The Leadership and Learning Forum is the new way for training providers and presenters to work with Surrey Chambers of Commerce.

If you would like to apply to become part of The Learning Consortium please complete and return this application form Download

Welcome to the Surrey Chambers Leadership and Learning Forum

Inspiring local consultants, trainers and coaches to share their best practice

Supporting leaders, supporting each other to get the most out of our businesses.

Background

The current economic climate has encouraged businesses to keep their heads down and keep working hard. This hard working approach will go a fair way to keeping business going, but we want to remind Surrey businesses what training, coaching and leadership development can do for them. With that in mind we have started the Leadership and Learning Forum.

Objectives

The Leadership and Learning forum aims to provide a low cost way for Surrey businesses to meet and reflect on Leadership and learning. This forum will be an ideal place to meet consultants, trainers and coaches to see if there is a match with their needs. We would also aim to refine our knowledge on what is having a positive impact on the region and share best practice and research:

By joining the Forum as a business you can ...
• Develop your own leadership and management skills
• Increase low cost learning opportunities
• Access databases of development providers
• Meet consultants, coaches and trainers

By joining the Forum as a training provider you can ...
• Meet other consultants, coaches and trainers
• Inspire businesses to invest in the training they need
• Share best pactice with other training providers

Measures of success in the above goals

1. More companies attending training events
2. More companies investing in developing their people
3. Companies achieving their goals more easily
4. Increased confidence and expertise in Leadership and Management
5. More independent consultants, coaches and trainers working together

All people development members i.e. consultants/coaches/trainers/learning providers join the ‘Development Consortium’. A place for this consortium will be provided on the Surrey Chambers website. Consultants will state their experience and give a short description of their 2 most recent successes; with feedback, plus a photo. Members of the Forum can look at this information.

Once a month low cost leadership and learning events will be organised.

Four quarterly meetings of the Development Consortium will be organised.

If you would like to apply to become part of The Learning Consortium please complete and return this application form Download

Leadership Inspiration

Leadership and Learning Planned Programme 2011 - 2012

2. Current Leadership Models
Which models of leadership are adding value these days?
a. Update on latest leadership research
b. Reflect on how the research relates to what you do

3. Leadership Assessment Tools
a. Ways of assessing the leadership ability in your company
b. Choose and complete an assessment
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Coaching (3 Sessions Annually)
1. What coaching can do for your business!
a. Four short presentations from speakers who have evidence of successful coaching interventions.
b. Assess your organisational needs; is it coaching, training or strategy?

2. Meet the coaches
a. 20 (or more) coaches set out their stalls and their styles, sign up for 4 sessions with different coaches
b. Reflect on the outcomes

3. Measuring the impact of coaching interventions
a. Research on reflective practice
b. Reviewing success factors in coaching
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From Small to Medium (3 sessions Annually)
1. What happens to a growing business?
a. What is the difference between a small and medium firm; other than size?
b. Where are the growing pains and what do we do about them?

2. Family Businesses
a. What challenges are unique to family businesses?
b. How to get the best out of a family business.

3. Out sourcing Essential Functions
a. Which functions can easily be outsourced?
b. Being accountable, whilst out sourcing.
c. Who can do it? Meet local providers
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Specific Management Challenges (3 sessions annually)
1. Inspiring sales
a. Your sales story
b. The right sales approach for your company

2. Performance management
a. Setting standards and expectations
b. Humanely upholding agreements

3. Marvellous meetings
a. Meetings are an opportunity to lead and learn,
b. How to run a marvellous meeting.
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