Vision Commissioned by EMDA to Deliver WIB Events

Vision has been commissioned by EMDA to deliver a range of inspirational women in business events:

Mansfield Women in Business Event - Tuesday 7th Oct 2008

Derbyshire Women in Business Event - Friday 7th Nov 2008
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About the Events: "Do Something Different!"

Have you got lots of business ideas but don't know

how to take them forward?

Do you have the desire and passion to start up your own

business but worried about the costs involved?

Are you ready to try something new?

Well maybe this event is for you!

Come along and discover how you could benefit from starting up your own business and learn from women who followed their passion and dreams to become self employed.

What you will gain on the day:
1) Motivation and inspiration from other women.
2) Discover new and exciting ways of preparing you to start or grow your business.
3) An opportunity to talk to specialist advisors on education/employment.

For detailed information about these events or any other of our events please contact Brendan on 0115 941 8242 or e-mail at Brendan@visisonconsulttraining.co.uk

Women in Business Event - 7 Nov 2008

Date: Friday 7th November
Time: 9:30am till 3:00pm
Venue: The Agricultural Business Centre, Agricultural Way, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AH.

About the Event:
The Women in Business Event is designed to bring Women together in a relaxed and friendly environment and to raise awareness of a local community of women in business. Inspirational speakers will address a number of topics that can affect women in business; and practical workshops will provide the knowledge and skills to be able to put every good idea into good practice.

The Ashfield Christmas Market Extravaganza

Come along and support your local, women owned businesses.

Date: Saturday 8th November
Time: 12:30pm till 4:00pm
Venue: The John Godber Centre, Ogle Street, Hucknall, NG15 7FQ

About the Event:
Vision has been commissioned by Ashfield District Council to deliver a Confidence and Motivation Workshop Seminar and Evaluating Sale Techniques.

The aim of the Confidence and Motivation Workshop Seminar is to increase the Confidence and Motivation that Business Women have in and their business product or services. What would women achieve if we weren't afraid of failure?

The aim of the second workshop is to energise women entrepreneurs to grow their business services and products by evaluating their market exhibitions. (How can Business Women improve on referrals and customer recommendations?) This is the key concept behind any successful business.

Come and Meet Vision - 21 Oct 2008

Date: Tuesday 21st October
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: Vision Development Consultants

About the Event:
'If you carry on doing what you've been doing. You will carry on getting what you've been getting. So if you want more in business or need to develop your personal skills, then you'd better do something different'.

Choosing a business specialist is like having a go on the lottery, you know you have already paid for the ticket. But how do you know you are going to win? It's just the same when you pay for a specialist service. With over 11 years being successful in business, we don't have all the answers but we are amazing at innovative business solutions. So if you have a business problem - We may have the business solution. So if you are into Big-Picture thinking and seeing the world beyond your own needs and how that leads to great ideas come along and meet our team.

Funding Training for Groups - 30th Oct 2008

Date: Thursday 30th October
Time: 2:00pm till 4:30pm
Venue: Vision Development Consultants

About the Event:
Funding Training for Groups is being organised in partnership with Vision Development Consultants and NCVS.Finding funding is an ongoing task for most voluntary and community groups - and the priorities are usually things like paying the rent and delivering services. This event will not only give you information on how you can fund your training - it will also introduce you to some new approaches to funding your training that could not only reduce your costs ?-but could even make you a profit!

For detailed information about any of our events please contact Brendan on 0115 941 8242 or e-mail at Brendan@visionconsulttraining.co.uk

Yoga Chocolate Day - 8th Nov 2008

Vision will be hosting a Yoga Chocolate Day...

Date: Saturday 8th November
Time: 10:00am till 4:00pm
Venue: Vision Development Consultants
Cost: £35.00 per person
Taught by: Dawn Wesselby Hughes

About the Event:
The day will consist of a physical morning practice using the sacred sounds of chocolate to enhance your experience of yoga postures followed by an afternoon meditation on chocolate and an exploration and discussion on desire in the context of yoga philosophy.

For detailed information about any of our events please contact Brendan on 0115 941 8242 or e-mail at Brendan@visionconsulttraining.co.uk

Vision Formula for Success Workshops

All our workshops are now branded under this title because we believe that everything you do, learn and think helps to generate your Formula for Success.

All workshops are held at Vision Development Consultants training facility in Nottingham city centre and are limited in numbers. Further information is available for each of the Workshops by clicking the relevant links below.

