160912 - Leadership - in partnership with Angus Council - Graham Sleep, CEO, Improvement Architecture Ltd

This event will be presented by Mr. Graham Sleep, CEO, Improvement Architecture Ltd. Certified Executive Coach, Facilitator and Partner of Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centred Coaching     

A global leader with a diverse background for over 25 years, Graham has led turnarounds in the USA and UK, took part in sizeable acquisitions, developed a number of joint ventures and strategic alliances across Asia and South America, and managed global NPD and supply chain projects.  

An ‘engineer by birth’ and a Lean Six Sigma ‘master black belt’, he understands developing Operations Excellence (Business Improvement) and technological advancements within the supply chains of Automotive, Aerospace, Oil and Gas, Retail and service sector, and has worked with well-known brands such as GM, Nissan, Jaguar,  Bookers, Technip as well as on projects with the UN.

Most recently he has been helping corporate leaders and SME owners as a highly sought after executive coach and consultant through his own vehicle Improvement Architecture Ltd, and this year has been requested to speak at a number of prestigious events.    

Last year he was privileged to become certified as an executive coach and global leadership facilitator for the number one global executive coaching organization in the world Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching (MGSCC).  

He is looking forward to showing how he and his organization now has the capability to be able to fully “create guaranteed, measureable growth in behaviours for people and processes to grow business performance”.                
                                                                                                                                                                           
Global Leaders of the Future  

All the latest research on the UK economy although showing positive growth areas, shows an even further reliance on smaller SMEs, and a lack of scaleability outside the technology sectors.  A major shortage is within those equipped with the skills to scale and lead Global organisations. This may give you two main questions;  

What is a Global Leader?

You are (or potentially are) a Global Leader if;

• you lead an internationalizing business

• you are a country manager

• you manage diversity across cultures while interacting with stakeholders in their functional responsibilities related to e.g. supply chain, human resources and finance

• you lead international functional or project teams

• you have the potential and ambition to measurably grow your own global leadership skills.

What are the competencies, traits and behaviours of a Global Leader?  

This session will attempt to answer this and to give you acces to some of the latest global leadership thinking.  It will be interactive, challenging and thought provoking and for some may be the start, or the push we all sometimes need to optimize who we can become.  

What will you leave this session with;

• An understanding of the proven leadership competencies for Global leaders.

• An opportunity to develop yourself as a truly Global Leader.

• Basic understanding of the triggers that affect these behaviours.

• A 10-minute tool to operate daily to develop your own performance and transform you.  

Within the 45minute session we will look at;

• The four trends accelerating continuous change.

• Why Global Leadership competencies? The research of Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centred Coaching and and how does this link with Entrepreneurs.

• The Top 5 Leadership competencies in measureably growing Global Leaders.

• The 5 Timeless Leadership competencies.

• The 5 Large Gap Leadership competencies.

• The other triggers that impact your behaviours.    

• Developing yourself daily.    

The main session will be followed with a Q&A with Graham and a buffet lunch.