LEAD – Leadership Excellence And Development with Blaise Brosnan

This programme is being delivered by Kilkenny and Carlow Local Enterprise Offices and participations will be from both Counties. The programme coach will be Blaise Brosnan. 

This is the final LEAD & Management Development Programme to be rolled out by Kilkenny & Carlow Local Enterprise Offices with Blaise Brosnan therefore and is open to repeat clients who have attended the programme and also new clients.

Dates: The dates for the physical sessions are split between Carlow & Kilkenny as follows:

• 9^th, 16^th, 23^rd 30^th April, 7^th, 14^th May – Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny (6 sessions)
• 21^st, 28^th May, 4^th, 25^th June, 2^nd, 9^th, 16^th July – Enterprise House, Carlow (7 Sessions)

The programme will conclude with a business after hours event to be held in the Arboretum on 18^th July 2024.

Each participant will also receive 3-4 “one on one” confidential coaching meetings with Blaise Brosnan in order to address specific issues / opportunities. 

Time:

Group workshops will run from 2:00-5:00pm. One to One coaching will be arranged at a time suitable to you

The programme is suitable for: 

‘LEAD – Leadership Excellence And Development’ is ideal for Owners of small / medium size businesses, who have a strong commitment to expanding their business onto the next stage of their business cycle and have previously received grants and other supports from their Local Enterprise Office. This programme / intervention will combine management theory, powerful peer learning, networking and action learning approaches. This programme will be of benefit to you and your business if you fit in one of the following categories:

• You are an owner of Small Business in County Carlow & Kilkenny who is committed to sustaining your businesses in the current challenging trading environment but also have an eye on growth in the next growth cycle for their business
• You may have attended previous management development type courses and are now getting ready for the next natural development step towards scaling your business.
• You are interested in personal development and understanding your own management and leadership style and feel you would benefit from a business coach in your business.

The group workshops and then the one on one confidential coaching sessions methodology will help you to better understand your business dynamics and then find better pathways to deal with these current issues in your business.

• To support key small business owners on their business journey.
• To coach business owners so as to help them addresses the critical challenges in their business.
• To help business owners gain the business skills necessary to grow their businesses, at the appropriate pace for them

(The emphasis will be on coaching the owner to enhance their business management skills)

Outcomes:

• Clarity of purpose both for the business owner and their business.
• Defining their business opportunities going forward.
• How to develop a PRACTICAL roadmap to optimise these identified opportunities in a SMARTER way.

The themes for the group sessions will be agreed with the group as the programme progresses. Some of the indicated themes are as follows

• Create a life that matters to you.
• Do you own a business or a Job?
• Personal management style and changes required in order to drive more commercial success into your business.
• Health checking your business and identifying where the strengths and weaknesses are.
• Ratio Analysis and agreeing the critical appropriate KPIs for your particular businesses.
• Strategic Planning for growth in your business.
• How to create a better commercial culture as the team grows.
• How best to address both HR and commercial conflicts?

About Blaise Brosnan

Blaise Brosnan

B.AgrSc.(Econ) M.Sc (mgmt), M.Mgtl

Author of You Are The Limiting Factor, Jack & I Dare You

Blaise Brosnan has a unique blend of practical top management experience gained over 25 years in his capacity as Chief Executive of a well known National Irish business and later as business mentor to a range of Irish business types.

Blaise has also worked closely with many major international companies all over the world, to successfully implement business interventions and strategic growth programs, guiding these businesses through the many phases of change to successful outcomes and significant growth in business and profitability.

Earlier in his career  to underpin his ‘cutting edge’ experience, Blaise studied and graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1989 with a M.Sc – Management.

Blaise brings his wealth of practical and theoretical business experience to each of his roles – as entrepreneur, business director, business consultant and coach.

In recent years, Blaise’s clients have regularly requested that he create a resource where he could impart much of his unique and invaluable knowledge, strategy and experience in one place. And so his three books were written.

Blaise’s books – You are the Limiting Factor, Jack and I Dare You are hands on, practical guide books for life and business and are a distillation of the years of Blaise’s knowledge, experience and lessons learned through life and business. This series of books are a ‘blueprint’ of practical, hands on advice and tools, that have helped readers to achieve their goals and soar to their highest potential.