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

 

Discussion

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Submitted by Marcos Reis on Sun, 29/03/2020 - 05:36

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Very good exercise

Submitted by eazayid on Sat, 28/03/2020 - 23:24

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I prefer to join Helena Clark's session because cope with varies managements styles will enrich our out come.

Submitted by Farid.Kayed on Sat, 28/03/2020 - 10:07

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I would like to attend to Cheng Wei conference " leading small business" because I am going to establish a small business in my area and it could help me to learn many new things.

Submitted by noentropica on Fri, 27/03/2020 - 18:51

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I think that for me, the more interesting is the workshop from Tracey Edwars. The conflicts at the workplace are frequents. I would like to attend "Conflicts management" and to learn how resolved.

Submitted by Alex Cervantes on Tue, 24/03/2020 - 18:38

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I would attend "Using storytelling in leadership communication" because I find it interesting. I think that you can catch the attention of your team more easily using it.

Submitted by m.sadegh1988 on Tue, 24/03/2020 - 08:02

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all of the sessions are really useful for me, however I prefer the "creative thinking" workshop, because my most important requirement is this skill considering my characteristic

Submitted by amanda ferreira on Sat, 21/03/2020 - 17:40

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I would like to attend to a conference with Omar Abboud, the reason why is my own bussiness is dealing ritgh now with hard times, so I will probably think interesting to watch "how manage uncertainty times".

Submitted by cafar on Fri, 20/03/2020 - 10:12

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hello, In my case, i would like attend " managing change" and "Leading in uncertain times" because in any teams we can found high and lows, and knowing how to manage this lows will ameliorate our way of working and stimulate confidents, so we should always focus on the positive side of this changing and learn to be more confident in uncertain moments.

Submitted by nurulain. on Tue, 17/03/2020 - 07:21

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i would like to attend "conflict management" . it is because i want to learn how to handle conflict so that i can bring peace in my team and i hate complicated conflict

Submitted by sihamkaddouri on Fri, 06/03/2020 - 19:54

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I will attend the conference about conflict management, in fact I work in the HR departement, so managing confluct between employees is a part og my mission and I'm interessted to know more about it.