TURNING your family home in to a boutique hotel within the space of a year would be daunting enough to even some of the most experienced business leaders. To do all of this as a mere 26-year old, with little experience and very little financial support is even more impressive.
Attendees at the next Southernhay Breakfast Club will find out all about the story behind Paschoe House, a new luxurious boutique hotel, when they meet next month.
The networking group which meets quarterly with the aim of getting to know other business colleagues in the area of Southernhay in Exeter...
A LEGO executive will be talking to business leaders in Exeter next week.
The company’s global social media guru James Poulter will be using his experiences with the international toy brand, and his work on the online LEGO Life phenomenon, as he discusses how companies can make use of automation and artificial intelligence at the latest Like Minds Business Breakfast in the city on Friday July 28.
As well as running the online sensation LEGO Life, James Poulter is a senior manager of the Global Social Media Team at LEGO Group. Founded in Denmark in 1932, the brand has grown...
What is missing from the top end of your business?
As a business leader have you really considered your own strengths and weaknesses and how they impact on the business. Business leaders often carry bias, attitudes and beliefs with them that influence how they behave, lead and make decisions.
This session will allow you to sit back and take a long hard look at yourself and your influence upon the organisation. It will help you look at your own bias and perspective and make you conscious and cognitive of how they will influence...
Very few business leaders assess their business properly in terms of its purpose, utility and longevity. This is why the average lifespan of a business is 12 years. To understand how your business works strategically and where it sits against its competitors is key to its success.
This session will allow you to sit back and take a long hard look at the organisation you are in. It will help you look at your business from several perspectives and hence it will help...
Does your organisation learn the lessons from its failures?
Do you have a system that promulgates lessons learned throughout your organisation?
Failures in a business are often swept under the carpet as those involved do not wish to dwell on them. And yet that is when the most valuable lessons can be learned. If a business is not to repeat such lessons they need to be recorded and promulgated.
This session will allow you to understand the lessons that can be learned from failures within a business and how to instigate a blame free culture that allows such lessons to...
Former Government Minister and Strictly Come Dancing star Ann Widdecombe is to be the latest in a long line of distinguished speakers to address the Michelmores Business Breakfast at Exeter Golf and Country Club.
The often outspoken politician, who vehemently opposed abortion and supported the reintroduction of the death penalty, is a rare anti-hunting Conservative.
She showed a softer side after retiring from politics when she began a range of media work including appearances on Celebrity Fit Club, Strictly Come Dancing and Have I Got News for You. She is also an...
Join us at the home of the Exeter Chiefs on Friday 29 November for our second b2b Business Breakfast
Begin your morning with a hearty breakfast and listen to our guest speaker, Exeter City Centre Manager, John Harvey explore the future of the City, opportunities for change, development & growth in an incresingly tough marketplace
The morning will begin with networking from 8.15am followed by a full English breakfast at 8.30am . Our speaker will commence at 9.00an finishing up at 9.45am
Organisers of the Michelmores Business Breakfast Club have announced that one of the Westcountry’s most successful lawyers is to be the next speaker at the Exeter Golf & Country Club event.
Retired Judge Neil Butterfield presided over some of the region’s most notorious cases during his 40 year career on the bench, including the trials which followed the Maria Asumpta sinking and the Lyme Bay canoe tragedy, as well as many infamous murder cases.
Mr. Justice Butterfield also pioneered a new career path for lawyers from the West Country, being the first from Devon and...
Does your culture influence your organisations leadership style?
Do you take your culture into account when designing your future strategy?
A business that aligns its culture with its leadership and strategy is one that is destined to succeed particularly if it is also in tune with the environment it exists within.
This session will allow you to understand the importance of culture, leadership and strategy to your business and the benefits that aligning them will bring to your business in terms of competitive advantage.
Does your culture influence your organisations leadership style?
Do you take your culture into account when designing your future strategy?
A business that aligns its culture with its leadership and strategy is one that is destined to succeed particularly if it is also in tune with the environment it exists within.
This session will allow you to understand the importance of culture, leadership and strategy to your business and the benefits that aligning them will bring to your business in terms of competitive advantage.