October 2008:
Performance Coaching for Leaders - Tuesday 7th:
Being a leader presents daily challenges. Come and share your current challenges and receive down to earth advice on how to deal with them.
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Formula for Success - Wednesday 15th:
Creating your own Formula for Success is about understanding what you want and the steps you need to take to implement it.
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The Psychopath in Leadership - Thursday 23rd:
A workshop which explores the psychopathic tendencies which we all posses and how they affect our leadership qualities.
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Understanding Communication through Life Drawing - Friday 31st:
This one day workshop will explore the language of life drawing and how the lessons learned can be transferred into effective everyday communication techniques. Please note that all participants will be involved in the drawing process and that a life model will be used.
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November 2008:
Tuesday 4th - Leadership development through Tai Chi:
A workshop which demonstrates how ancient attitudes towards balance, control, movement and meaning can be effective areas of knowledge for the modern leader.
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Tuesday 4th - Performance Coaching for Leaders:
Being a leader presents daily challenges. Come and share your current challenges and receive down to earth advice on how to deal with them.
Find out more

Wednesday 12th - Formula for Success:
Creating your own Formula for Success is about understanding what you want and the steps you need to take to implement it.
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Thursday 20th - The Psychopath in Leadership:
A workshop which explores the psychopathic tendencies which we all posses and how they affect our leadership qualities.
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Friday 28th - Understanding Communication through Life Drawing:
This one day workshop will explore the language of life drawing and how the lessons learned can be transferred into effective everyday communication techniques. Please note that all participants will be involved in the drawing process and that a life model will be used.
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Leadership Development through Tai Chi - 4 Nov 2008

Date: Tuesday 4th November
Time: 10am till 4pm
Venue: Vision Development Consultants
Cost: £245.00 (Fully Inclusive)
Capacity: 12 people

About Workshop:
A workshop which demonstrates how ancient attitudes towards balance, control, movement and meaning can be effective areas of knowledge for the modern leader.

For detailed information about any of our workshops please contact Brendan on 0115 941 8242 or e-mail at Brendan@visionconsulttraining.co.uk

Understanding Communication through Life Drawing - 31 Oct 2008

Date: Friday 31st October
Time: 10am till 4:00pm
Venue: Vision Development Consultants
Cost: £245.00 (Fully Inclusive)
Capacity: 8 people

About the Workshop:
This one day workshop will explore the language of life drawing and how the lessons learned can be transferred into effective everyday communication techniques. Please note that all participants will be involved in the drawing process and that a life model will be used.

For detailed information about any of our workshops please contact Brendan on 0115 941 8242 or e-mail at Brendan@visisonconsulttraining.co.uk

The Psychopath in Leadership Workshop - 23 Oct 2008

Date: Thursday 23rd October
Time: 10am till 4pm
Venue: Vision Development Consultants
Cost: £245.00 (Fully Inclusive)
Capacity: 12 people

About the Workshop:
A workshop which explores the psychopathic tendencies which we all posses and how they affect our leadership qualities.

For detailed information about any of our workshops please contact Brendan on 0115 941 8242 or e-mail at Brendan@visisonconsulttraining.co.uk

Formula for Success Workshop - 15 Oct 2008

Creating your own Formula for Success is about understanding what you want and the steps you need to take to implement it. Examines the role your focus plays in achieving your goals Helps you discover what obstacles you need to overcome Assists you in putting into place your own formula.

Date: Wednesday 15th October 2008
Time: 10.00am-4.00pm
Cost: £245.00 (Fully Inclusive)
Facilitator: Sharon Roberts
Capacity: 12 people

About the Workshop:
The formula for Success workshop is about understanding and developing your own personal formula for continued success in both your private and business life. This will enable you to understand the individual elements which when combined will determine your personalised formula to success and unlock more of your potential which will result in you taking your business further.

For detailed information about any of our workshops please contact Brendan on 0115 941 8242 or e-mail at Brendan@visisonconsulttraining.co.uk

Performance Coaching for Leaders Workshop - 7 October 2008

Performance coaching for leaders. Being a leader presents daily challenges. Come and share your current challenges and receive down to earth advice on how to deal with them.

Practice coaching skills appropriate to your situation.

Understand what mindset you need to be a leader.

Learn how to maximise the development potential of your people.

Date: Tuesday 7th October
Time: 9:00am till 4:00pm
Venue: Vision Development Consultants
Cost: £245.00 (Fully Inclusive)
Tutor: Lisa Spencer Arnell
Capacity: 12 people

About the Workshop:
As a leader you are automatically charged with the responsibility of developing your workforce, how you communicate and empathise can make all the difference between a motivated team member and a disenfranchised one. By Exploring what coaching is and isn't and the business case for it in your organization, you can Develop the essential skills and mindset of an innovative Coaching Leader in order to maximize the development potential of your people. We will demonstrate the coaching process and appropriate tools/techniques for your individual situation.

For detailed information about any of these workshops please contact Brendan on 0115 941 8242 or e-mail at Brendan@visisonconsulttraining.co.uk

Entrepreneurial Business Program

If you were sitting right now in front of a global entrepreneur in your business sector, what questions would you ask them?

You have the chance of a lifetime to take your place on an Entrepreneurial Business Visit to Los Angeles.

Why you should jump at the opportunity:

It's been a few weeks since I came back from my networking trip to Los Angeles, which was one of the most energy generating experiences of my life.

Of course there are always doubts about whether American methods work here in the UK, but the one thing I learned which confirmed what I've always believed:

In order to achieve what you want, you have to take action.

I made so many contacts over there with CEOs of global companies that I'm determined to take other entrepreneurs over there to make contacts at the same level.

We're putting together our first Entrepreneurial Program now. It will be limited to 10 people from a specific business sector. You will receive:

One to one access to global entrepreneurs in your market - these people do not offer their time to just anyone, so you have to be focused and determined to be accepted.

