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

Task 1

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Task 2

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Discussion

Which of the conference sessions would you attend? Why?

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I would attend Developing creative thinking in your team, because frequently I need some extra motivation at work to be creative enought

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Akira Yoshida’s conference session about managing change sounds interesting to me. A few years ago I changed my job. I used to be an office worker, and I’ve became a plumber. It was a great deccision, but I remember that I had lots of worries. Maybe conference session about managing change would be a great guide to me.

I would like to attend a conference about management teams. As a manager and team leader, one of the most important challenges I face is making sure everyone is in the right role and has enough work to do. This should match the company’s plan and goals. When this is clear, the leader can stay motivated, keep the team motivated, and deliver work on time with good results.

If I have a chance to attend one conference from which of these, I would prefer the conference of " developing creative thinking in your team". If a team leader lets us to explore our creative ideas, this leads us to provide not only our confidence level but also our thinkings. Therefore, these are many alternative ways of improving the team members' dealing with challenges in the daily activities, as this has the positive impact on the company.

I would attend the session that speaks about how give the feedback in a proper way: indeed i would be sure that all feedbacks taht i give, can be useful for the team

I would attend leading small businesses because I want to lead my business and making a job vacancy. It helps people to get a new job and support their life. I also wondering how to manage my business, my team, giving them the best with good salary.

Honestly in this section,I feel little confuse about conflict in a team.Conflict can makes useless problems for a team,right.So noone should let it happen in team.I accept it,Task(1) No.(6), but I was wrong.Why? I'll glad if someone explain that.May be my misunderstanding.

Hello Htoopyae,

The key words here are 'can' and 'manage'. Tracy's summary says this:

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

'Can' means something is possible but not certain, so not all conflict creates problems. If it is managed (not avoided) it can be positive. Therefore Tracy does not think there should never be conflict, but rather that it needs to be appropriately managed so that it is a positive thing leading to development.