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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Lucie learns how to play your cards right with Philip Mehl

HSBC‘s Head of Marketing, Philip Mehl, finished off a valuable mentoring session with me this morning by teaching me how to play cards. Well, sort of. It was one of those priceless walking-to-the-lift conversations that I am finding increasingly important … Continue reading

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