Lucy Wills, Site Director at Finsbury Food Group, Hamilton, hosted our December event with a fascinating talk on the Leadership Change Programme which she is implementing at the Hamilton site, along with a super site tour to see their operation in action. Lucy shared her recipe for performance through SWOT analysis, putting in the rightRead More…
Brodies hosted CfEL in October, with Heather McArthur, founder of Raeburn Career Coaching, sharing information on how to identify your unique skills and articulate your brand – How to market yourself effectively and how to apply this thinking to the team to increase their engagement and maximise their performance.
Christian trained as a lawyer and became a judge before setting up her own coaching business, Elements of Wellbeing. Her skill is to identify that everyone has inner resources which they often vastly underestimate – she demonstrated how to utilise this untapped resource by illustrating how the mind really works in controlling our thoughts. ChristianRead More…
Liz is the Founder of Positive Qualities – she delivered a talk on 5 Principles of Leadership in her own inimitable manner: full of positive spirit, boundless energy and inspirational style. Liz focussed on the importance of enhancing employee engagement and boosting staff morale in order to significantly increase customer satisfaction and drive up sales.
Paul Fletcher, one of Scotland’s foremost experts on Innovation: “Every company and organisation succeeds or dies by the way it deals with the process of Innovation”. Paul outlined how strong motivators for Innovation, such as profitability, productivity, efficiency of problem solving and perpetual improvement enable future protection, competitive survival and maximum engagement with the teamRead More…
Robin MacGeachy and Fiona Taylor of Peak Scientific Instruments delivered absolutely fascinating talks at SD Worx on 24th May. Robin, one of Scotland’s foremost entrepreneurial leaders, focussed on his experience of the challenges and rewards of leading a growing team (currently numbering 450 across the world) from Peak’s manufacturing base in Inchinnan. Culture and values featuredRead More…
Jim Mather, Visiting Professor to the Universities of Strathclyde and Heriot-Watt delivered a tremendous talk on Conflict Resolution at Brodies in Glasgow. Jim Started by outlining a range of ‘messy realities’ – people’s thinking, their personalities, their preconceived ideas and their behaviours. He then went on to relay some unifying approaches and techniques and finishedRead More…
Dr David Fraser led this fascinating session on ‘Great Leaders – Great Lessons’ which drew on his vast knowledge of naval history in order to illustrate how leaders’ positive personal attributes are vital to securing and maintaining the following and loyalty of their teams. Embedding the confidence to choose correctly between implementing one’s own initiativeRead More…
We welcomed Marie Rodgers, Sales on Fire Coach and Claire Dunning, Director, Creating Sparks for what was an energetic, informative and inspiring session. Marie covered 7 Easy Steps on how to successfully navigate round sales negotiation conversations. Claire shared through example and unforgettable illustrations, the importance of how to create (and not damage!) an emotionalRead More…