Event Summary
Join us at the Mercure Swansea Hotel to hear from Institute of Leadership & Management Head of Research, Policy & Standards Kate Cooper, discussing the importance of authentic leadership.
Acting with integrity and fairness in all decision making and being open and honest builds trust. Authentic leaders are consistent in their practice, putting professional interest before personal gain. The latest Institute of Leadership & Management research shows that authentic leaders can be identified by what they do not do as much as by what they do.
Kate will share findings of the Institute’s recent research revealing what we really think about the authenticity of the leaders and managers we work with, what makes us want to stay – or leave – our jobs and what new leaders and managers can do to keep the staff they need.
Guests will also explore experiential learning exercises by taking part in an ION leadership activtiy.
Kate will then be joined by ION leadership Programme Director Gary Walpole and business leaders for a Q&A session discussing the role of authentic leadership in engaging your workplace and its contribution to business growth.
Speaker Biographies:
Kate Cooper – Kate is Head of Research, Policy and Standards at the Institute of Leadership & Management. Kate joined the Institute after a career in a university business school where she led the Management, Strategy and Leadership Group. She is a regular commentator on television and radio and records a weekly podcast. She is a regular columnist for the Dialogue and Edge journals and a frequent speaker at conferences in the UK and abroad on a range of topics arising from the Institutes research agenda.
Gary Walpole – Gary is the Director of ION leadership and lecturer at the Swansea University School of Management. Gary has twenty years' experience in business and education, with fourteen of these in Higher Education institutions and the remainder in the private sector working as a recruitment consultant and in sales positions. Gary is a Leadership and Management pracademic with an outstanding record of leading new ventures and large projects. He is passionate about organisational development through the development of leadership and management skills and has a proven track record of designing, developing and delivering leadership and management programmes and initiatives.
Who should attend?
- Senior leaders and key decision makers
- HR Managers, leads and professionals
- Individuals interested in the role of leadership in talent attainment.
Event Details:
Registration and networking will start at 9.30 with the event starting at 10am. Tea/coffee and refreshments will be available and there is plenty of free parking available at the venue.
This event offers 2 hours accredited CPD.
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