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Posts from ‘August, 2008’

The Essential and Rewarding Task of Recruitment and Selection

Academy Groups 5 and 32, chief executive mentoring and experiential learning groups (with members from the Coventry area) recently heard recruitment expert, Peter Hills (see Peter’s website at www.highgrowthltd.co.uk ) on the essential and rewarding task of recruitment and selection. Peter Hills, (pictured right), is co-founder of recruitment and selection company High Growth Limited and […]

Release Your Full Potential

Releasing Your Potential was the title of a special 2 day programme delivered by NLP expert, Sue Knight, to members of Academy Group 2 (the London/Hertfordshire experiential learning group of The Academy for Chief Executives). For the first time, members’ partners also attended for part of the session – in total 28 attendees. The outcome […]

How to Model High Growth Organisations

Academy Group 23, chief executive mentoring and experiential learning group (with members from the North East of England) recently heard expert speaker Andy Todd (see Andy’s website at www.com-cat.co.uk ), from Commercial Catalyst, specialists in advising and helping organisations achieve ‘high growth’. Academy members learnt what the key characteristics of high growth organisations are and […]

Learning Through Action – to Become a Better Leader

Leaders Forum 9, chief executive mentoring and experiential learning group (with members from the Herts, Beds, Bucks & London area) undertook some very real experiential learning during their Mid-Year Progress Review. We worked with Norman Carter, (pictured below), using a Learning Through Action process in a series of leadership and team exercises in the gardens […]

Make The Most of The People You Have

Academy Group 101, chief executive mentoring and experiential learning group (with members based in NYC, USA) recently heard international speaker and author, Vicki Schneider (see Vicki’s website at www.qeperformance.com ) give a very interactive session on “Making the Most of The People You Have”. Vicki (pictured below), President of QuintEssential Performance, LLC, has been helping […]