CMI National Conference Programme

14th October 2010
Royal Garden Hotel, London

08.00 to 09.30 Registration, coffee & exhibition 
   
09.30 to 10.20 Terry Morgan CBE, CMI President-elect, Chairman Crossrail
  Ruth Spellman OBE CCMI, Chief Executive CMI
  Welcome address
  Taking the tough decisions
 

The last 18 months have seen the commercial world in turmoil. So what lessons have been learned and what are the key attributes that leaders of tomorrow need to equip themselves with? Tenacity, courage and tough decision-making will shape our leaders and unlock the UK’s future prosperity.

 

10.20 to 11.05 Mike Southon, Political & business columnist, Financial Times
  Political leadership - why does it matter?
 

Hear why political leadership really makes a difference; what lessons businesses can learn from politics; and how political leadership helps shape economies.

 

11.05 to 11.35

Coffee & exhibition

 

11.35 to 12.15 Rob Law, CEO, Magmatic Design
  Taming dragons
 

After suffering Theo Paphitis breaking the strap of his ‘Trunki’ ride-on child’s suitcase on Dragon’s Den, Rob Law could have thrown in the towel. Just a couple of years later however, and he had the Dragons admitting they were wrong not to get part of his business. Here Rob explains what it was that drove him on to success.

 

12.15 to 12.30 Lord Eatwell, Director, Centre for Financial Analysis & Policy
  New economic outlook report highlights
 

Lord Eatwell offers a whistle-stop tour of the fourth of our research papers examining managers’ views on the economy, looking for evidence that employee and customer engagement has contributed positively to the overall economic outlook.

 

12.30 to 13.30

Lunch & exhibition

 

13.30 to 14.10 Stephen Howard, CEO Business in the Community
  Mobilising business for good
 

There has never been a more important time to create a new era of responsible business leadership. Stephen Howard discusses how this can be done through the balancing of short-term needs, longterm- value creation and the continuing demands of a fast changing society and business environment.

 

14.10 to 14.50 Karren Brady, Vice Chairman, West Ham United FC and judge of 'The Apprentice
  Decisions that rock the world
 

Whether you are running a company, a department, a section or a football club, leaders and managers make decisions every day. Every decision made has an effect on others. This session looks at the importance of engagement and teamwork whenmaking decisions, whether they are world changing or just procedural.

 

14.50 to 15.20

Coffee & exhibition

 

15.20 to 16.20 Jo Salter, UK's first female fighter pilot
  The only way is up
 

This session looks at the drivers behind leadership. What shapes individuals into the ‘type’ of people they are, how to nurture your belief systems and how to see all challenges as surmountable.

 

16.20 to 17.05 Chris Moon MBE, Former army officer and motivational speaker
  Making the impossible improbable, the improbable possible
 

He’s survived kidnap, threatened execution, being blown up, losing his limbs and most of his blood. He ran a marathon less than a year after leaving hospital, and proved that the impossible is more usually the improbable. Chris will share his vision and inspire delegates to take back a new attitude to their everyday work.

 

17.50 to 17.30

Conference concludes

 

19.00 to 19.30

President's drinks reception

 

19.30 to 23.30 National Management & Leadership Awards Ceremony
 

Celebrating the best and brightest in management and leadership with the highest accolades awarded in our field.

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