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Leadership lessons on Desert Island Discs by Chris
Careers advice at school. It really did fail to inspire, didn’t it? You used to answer a long list of questions & were informed by the “mystic Meg” of computers what profession you should take up. Things have moved on … Continue reading
Josh Connell, learning to lead from the front…
It’s been a little over a week since the first boot camp. I’ve just about recovered from an intense (in a good way) 3 days of learning, listening and generally being inspired by the people around us! The leadership course … Continue reading
Thank you, thank you, thank you….
Life has been a bit of a roller coaster lately. Married in December, promotion at work to Head of Business Airline Marketing at Manchester Airport in January plus many fab mentoring sessions to name a few! It has been hectic … Continue reading
Posted in Coaches, General, Mentors, Scholars
Tagged advice, change, coaching, confidence, inspiration, leadership skills, marketing academy, mentoring, penny ferguson, personal responsibility, responsibility, think
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Ross and the 12 Lessons of the Marketing Academy
Hello, It’s been quite a while since I wrote a blog – partly because everyone else has started posting a lot more so I didn’t feel like I needed to, and partly because I’ve been finishing up my time at … Continue reading
Posted in Faculties, Mentors, Scholars, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, agency assessments, andrew walmsley, andy fennell, arsenal, arthur denaro, beth broughton, birds eye, boot camp, cadbury, CEO, charles allen, david wethey, diageo, Helen Kellie, inspiration, kristof fahy, leadership skills, lunch & learn, M&C SAATCHI, mark ritson, marketing, marketing academy, marketing week, martin glenn, mentoring, mentors, Moray Maclennan, paul brown, william hill
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Providing positive feedback leaves Bev feeling warm, despite the weather….
It may be snowing but I have a warm feeling inside….. The time has come for me to renew my car insurance, oh the joys! After completing my research I decided to stick with my current provider, Admiral. Why? The … Continue reading
Posted in General, Mentors, Scholars
Tagged advice, leadership skills, marketing academy, personal responsibility
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Lauren feasts on inspiration
The lunch and learn with Paul Stobart, CEO of Sage UK and Ireland, took place a few weeks ago, and keeping in with my usual tradition, I have given myself a little time to mull things over. This usually gives … Continue reading
Posted in Mentors
Tagged advice, CEO, change, inspiration, leadership skills, scholars, vision
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Ross and Marketing Week’s “The Annual”
Hello all, I’m slowly catching up with everything. Today I did a lot of copying into my Marketing Academy moleskine, which is something I’ve been putting off for ages because no matter how inspirational the notes are, writing neatly is … Continue reading
Ross returns from Boot Camp II
Ross returns from the second Marketing Academy Boot Camp, with a few snippets of inspirations from many of the fantastic speakers. Continue reading
Posted in Faculties, General, Mentors, Scholars
Tagged adjiedj bakas, advice, alison morris, allyson stewart-allen, arthur denaro, boot camp, brand learning, disney, google, institute of directors, international marketing partners, iod, leadership skills, marketing academy, Matt Hart, media trust, mentoring, mentors, mma, paul berney, penny ferguson, phil rumbol, scholars
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Ross meets Martin Glenn
Ross (and several other Marketing Academy scholars) met Birds Eye Iglo CEO Martin Glenn on Monday for a ‘Lunch and Learn’. Continue reading
Posted in General, Mentors, Scholars
Tagged birds eye, cadbury, leadership skills, lunch and learn, marketing academy, martin glenn, mentor, pepsico, scholars
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