Action Led Business Improvement Programme

Date: Tuesday, 13th November 2007
Time: 12.00-14.00 hrs
Venue: Buchanan House, seminar room K505, 58 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow G4 0HG

Programme
12.00 Registration and buffet lunch
12.30 Welcome
12.35 Presentation
13.35 Questions and answers
14.00 Close

Summary

The talk will introduce the tried and tested Action Led Business Improvement Programme which has delivered significant business improvement for over 20 businesses in the last 2 years. This programme has been specifically designed to help business leaders who are currently grappling with challenging leadership and strategic issues. This unique programme is low cost and flexible making it attractive to busy executives.

The pilot programme and subsequent follow on programmes have proven to be very powerful tools for providing business leaders with real actionable solutions to the issues they brought to the Set. In many cases they were able to also deal with follow on issues that were highlighted by the Action Learning Set process.

Some of the issues resolved through the ALBIP:

Transfer of ownership of the business
Improving fee levels to create profitability
Managing Director taking strategic control of the business
Reorganisation from sub-contractor to house builder
Business start up

The pilot confirmed the study by Henley Management Centre (HMC) that business leaders see themselves as time and cash poor and what they need is low cost help to resolve business issues in a time efficient manner. HMC proposed a series of pilot programmes that adapted the ALS process to involve business leaders from different companies to work together in an expert facilitated programme to resolve each other’s strategic issues.

3 pilot programmes were commissioned by Sector Skills Council Development Agency (SSCDA) and Business Fix were appointed to deliver the pilot for Scotland. The model developed in Scotland has been developed into the advised format for delivering effective Action Learning Sets for business leaders.

Following on from the pilot Business Fix Ltd have adapted the process to create the Action Led Business Improvement Programme (ALBIP) for organisations in the construction and property industry. Twenty six businesses have now been involved in the ALBIP. The talk will look at the process of Action Learning and will examine some interesting case studies from recent Action Led Business Improvement Programmes

The ALBIP has been part funded by CITB Construction Skills and Scottish Enterprise with support from leading industry federations and institutes.

Speakers

The talk will be presented by Paul McDevitt and Brian Jukes who are directors of Business Fix Ltd.

Business Fix Limited

Business Fix Limited (BFL) was established in June 2003 by its principals Paul McDevitt and Brian Jukes. By focusing on strategic development and marketing the company has developed a growing reputation for successfully helping business leaders focus, plan and strategise for improved business performance and an assured future.

BFL are also experienced facilitators and business coaches with significant experience of delivering Action Learning programmes.

Paul McDevitt – Managing Director
BA, Dip M, MBA

Paul has considerable experience of marketing and strategic development within a variety of industries. He has worked with a number of business leaders helping them plan and focus their businesses for a successful future.
Since establishing Business Fix Limited in June 2003 the company has worked with a large number of SME’s from across the construction industry and other industry sectors such as manufacturing, corporate catering and film production.

Paul is a Chartered Marketer with a degree in Business Economics with Finance, and a HND in Promotional and Event Management. He has an MBA from University of Strathclyde Graduate Business School, where he specialised in Change Management, Collaborative Working and Leadership Development. He has over 15 years senior management experience

Paul has written a number of articles for business magazines, trade journals and national news papers on both marketing and strategic development. He has also been a keynote speaker on Marketing for a wide variety of trade and professional organisations.

Brian Jukes – Director
Dip M

Brian is an excellent communicator and a highly experienced facilitator who is adept at getting the best out of people who participate in BFL workshops and development programmes.
Combining his senior management and business development experience with the knowledge of strategic marketing and over 30 years spent in industry gives Brian a unique insight into the process of developing strategies and winning work which is the bedrock of successful organisations.

Brian is a Chartered Marketer with a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing and an HNC in Civil Engineering with a lifetime of experience in the Scottish Industry. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and was founding member and past Chairman of The Chartered Institute of Marketing Construction Industry Group Scotland.

He trained as a site engineer with an international construction company and worked with a number of other major contractors, as site agent, contracts manager and business unit director.

Booking

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