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Employment Central

Leaders and managers ready to make waves in Swansea

TOP management and leadership bodies in Wales are again joining forces to explore new ways to both lead and manage in changing world.

The organisations, each at the leading edge of developments in leadership and management in the country, will be holding a unique conference Lead On 2007 – Making Waves, in November.

The third annual one day conference follows the inaugural staging of Lead at Cardiff’s Millennium Centre in 2005 and last year’s event at Chepstow Racecourse.

Lead On 2007- Making Waves is at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea, on Thursday, November 15. For more details on the conference visit www.leadon2007.com or to book places email enquiries@leadon2007.com.

Lead On 2007 moves the agenda forward by invigorating the programme with fresh ideas exploring advances in new technology, remote working, the green agenda, skills development, globalisation and diversity in the workplace.

The Chartered Management Institute, the Institute of Directors, the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the Institute of Leadership and Management and Wales Management Council, have joined forces to deliver this unique conference.

(Picture: Photo of Christopher Ward, of the Wales Management Council and Lead on 2007 partners holding surfboards at Swansea’s Liberty Stadium)

Lead On 2007 spokesman, Wales Management Council Chief Executive Christopher Ward, said: “The exciting thing about Lead On is that it is evolving each year to meet the ever changing challenges faced by leaders in all organisations.”

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) learning hours can be accredited for attendance at Lead On 2007.


When work is much more than a job

When the end of the day comes, the vast majority of people just log off their computers or pack away their tools and forget about work until the next morning.

(Picture: Man sat down with laptop)

On the other hand there are many staff doing very similar jobs to these, who view their work quite differently, simply because of the ‘Third Sector’ organizations which employ them. Organisations in this sector include social enterprises, charities and other voluntary organizations and are often driven by an ideal.

Like any other operations, Third Sector organizations need administrators, secretaries, event organisers, call centre operators, finance directors and so on.

A good example of a Third Sector organization is Cynnal Cymru, the Sustainable Development Forum for Wales. It has recruited three new staff in the last nine months and all have found themselves buying into the body’s ideals and starting to live ‘greener’ lifestyles as a result.

Gareth David, 42, joined Cynnal Cymru, who run the sustainwales.com website as a finance officer six months ago and has since introduced compost heaps, recycling bins, water butts and energy saving light bulbs to his home in Penyfai, Bridgend.

The father of four said: “I’ve been absorbing all the right ‘green’ messages through work and have totally transformed the way the whole family live.

‘I may still be dealing with figures and balancing the books, as I did before, but now it means a lot more and I can be passionate about my work.”

Cynnal Cymru has developed the Sustainwales.com website with the aim of helping people in Wales to live more sustainably. This includes life changes across a whole spectrum of activity covering health, community and the economy as well as the environment.