Scotland Conference - Developing Your Purpose

Start Date: 24 Oct 2018

Start Time: 9:30 AM

End Time: 4:00 PM

Duration: 6 hours 30 minutes

Capacity: 250

Venue: Assembly Rooms, 54 George St, Edinburgh, EH2 2LR › View map

Creating an effective sense of purpose is about much more than just goal setting. It has to be innovative, inclusive and most importantly, it has to be infectious.

Join us on the 24th October for our fourth annual Scotland Conference, packed with practical insights, engaging discussions, interactive workshops and the chance to network with 200+ like-minded professionals at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh. With inspiring, high-profile keynote speakers, plus a full host of unmissable breakout sessions, we’ll be exploring the key aspects to developing an organisation-wide sense of purpose that excites and unites.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Phil Jones MBE CCMI
Managing Director, Brother UK

Leading on Purpose
Aligning personal and organisational purpose is key to congruency yet also to your business becoming a magnet for people. Find out how to link up all the moving parts of your business for sustainable success.

Alison McGregor CCMI
CEO Scotland, HSBC

Developing Purpose
In a world of constant pressures, the most crucial aspect of leadership is reminding everyone why what they’re doing is so important. Learn how to create an inspiring sense of purpose for supercharged productivity.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Karen Barr
Mindfulness - Learn the power of positive thinking for mental wellbeing.

Neil Pickering CMgr FCMI 
Productivity - What can we do to fix the UK’s shockingly poor productivity?

Speaker to be confirmed
Chartered Manager - Hear more about the most prestigious status, achieved in management.

Speaker to be confirmed
Future Leaders - How to nurture tomorrow’s talent from first job to inspiring leader.

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Speakers

Karen Barr

Karen Barr is an enthusiastic and committed learning and development professional, specialising in leadership and mindfulness. She is passionate about developing human potential and making a difference to individuals and organisations. Karen works with a variety of businesses, in both the public and private sector and experiences first-hand how the right mind-set, promoted by mindfulness, can change the culture of an organisation by developing wellbeing in individuals, allowing them to reduce stress, increase resilience, improve focus and develop stronger interpersonal relationships.
Karen has a BSc (Hons) Psychology and an MSc in Mindfulness from the University of Aberdeen. She received her mindfulness teaching certificate from the Mindfulness Association and delivers mindfulness programmes in accordance with the guidelines set out by the UK Network for Mindfulness-Based Teaching. Karen is a member of the Mindfulness Association and the International Positive Psychology Association.
Prior to launching her own learning and development company in 2004, Karen spent many years at senior level in the ICT sector.

Liz Hoskin CMgr FCMI

Chief Radiator, Positive Qualities Ltd

Liz Hoskin is on the Board of Trustees for the Chartered Management Institute as her passion is to promote Heart Centred Leadership with the many clients she works with. She is a Chartered Manager and a Fellow of CMI.

Liz Hoskin is the founder of Positive Qualities Ltd, a Business Insight Consultancy helping her many clients to work on their business.  It has been said that every company needs Liz Hoskin and her team as there is a noticeable change in the energy and results of the businesses once they have worked with Positive Qualities Ltd. Over the past seven years Liz has successfully developed the W.O.W. System ® which enables companies to achieve positive changes within their businesses. Resulting in a more positive and proactive culture.. 

Liz believes that if every company replaces CSR with OSR  (Our Social Responsibility), we will be able to provide - real access to practical skills, emotional support and wellbeing, qualifications and a career with possibilities for all the people who we have previously overlooked. 

Phil Jones MBE CCMI

Phil Jones is Managing Director of the UK arm of global technology manufacturer – Brother. Joining the business in 1994 as salesperson, he worked his way up the organisation to be appointed its head in 2013. Awarded an MBE for Services to Business, Phil is also a Companion of the CMI.

Alison McGregor CCMI

As CEO Scotland, Alison is the senior leader responsible for the HSBC Group in Scotland, with over 4000 employees across a range of businesses. In addition to responsibility for people, customers and shareholders she has primary responsibility for maintaining the Group’s relationship with key external stakeholders and senior leaders with an interest and responsibility for supporting the growth of our economy.
Alison is proud to be HSBC UK’s business sponsor for LGBT, Women on Boards and Women in Banking and Finance, is a member of HSBC UK’s Diversity and Inclusion Board. She is passionate about inclusion and the opportunities it presents.
Alison is a Board member of the Confederation of British Industries (CBI), the Scottish Apprenticeship Advisory Board and is a Non-Executive Director of The Beatson Cancer Charity. She held the position of Chair of CBI Scotland from September 2015 to September 2017.
Alison was named Scottish Corporate Leader of the Year 2017 at the Scottish Women’s Awards.

Neil Pickering CMgr FCMI

Neil has 32 years post apprenticeship experience in industry; with 30 years in the Oil and Gas Industry. Neil has undertaken various roles throughout his early career ranging from detailed design through to commissioning and operations.
A chartered manager and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute
Neil is also ECITB Regional Chair Offshore Oil and Gas sector and an ECITB Board member.

Facilities

• Disabled access
• Wifi
• Catering provided

Enquiries contact

Questions about this event should be addressed to CMI Events at CMIEvents@managers.org.uk or by telephone on 01536 207485.