2017 Recap in Illustrations Vistage Open Days
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London Vistage Open Day+ March 2017
Roger shared a global economic update with an emphasis on Brexit, enabling attendees to more accurately assess the risks and opportunities for themselves and their businesses in the foreseeable future. “Roger is in my opinion, without doubt, THE authority when it comes to the UK economy and the economy on a more global scale. He’s a man with his finger on the pulse.” - Richard Grimes, Managing Director, Grimes Finishings Ltd
Roger Martin-Fagg Global Economic Update
Marcus showed why as a leader it is so important to consistently generate high quality energy in the face of the most demanding of times. He demonstrated the importance of leading with wholeheartedness and a healthy disregard for expert opinion, statistics and scientific cleverness. He highlighted ‘getting it simple’... ways to achieve utter clarity of intent for your people and getting your cultural strategy on one memorable page.
Marcus Child Growing into the Future
“Marcus is a one -off. I don’t know what drives him - but if he could bottle it and sell it he would make a fortune. I never come away from a session with Marcus feeling anything other than invigorated and inspired. If I could summon up just 10% of the zest for life that Marcus brings to his work I would be tearing up trees as a gently morning workout.” - Chris Hughes, Group Chair, Vistage International
Manchester Vistage Open Day+ April 2017
Delegates in Manchester discovered: • How successful teams use accountability as a carrot, not a stick. • Insights into addressing one of their current performance problems. • An opportunity to assess their company’s overall performance. • Three keys for unlocking individual and organisational performance in their company. Greg Bustin Accountability: The Key to Driving a High Performance Culture
“Greg Bustin connects the intellectual component of accountability to the heart and soul of an organisation.” - Daniel Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive and To Sell Is Human “Greg Bustin demonstrates with example after example that a culture where accountability is embraced and not feared gives savvy leaders a secret weapon.” - Bill Cobb, President and Chief Executive Officer, H&R Block
Midlands Vistage Open Day+ April 2017
Roger shared a global economic update with an emphasis on Brexit, enabling attendees to more accurately assess the risks and opportunities for themselves and their businesses in the foreseeable future. Attendees looked at: • The economic drivers of Brexit and Trump vote • Globalisation, technological change and demographics • Two scenarios; next five years Hard Brexit and Soft Brexit Roger Martin-Fagg A Global Economic Update
Philip then showed how and why it is so important to understand what it is that makes your staff and clients do what they do. In this engaging, amusing and thought provoking session Philip provided attendees with real can-use-tomorrow techniques that help motivate staff, sell more and hold high prices in these uncertain times! “Actor, philosopher, seller, brain shaker, stand-up performer. Your capacity to capture the audience and play with it is unique.” - Richard Re ~ Business Leader, WELLA Philip Hesketh The New Way of Selling in Uncertain Times
South Wales Vistage Open Day+ May 2017
Delegates in South Wales discovered: • How developing the right focus, creating the right environment and getting the right people is key to achieving their strategic goals. • The right focus reflects an organisation’s strategic ambition. Gain understanding about why the annual strategic planning exercise so often fails to produce the right focus and why strategic management is a far more effective alternative. • The right environment is one in which everything employees experience consistently points them in the direction of the right focus. The session will outline the performance, improvement and organisational factors that leaders must align to create the right environment. MIchael Canic Making Strategy Happen
• The right people are those with the skills, traits, values and experience required to succeed. The session will emphasise the necessity of all four traits and spotlight rarely considered factors that should be requirements of the selection process. “Michael Canic is that rare individual who truly is a thought-leader.” - Tony Mazzella, CEO, Mazzella Lifting Technologies
London Vistage Open Day+ June 2017
Delegates in London discovered: • The major differences between what it means to be A vs. THE in your industry and how to make the switch. • The communication strategies top leaders use to engage, motivate and get others to take action. • How to easily and quickly implement proven formulas for successful presentations that engage multiple generations and get them to take action. • How to persuade, connect and engage any audience with any message and have them knowing you are THE in your industry. Ryan Avery Go From A to THE: Communication and Storytelling Strategies That Take You From Being A Leader to The Leader in Your Industry
“Incredible value in the first few minutes! You did the research we all wish we could do if we had the time. You answered the questions we have all asked.” - Michelle Green, Merrill Lynch
Yorkshire Vistage Open Day+ June 2017
Delegates in Yorkshire discovered: • The major differences between what it means to be A vs. THE in your industry and how to make the switch. • The communication strategies top leaders use to engage, motivate and get others to take action. • How to easily and quickly implement proven formulas for successful presentations that engage multiple generations and get them to take action.
Ryan Avery Go From A to THE: Communication and Storytelling Strategies That Take You From Being A Leader to The Leader in Your Industry
• How to persuade, connect and engage any audience with any message and have them knowing you are THE in your industry. “Ryan’s material is fresh, unique and actionable. Ryan is one of those rare presenters that has it all, he is authentic and engaging and his material is both impactful and entertaining.” - Elisa Spain,Master Chair, Vistage International
East of England Vistage Open Day June 2017
Delegates in the East of England discovered: • The three key elements to building a high performance team. • The attitudes and behaviours that determine success. • How to create a distinctive and attractive employer brand. • How to develop alternative methods of recruitment. • How to create an inclusive culture. • How to make communication more effective. • Key aspects of leadership. • How to create self-reliant teams. • How to Learn from both success and failure. • How people learn. • How to create a learning environment. Jeff Grout Building HIgh Performance Teams
“The strongest aspect of Jeff’s style is his ability to deliver important principles with high impact by focusing on the practical application of the leadership issues being covered.” - Nick Cummins, Executive Director, Bromford Housing
East Midlands Vistage Open Day+ June 2017
Delegates in the East Midlands discovered how to: • Make more of a positive impact on others. • Minimise conflict and improve relationships. • Maximise personal and team performance. • Identify 10 things you can do to build personal resilience for them and their colleagues. • Handle frustrations and difficult people without getting frustrated. Steve Head How to Build on the Stengths, Confidence & Potential of Your Team
• Understand the science of confidence. “Everyone I spoke to felt energised and could relate to all the emotions you described. You truly are an inspiration.” - Lynne Barton, Associate Director, Advance Quality Team Northwest NHS
South West Vistage Open Day+ July 2017
Delegates in the South West discovered: • Value – How to reinforce value locally, developing stories that evidence value. • Understanding commoditisation and how decisions are really made. • Language – Assembling powerful scripts and eliminating weak words. • The seven steps in a negotiation – Looking at negotiation as dialogue – what goes wrong and the games people play. • Tactics and tricks – Planning negotiation, walk away point, price etc. Malcolm Smith Every Penny Counts: Negotiate Everything!
