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Entrepreneur & Founder Breakfast
Entrepreneur & Founder Breakfast
I'd love to invite you to an Entrepreneurs & Founders breakfast at the fabulous Dishoom Restaurant in Brighton.
Starting a business or organisation is a unique and special experience full of excitement, energy and challenge. Very few people get to create something from scratch, but if you have been there or have done so in the past then you'll be all too familiar with the challenges of starting, growing, sustaining, exiting and moving on.
We are a unique and special bunch and I'm convinced that coming together can be of huge benefit to us all.
This is an informal occasion at the brilliant Dishoom Permit Rooms in Brighton. The breakfast menu must be experienced to be believed.
The format for the morning will be:
9:00 Informal introductions
9:15 Breakfast. (Pre-order from the breakfast menu when booking)
9:40 Everyone (I'm expecting about 10-15 people) will introduce themselves to the group
10:00 David Ramirez of Wonderpack is will share his 'Founder Story'
10:15 Comments & Questions
10:30 Finish
Price: £25 per person, this covers the cost of your breakfast, drinks and a bit of admin on our side.
Location: Dishoom Permit Rooms, 32 East St, Brighton, BN1 1HL
Start: A Leader's Well Being Day
Start: A Leader's Well Being Day
Authenticity and bringing our whole self to work
A day for CEOs & Senior Leaders to think about well-being through the lens of authenticity and explore how we can bring our whole-selves to our leadership. This will be a great day of discovery for individuals or small senior leadership teams.
10:00 Arrive
10:30 Introductions & overview
11:00 Workshop 1 self-discovery & values alignment
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Workshop 2 vulnerability, trust and integrity
15:00 Power Hour Time for personal reflection and integrating learning. Enjoy the environment either in the relaxed club house or outside on the seafront. Take some time to journal, plan or rest.
16:00 Check out
16:15 Close
Price: Tickets are £95 till midnight October 18th then £115
Location: Yellowave, 299 Madeira Dr, Brighton BN2 1EN
Start: A Leader's Well Being Day
20 of us gathered at Yellowave Clubhouse for a day investing in ourselves as leaders.
In the morning we worked together on the the theme of Emotional Intelligence and self awareness, recognising that experience and seniority can often inhibit our self awareness and we need to work much harder to receieved the feedback we desperately need in order to continue to grow.
After a spectacular lunch our special guest Rachael Gale introduced us to the Enneagram which is a favourite personality profiling tool and the group quickly embarked on a journey of self discovery which may be truly transformational for some.
After this came the aptly named ‘power-hour’ where we worked on our own to consider ‘How to stop worrying about what others think of you”.
Here’s some of the feedback we received afterwards:
“The experience gave me lots to think about. Mainly learn to improve/growth many aspects to myself and hopefully help others too.”
“Well that was a great day. Additional feedback that I didn't give on the day would be that the food was amazing, I would happily live in that venue. I have a pretty good sea view but that was just sublime and so relaxing! It was also lovely to be surrounded by positive, impassioned individuals.”
“I met some brilliant people and it was inspiring to meet leaders who perhaps also don’t see themselves as Leaders, but are passionate about their business and clear on their purpose.”
“Thanks for a really great day last Thursday. I felt the day flowed well and was a good balance of activities.”
“What an incredible view! It was so relaxing to watch the sea and helped me feel grounded.”
“Thanks for organising such an enriching day, my cup definitely felt full when I left!”
See you next time
Start: Leader's well-being day which happened on November 30th
Here's how it rolled out:
20 CEOs & leaders from local charities and businesses gathered at Yellowave Club House for day. Prior to the event participants had suggested they wanted to 1. connect with others, 2. get some really good input and 3. 'take the weight off for a bit' so I designed a programme to acheive these objectives.
On a freezing cold and calm day Yellowave, in its prime beachfront location, provided the perfect environment for the group to discuss and develop ideas, thinking first about what we are like when we are at our very best and how others are positively affected when we are healthy and in-flow.
After a fantastic lunch we looked at the causes of stress, our responses and the pillars of resilience before finishing with an audit of our well-being and time to create a strategy for integrating rest and work as partners - not opposites.
I ended the day even more convinced that we need a new conversation about the future of leadership and how we set-up and manage ourselves to thrive in roles which carry responsibility, pressure, challenge and expectation everyday.
Thanks to everyone who attended, sorry to those who missed out this time.
If you're interested in participating in future leader events or would like to discuss a leader well-being event for your team please get in touch.
Testimonials
“The well-being day was a highlight of 2023 for me.”
“It was an excellent day. So much so that I think my ‘reset’ kicked in and finally slowed down! My workshop takeaway worked. Next year’s one is already in the diary.”
“Amazing venue for wellbeing and accessible for all”
“Loved mix of learning from you, doing our own tasks and group tasks “
“Loved - just people coming together to think about looking after ourselves as leaders”
“The food was exceptional for a training day - best I have had in a long while”