An exclusive session for ambitious CEOs, MDs, Entrepreneurs and Business Owners.
Unlock the secrets to accelerating your business growth with special guest Rory Underwood. Discover the LIFT DYNAMIC and learn how to overcome common business ‘drag factors’ to propel your business forward.
Key Takeaways:
- Identify and overcome business ‘drag factors’
- Strategies for sustainable business growth
- Practical insights to create value in your business
About the Leicestershire Leadership Forum
Start your day with like-minded business leaders and elevate your business to new heights. Welcome to the inaugural Leicestershire Leadership Forum, an exclusive gathering designed solely for C-Suite leaders of ambitious businesses. At the Leicestershire Leadership Forum, we redefine networking. This is not your typical event; it is a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a morning filled with inspiration, networking, and invaluable insights from a distinguished speaker. We carefully select topics and keynote speakers for each event, ensuring that you leave with practical insights and actionable takeaways to drive your business forward.
Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity!
Speakers

Former RAF Flight Lieutenant | England’s highest-ever rugby try scorer | Director of Wingman Ltd.
Rory is a renowned rugby player who scored 49 tries for England and won 7 caps for the British Lions. He played for 14 years at Leicester Tigers and was awarded the MBE in 1992 for his services to rugby. He spent 13 years as a non-executive Director on the Board of Leicester Tigers. Rory spent 18 years in the Royal Air Force where he introduced Crew Resources Management training into the RAF, developing a culture of teamwork and decision-making in time-limited, stressful situations.
Rory has expertise in effective communication and high-performance leadership within teams. He is an experienced facilitator, psychometric profiler, and performance coach. He uses his experiences from his time within high-performance organisations and teams to explore the relationship between values and motivation, bound together by trust, to enable the creation and sustenance of a high-performance team ethos within the organisation.
Rory combines his wealth of experience from international sport, the military, extreme human achievement, and the tried and tested formula of personal and team development to create processes for individuals, teams, and organisations to inspire performance.
This event is brought to you by:

Freeman Clarke is the UK’s largest and most experienced team of fractional technology leaders. We are more than interims, consultants or freelancers. We are impartial IT Leaders, CIOs and CTOs who can become a part-time, long-term member of your senior team at a fraction of the cost of a full-timer. We create, support and deliver tech strategies that accelerate your business growth. One of our Board-level IT experts can join your senior team to oversee digital innovation, systems and infrastructure. This produces results.

RSM is a powerful network of audit, tax and consulting experts with offices all over the world. As an integrated team, we share skills, insight and resources, as well as a client-centric approach that’s based on a deep understanding of your business. This is how we empower you to move forward with confidence and realise your full potential. This is The Power of Being Understood.

Chris Everard – Retail pioneer, business leader, successful entrepreneur and rugby coach: Chris’s story explains why so many fast-growing businesses demand his experience, vision and competitive energy. Together with his peer groups, Chris offers private confidential 1-2-1 sessions with individuals and groups. He also takes on non-executive board positions for businesses, using his extensive knowledge and experience of the business world to advise CEOs and their boards on the best paths to success. Business coaching can be tailored to your business’ needs.

‘The CFO Centre is the world’s number 1 provider of part-time Chief Financial Officers to SMEs with over 450 CFOs operating out of 70+ offices across 5 continents and managing a combined turnover of £5 billion.’

The Marketing Centre has a mission; to provide small and mid-size businesses access to Marketing Directors with a proven track record of delivering significant impact. Giving you in-house access to the knowledge, passion and experience required to build and develop your company at a seniority level you could never afford full-time. Our stringent selection process means we only select the best Marketing Directors – to ensure that you get the best.

Nelsons was formed in 1983 by Tim Hastings and two other solicitors in a small Nottingham office.
Since then we have grown to become one of the leading law firms in the East Midlands with offices in Derby, Leicester, and Nottingham, providing expert support and advice to businesses, individuals, and families with their legal and investment needs.

People Puzzles have decades of expertise in managing people. Our diverse team have seen (nearly) everything before. We regularly peer-check each other’s work to ensure quality, with regular training and professional development to stay up-to-date and on the ball.
People Puzzles are proud to be an HR consultancy that does things differently. External and objective, our specialists contribute expertise and a ‘big picture’ perspective to help your business grow.
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