• Reaching agreement and how to make the other side perform. “Thoroughly entertaining, expertly engaging, very thoughtful and insightful, with a tremendously deep knowledge of his subject. He mesmerised the whole audience for over two hours. Every minute was superbly crafted, and every minute packed with advice so tangible you felt like you could touch it.” - Richard Strange, Director, Deeply Digital
Midlands Vistage Open Day+ September 2017
Delegates in the South West discovered: • About your “DNA Profile” and how it impacts other leadership team members, and your overall business. • How to build and assess dream teams and get consistent peak performance results. • How to drive performance-based communication to drive alignment and accountability with the weekly ROI tool. • About the 10 blockages that stop 97% of businesses in creating a sustainable legacy.
Reg Athwal Unleash Your Company DNA
“Very informative and entertaining. Your presentation on building a dream team reminds CEOs to use their strengths instead of thinking they can do it all. I immediately shared your presentation with our leadership team to implement a professional succession plan.” - K. Flint, Two West.
Manchester Vistage Open Day+ September 2017
Mike showcased the principles and drivers that enabled Shackleton and his men to not only survive, but thrive under terrible conditions of adversity, sudden and unexpected change and many other factors that threatened their success. In today’s world, businesses face similar conditions as those in the Antarctic 100 years ago such as: • Dealing with obstacles beyond your control • Sudden and unexpected change • Creating teams and cultures that work well under pressure • Leading and engaging people while facing difficult and challenging assignment
Antarctic Mike Leading at 90 Below Zero
“Mike was engaging, dynamic and thought-provoking. He was able to get us to think and apply what he was teaching so we could immediately implement what we had learned. He even did an off-the-cuff marketing video that had the whole room riveted.” -Jennifer Evans, Principle, Trio Property Management Company. Brad then illustrated the power of The Leadership Seven, applying timeless principles that yield greater productivity, improved communication, strengthened relationships, increased influence and laser like focus on value based priorities. “Brad is a phenomenal individual who brings new insights to the way we look at the world. Every conversation adds huge value! I recommend that you seek him out” - JePaul Mallory, Vice President, IACCM
Brad Waldron The Leadership 7
South Wales Vistage Open Day+ October 2017
Mike showcased the principles and drivers that enabled Shackleton and his men to not only survive, but thrive under terrible conditions of adversity, sudden and unexpected change and many other factors that threatened their success. In today’s world, businesses face similar conditions as those in the Antarctic 100 years ago such as: • Dealing with obstacles beyond your control. • Sudden and unexpected change • Creating teams and cultures that work well under pressure • Leading and engaging people while facing difficult and challenging assignment Antarctic Mike Leading at 90 Below Zero
Marcus then will equiped attendees with practical tools and techniques to enable them to: • Attain and sustain peak performance for themselves, their colleagues, customers, shareholders, friends and families. • Confidently set and meet aspirational goals. • Consistently generate high quality energy in the face of the most demanding schedules. • Better inspire and excite others into action. • Develop their ability to find creative and innovative solutions to future challenges. Marcus Child Personal Power
Yorkshire Vistage Open Day+ November 2017
Delegates in Yorkshire discovered: • New ways of framing conversations with customers and employees. • Understanding the impact on your business of positive, negative and unintentional influence. • How to develop better personal connections that lead to better results. • Confidence that you have a new perspective on building a better culture in your business
Brian Parsley Influencing Your Team to Drive Profits
“Over the past 5 years, Brian has assisted us in exceeding our business target in a highly competitive market. He teaches in a way that makes hard concepts seem simple. His insights have changed how we approach our clients” - Johan Minnie, Managing Director, Liberty Life Insurance
East Midlands Vistage Open Day+ November 2017
Delegates in the East Midlands discovered: • The core leadership skills that drive ‘ownership’ in your people and organisation. • Specific leadership habits that create a strong ‘ownership’ role model for your team. • Communication tools that influence your people to take more ‘ownership’. • Leadership approaches that drive more teamwork and greater performance. • How to translate the learning into specific actions through the reflection and peer coaching exercises. Mark Fritz Why You Never Wash a Rental Car
“Mark’s talk really impacted my team, and I think has changed their view on how to organise and prioritise their work to reach higher goals and develop their leadership” - Millan Alvarez-Miranda, International Sr. Executive Director, Acciona S.A. Spain
London Vistage Executive Summit December 2017
Erin Myer The Culture Map
Balaji Krishnamurthy Culture by Intent
Matthew Syed Success is Earned
Seth Mattison The Future of Work Today
Simon Timson Realising Ambition
Floyd Woodrow Panelist
Harnessing Talent: Building a Talent Strategy for the 21st Century