Of course you need to know more about this before you decide. You can understand that this will not be a cheap visit. You wouldn't expect it to be when we can offer you access to people such as the president of a company that mounts exhibitions world wide. Or the chance to learn about an entrepreneurial programme currently ranked by Princeton University as no 1 in the US. Or how about time with one of the pioneers of the internet who advises on technology to governments in the US, UK, and Japan.

Whatever your business, we can find a match for you in Los Angeles.

You can sit and think about it. Or you can pick up the phone to learn more. Call Sharon or Brendan on 0115 941 8242 and take the first step to the next level.

How close are you to achieving your goals without realising it?

Have you ever sat and watched an insect hurling itself at a window and wondered why it doesn't move up six inches and fly out through the opening?

We've heard a lot about the spider in Robert Burns example, try, try and try again and I'm a great believer in persistence. There's the story also of the miners who were so close... like almost within a fingertip of the rich seam when they gave up.

It's true that many of us don't realise how close to success we are when we give up.

So giving up isn't what succeeding is about. But neither is hurling yourself at a closed window till your brain hurts and you're full of scars.

Sometimes you have to take a different course, change your route in order to get the insights you need. I've hurled myself at enough closed doors in the past and I don't do it any more. I refuse to give myself so much pain and grief.

What we need to understand is that our goals start inside our heads, and that's also where we create the circumstances to achieve them. Many people won't move on their goals until they know the how to do it. Until they have all the pieces of the jigsaw in place.

That's not the way it works. It works by us setting the goal and then moving towards it. I heard a great way of putting it recently. GOYA. Not the Spanish painter, but GET OFF YOUR? I'll leave you to finish the sentence.

Waiting till you have everything in place is the fastest, or maybe I mean the slowest way to paralyse yourself. Stopping you from doing anything.

I don't know what goals you have or how close you think you are to them. If nothing is happening with them right now maybe it's time to remember not the spider but the fly.

What will happen right now if you move your focus about your goal six inches? If where you are now is the result of what you've been thinking in the past them maybe you need to think differently.

Did you know that people generally lose focus on what they're doing between 6 and 10 times in a minute? What increase in efficiency and achievement will you gain if you can reduce that to 3 or even zero?

Try it - then let me know what happens. If nothing is moving at the moment then any shift has to be for the good.

If you'd like to re-print this article in your newsletter or any other marketing material please feel free to do so. All I ask is that you acknowledge where you found it by including the text below with the article.


© Sharon Roberts, 2008
Vision Development Consultants
http://www.visionconsulttraining.co.uk/
Vision help you find your Formula for Success

Entrepreneurial challenges: 26 minutes and counting

26 minutes- that's how long you've got with me. Get on with it

The guy facing me couldn't have been any blunter. On one level I understood his impatience. He was a busy, successful entrepreneur. On another level I wondered why I'd shown up.

I'd done my homework about him and shown up with an agreed list of questions. You know that Im always open to learning from people more successful than me. But at that point I had to keep my nerve and think how I could make the best use of the time.

So I said again that I wanted to learn how he'd created his success.. At which point he pushed a large book across his desk and said "You can learn everything from my book."

I did persist and I did get my 26 minutes but you know what, the lessons I learned from that particular entrepreneur were probably not the ones that he wanted me to learn.

You see that if someone had taken the trouble to cross the Atlantic and chosen me from a list of dozens of entrepreneurs, I know that I'd have taken the trouble to allocate them proper time and meet them with a different attitude.

Not just because I love to talk about being an entrepreneur, but because I know I couldn't ever get better PR. We're taught aren't we that if we do well you may not hear about it from clients. But if you screw up then it's likely 15 people will tell all their friends about your mistakes.

Confidentiality dictates I can't pass on his name but he certainly isn't on my list of people to mention in my new book Formula for Success featuring some of the people I met on my trip to LA. And I definitely won't be recommending him as a go to guy for people I lead on the Entrepreneurial Business programme to LA.

Somewhere down the line, he will lose out on business he might have done if he'd showed commonsense and some courtesy to me.

Sharon

Successful Entrepreneurs - how they differ in their attitude to failure

Have you ever wished you could sit in front of the CEO of a global company and ask them how they did it?

Successful entrepreneurs have something special and it has to do a lot with their attitude to failure.

Many business owners in the UK become paralysed when they hit snags. What marks out those who keep going is their motivation and will power to win.

In the US failure is something that is seen as a natural progression towards success. The occasional bankruptcy not a stigma but learning process.

On my trip to Los Angeles the entrepreneurial attitude came across strong and clear and that's something we at Vision are working on now. To give fellow entrepreneurs to get that shot in the arm that comes from being with people in business who have overcome the odds... time and again.

If you want that for yourself and your company our International Entrepreneur Programme may suit you. It's intense, it's focused and it's limited in the number of people who can take part.

I believe there's too much gloom out there. We need to get out and make those opportunities for ourselves. What do you think?

Oh and if you're interested in the programme, contact us sooner rather than later. Your company needs it.