will teach us how to improve our business and earn money without being an employee. And absolutely I will attend to any conference talking about this topic.

Submitted by Paukzen on Sun, 08/09/2024 - 10:43

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Leading in uncertain times interest me because in this period in my country there are a lot of problem related with this aspect and many people go to work without enthusiasm.

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Submitted by alf.nuriyah on Thu, 29/08/2024 - 03:58

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As a corporate employee i'd like to attend Mariana Silva's conference. I think Developing creative thinking is a basic skill which everyone need to. for me which usually working with procedure and sistematically, creative thinking help to give more perspective for problem solving alternative especially for unusual issue.

Not only for formal occasion, creative thinking also will help us to solve daily problems even if we need to self improvement it can be work.