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The Leadership Edge: Management and Leadership Training Programmes North Wales: Programme begins January 2007 Please contact Aimee for full details Are you a manager in a small to medium sized enterprise looking to improve the performance of your business?
As part of the Skills People Success initiative, we have been chosen by the Welsh Assembly Government to work with SME managers in the development of skills to create world class businesses. Join some of the world's leading experts on Leadership & Management for an active learning programme tailored to your business. The programme consists of four day-long workshops, focusing on the competitive edge, driving change throug people, Maximising returns and profits and building business for the long term. Click on the links on the right for further details. 12pm, 12/12/06 The Two Professors NEWI, Wrexham, North Wales Come and join us for the launch of the next wave of Leadership & Management workshops – The Leading Edge, featuring The Two Professors (Biogs below).
Schedule 12pm Lunch and Registration 13:00 Professor Dylan Jones Evans Growing your Business – Lessons from the Wales Fast Growth 50 14:00 Questions and Answers 14:30 Professor Tom Cannon Growing your Business –The Global Perspective 15:00 Questions and Answers 15:15 Coffee 15:30 Individual Consultation and Workshops at request
Professor Dylan Jones-Evans Dylan is director of the National Entrepreneurship Observatory for Wales and visiting professor of entrepreneurship at the Turku School of Economics in Finland. At 29, he was appointed as the youngest professor of business and management in Europe, holding the chair of entrepreneurship and small business management at the University of Glamorgan. He has subsequently held academic chairs at the University of Wales Bangor and NEWI in Wrexham, and is currently Deputy Director of the world class Centre for Advanced Studies at Cardiff University. He serves as Vice President for the UK for the European Council of Small Business as well as being a member of the board of ESBA – the European group of small firm representative bodies such as the Federation of Small Businesses. Widely recognized as one of the leading economic analysts in Wales, he is a regular commentator within the media with columns in both the Western Mail and the Daily Post. He has published over one hundred academic articles within refereed journals, academic books and international conferences, and is the author of the best-selling textbook ‘Enterprise and Small Business’, published by the Financial Times. He is Chairman of Outlook Expeditions Ltd, a Snowdonia-based fast growing business and works with a number of other small growing firms in Wales through his role as director of the Wales Fast Growth Fifty - the annual barometer of entrepreneurial development within Welsh SMEs. In addition, he sits on the Executive Committee for the Institute of Directors in Wales and the Board of Encounter – the British-Irish policy think-tank. He has previously served as Chairman of Community Enterprise Wales, the chair of the North Wales branch of the Institute of Welsh Affairs and was a member of the board of Finance Wales for five years.
Professor Tom Cannon Tom is a former Director of Manchester Business School and has pioneered work on enterprise development. While head of Stirling University Business School he formed the Scottish Enterprise Foundation and created the first Chair in Entrepreneurship in the UK. More recently he was Chief Executive of the Government's Management and Enterprise National Training Organisation - responsible for key aspects of SME development. His enviable research record resulting in over 100 published papers and books is matched by extensive experience in policy work and consulting for major international companies, central and local government, Regional Development Agencies and NGOs. He has extensive policy experience ranging from national projects such as the New Vision for Business study initiated by the Prime Minister of the UK and the current Merseyside Entrepreneurship Commission. He contributes to all areas of the media. This includes his books, The Ultimate Book of Business Breakthroughs published by Capstone, Welcome to the Revolution for Pitman Publishing, the best selling Guinness Book of Business Records, How To Get Ahead in Business for Virgin Publishing and twenty other books, besides almost a hundred academic (17 in category A journals) and professional papers. He has written regularly as a columnist in The Guardian, broadcasts on TV and radio besides writing for fifteen national and international newspapers and magazines. Tom's areas of interest and expertise also include leadership, especially during times of dynamic change, social entrepreneurship and the emergence of the ideopolis. He is an acknowledge expert on football finance.
The full day including lunch is just £50 +VAT PLACES ARE LIMITED SO PLEASE BOOK QUICKLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT
To book or request further details please contact Aimee Best on 0151 7080875 or email aimee@ideopolis.info
Future sessions as follow:
The workshops are run on a bi-weekly basis, and whilst delegates are welcome to attend one session it is recommended to complete the full action learning programme for the best results for you and you business. Delivered by experienced and successful managers who understand and can run with issues raised at the workshops, they are designed to deliver an immediate payback to your business. Workshops are practitioner-orientated focusing on best practice and transferring ideas back into your workplace. All courses are written to national management standards.
The course is 70% subsidised by The Welsh Assembly Government and costs £69 + VAT per session.
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