Business Management Written by CPL Group
Unleashing your potential As school business professionals, 2020 has brought unprecedented challenges as we adapt to new ways of working following the COVID-19 world pandemic. You will have already released some of the potential within your organisations as you and your teams adjust with agility and speed to the crisis The profile and acknowledgement of the contribution that school business professionals (SBPs) make is ever growing. The current crisis has helped to further emphasis the significance of your role in delivering schools strategic aims. You are front and centre of the delivery of the repurposed school provision during this period and will continue to lead the plans as we move ahead to reopening schools in the coming months. The Institute of School Business Leadership’s (ISBL) national conference will focus on how we can further unleash the potential from within ourselves, our colleagues and our organisations to allow for further growth and development and, in turn, improve pupil outcomes and progress. The conference will explore how you as leaders can help your teams to grow following the pandemic crisis and the resulting challenges it has presented. There is no better time for selfreflection and growth than after a period of crisis where both strengths and opportunities will have been identified. With more than 16 workshops covering all areas of the ISBL Professional Standards, there is something for every school business professional. Topics include funding opportunities, maximising your estate’s potential, marketing your school for recruitment, reputation and revenue, and the six traits of effective school business teams. More than a third of workshop sessions are practitioner-led by ISBL Fellows who can offer first-hand practical tools to allow SBP delegates to be the catalysts for change in
Panel The 2020 National Conference is booked for Thursday 12 – Friday 13 November 2020 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, Speaker line-up COVID 19 developments permitting. We are excited to announce Take the opportunity to invest in your our speaker line-up personal development and growth With includes Baroness and ensure your school is ready more th Karren Brady CBE to make the very best of its who has firstresources as we move forward 16 work an s hand experience post the pandemic. h o p covering s in unleashing The early bird offer a ll a r eas of the ISBL potential is on now and you can P through her attend the full conference, Standar rofessional own career and including accommodation someth ds, there is her time on The on the Thursday evening, for ing for e ver Apprentice. just £325. This price has been school b usiness y There is every extended until 30 June 2020. professio reason to join Details regarding the conference nal us at this year’s can be found via the ISBL national conference, website: http://bit.ly/isblnc19 including the 14 hours of continued professional development across Win free packages the two full days, networking, and the During these challenging times we procurement fair within our exhibitor space. would like to offer you the chance to win It may well also be the first event specifically one of three, free, full place packages dedicated to SBPs post the crisis – providing at this year’s national conference. time to regroup with colleagues and share This opportunity is only possible due to the experiences. It is important that we look to generosity of our sponsors Zenergi, Telephone the future and ensure we have the time we Europe and EPM in funding these places. need to reflect and rebuild both ourselves To enter the prize draw, all you and our teams in the advent of this crisis. need to do is complete your details: Our physical and mental wellbeing will be https://bit.ly/NCPrizedraw L central to our future endeavours and success. We hope to see many of you at this event in FURTHER INFORMATION November when we are finally able to meet in person and plan for the new year ahead. www.isbl.org.uk their own schools, unleashing the potential across its resources, including the succession development of new and existing talent.
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