Ross Warburton welcomes delegates to the IFB National Conference in Edinburgh 2013. 

Day one - Ross Warburton - Welcoming comments

Norman Drummond draws not only on his international business experience as a main corporate Board Member and Director but also on that of being a 5th generation member of a family business, when he talks about how leadership as a life-long process and how it was never meant to be easy but is absolutely vital to enduring business success and taking people on the journey with you.

Day two - Norman Drummond -  Leadership in challenging times: it was never meant to be easy

John Timpson believes that looking after people comes first. Timpson's unique upside-down management style, originally brought in to improve customer service, has given staff, known as colleagues at Timpson, the freedom and authority to run the business. The success of this approach led Timpson to recruiting on personality rather than skill and the approach has proven its worth as the business continues to thrive in a fiercely competitive market.

Day two - John Timpson - Great leadership is putting people first

Søren Holmgren is a motivational coach and speaker with a vast exsperience coaching business people and elite sports personalities. He will share the story of what lad him to see life from different perspective and share some fascination, resurch based, insights into what some of the key factors are when it comes to creating high performing teams. An entertaining, life affirming and insightful way to end a conference on People Capital.

Day two - Soren Holmgren - Developing high performing team

The Institute for Family Business with UCG represents the UK’s family business sector. Britain’s three million family firms provide nine million jobs, turnover £1.1 trillion, generate a quarter of GDP and pay nearly £82 billion in tax. Family businesses are some of the largest and most successful companies in Britain producing well-known leading brands and services such as: JCB, Clarks, Warburtons, Dyson, Swire, Virgin, Glenfiddich, Yorkshire Tea, McAlpine, Reed, Ginsters and Speedo. www.ifb.org.uk, @ifb_uk

IFB (UK)