International Leadership Week is championed by local business growth specialist

A helping hand for the business leaders of tomorrow

18th-21st November 2019 was the inaugural International Leadership Week. Its mission is to inspire great leadership everywhere. Each year the event will focus on one particular theme of leadership and this year the focus is ‘values’. What do we mean by ‘values’ and does the definition differ depending on our age or socio-demographic factors?

Kevin Riley is a business growth specialist working with businesses in Warwick  and the surrounding areas. He’s hoping to partner with local schools to ignite the passions of tomorrow’s business leaders and find out what values are important to them as future employees and business owners.

Here’s Kevin’s 5 top tips for the leaders of today and tomorrow…
  1. TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE – Leaders think about the future and help others see the future. As Mark Collar says, “Leaders teach people to dream, not just execute.”
  2. TEACH SOMEONE SOMETHING – Leaders are involved in their organisation and committed to growing organisational capability. Nothing sends that signal stronger than taking a moment to teach someone something.
  3. ACTIVELY LISTEN – Many of us talk about being good listeners, but few of us are really good at it. The next time you are asked to listen to someone, use clarifying and confirming skills, but don’t offer a point of view until the presenter says, “What do you think?”
  4. BE ENTHUSIASTIC – Leaders have enthusiasm and energy. They transfer this energy to the organisation and the business issues at hand. Practice being outright enthusiastic about an idea and watch how people change.
  5. HAVE FUN – Leaders typically enjoy what they are doing, no matter how tough the task. People want to follow someone who enjoys what they are doing.

As an experienced and accomplished business leader, developing and leading SMEs over the last 20 years across two continents, Kevin has real world experience of the challenges business owners face. He’s committed to creating 150 multi-millionaires over the next 15 years and part of that vision includes working with the business leaders of tomorrow to ignite their interest in business ownership.

To enquire about Kevin visiting your school or college, visit warwick.actioncoach.co.uk