Business Webinars

Culture trumps Strategy every time" and this is especially true in penetrating Small Island Developing States. What are the strategies for securing the necessary information? Who can you trust? What are the political and other pitfalls to avoid? How do I find reputable partners? Why aren’t my emails being returned? How do I deal with ethical concerns? Why is my product not being accepted in the market? Learn this and more from a “Road Warrior” of many years who will take you into the streets to get the answers you need

“When I was first promoted to managing a large product management team, I didn’t know exactly what I should be focusing on – especially regarding people and their growth and development. It took years of learning, and lots of mistakes and successes to hone my approach to developing people – I’ve created this webinar to help other leaders who are on this same journey.” – Eddie Pratt About the webinar: As a leader of product managers, you’re only as good as your team. You’ll quickly realize that your product managers and team are the real ‘product’ that needs managing. Your product managers are value multipliers – their impact is amplified across the entire business. Here’s the secret: if you make your product managers successful – it’s going to make you and your business more successful. Key takeaways: • Learn how successful leaders approach people growth • Identify core competencies needed for high-performing product managers (essential for use in job descriptions, job ladders, development conversations and more) • Discover practical tactics to advance your product managers' growth journey (training is only one of dozens of tactics) • Learn how to measure the impact of your people development initiatives Bonus: • In the webinar we also look at a unique way of visualising the growth journey of product managers – one that will be strikingly familiar, but you’ve probably never seen it applied like this Who’s this webinar for? • Leaders and aspiring leaders of teams of product managers • Learning and Development (L&D) professionals aligned to product management teams Date and time: Wednesday 24 April 2024: 12:00 UK / 13:00 CEST / 07:00 EDT / 04:00 PDT About Eddie Pratt: Eddie is the Managing Director of Product Focus. He has over 20 years of experience in product management and product marketing. Eddie has helped businesses ranging from Silicon Valley start-ups to multinational corporations – he’s grown and led several product and development organizations, building and running products, platforms, and services.

As we prepare for the 2024 National Conference in New Brunswick in May, we are developing a virtual learning series in line with the conference theme, "Renewal and Confluence: Navigating the Future of Evaluation" to get the conversations started.The first webinar in the series is “R.A.C.E Academy” with dr. monique inez liston.R.A.C.E AcademyApril 23: 12pm – 1:30pm ETR.A.C.E. Academy is a learning process for organizations or programs to address equity through respecting, protecting, and fulfilling a sense of dignity, especially for people of color. It is a workshop designed to give participants the skills to navigate choppy waters. The curriculum is radical because of the intentional focus on addressing the root components of human engagement: personal and collective dignity. The goal of this process is to understand, interpret, and analyze how a person’s dignity may be affirmed or denied through the work of an organization or program.R.A.C.E. Academy addresses the internal and external experiences of an organization’s staff and clients. This framework:centers dignity as a mutually reflected sense of worthiness between individuals, groups, and their communities that deserves recognition and accountability;interrogates and challenges interlocking systems of oppression from global and local viewpoints; and holds both the individual and the collective responsible for creating and sustaining equitable communities at all levels of engagement.R.A.C.E. Academy is a process that addresses multiple levels of organizational and program impact simultaneously through a cohesive framework for critical thinking and engagement. Through participation in R.A.C.E. Academy, members will have a chance to explore biases, privileges, and cultural humility through dignity.Register now for this webinar – it is free for members and non-members.

The Office of Health Economics (OHE) has conducted a multi-year research programme funded by the Health Foundation on the efficiency of general practices in England and the determinants of labour productivity. This free-to-attend webinar will cover: - Why efficiency and productivity are key for primary care in England and what we know so far - How we propose to improve the measurement of primary care efficiency - An outlook on the labour productivity and efficiency patterns of general practices in England

Are you looking to get more from Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales? Join us for an informative webinar and explore best practices that can help accelerate your business growth. We’ll share actionable tips on driving user adoption, increasing sales productivity, and aligning marketing and sales. Whether you’re new to Dynamics 365 Sales or an existing user, you’ll discover ways to enhance the platform, drive user adoption, and help meet business goals.

We are pleased to present the first instalment in our latest webinar series, exploring the latest insights and developments within the transport, logistics and supply chain industries. Presented by Andrew Young, FCILT, our webinar explores the complexities of passenger rail within the USA. With significant investment being committed to improve passenger rail services, an ambitious program to evaluate new routes and the development of various high-speed rail corridors is the US experiencing a rail renaissance? Our webinar is free to attend for members of CILT only. Please ensure you have your membership number and CILT branch to hand in order to register.

The consulting profession is an essential contributor to most organizations. While consulting has grown steadily in recent years, more internal functions are being outsourced, creating additional demand for external consulting. Internally, organizations are creating opportunities for consulting expertise. At the same time, questions surround the value of the consulting process. Many top leaders ask external consultants to prove the value of their work and, in some cases, show the ROI before a project begins. Internally, consultants are struggling, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with reduced budgets and eliminated departments.Executives and sponsors need clear and compelling evidence that consulting makes a difference in terms they clearly understand and appreciate. This session will show participants how to manage the process to deliver value, be relevant in today’s environment, and calculate the value of consulting. Implementing these actions will ensure that a project is connected to the business, manages costs efficiently, and value is delivered (impact and ROI). This session demonstrates how to maximize the value of consulting.

Business Transformation in Action: A Roadmap to Delivering Better OutcomesIt is widely accepted that Business Transformation can deliver better outcomes for your organization by achieving one or more of its four key objectives:Allowing your business to be more agileDelivering better experiences to customers, employees, and all your stakeholdersCreating business processes that scale up and down with demandEnsuring resiliency and sustainability are built into every function of your environmentUnderstanding how you can achieve this transformation can appear daunting. By using well-understood tools and methodologies combined with simple, realistic steps, Charter has worked with several customers to bring about significant operational improvements and new business opportunities. This session will expand upon our first Roadshow to demonstrate how these improvements can be applied across various industries and enable you to become the growing, responsive, and efficient organization you need to be in this dynamic market.Register now and join us at our “Lunch and Learn” to discuss ways to turn challenges into opportunities and pave the way for a smoother business transformation!

Human resource professionals play an important role in driving company growth and success. In fact, human resources offers a variety of unique career paths that can make both an impact on organizations and the people that work there, like recruitment and retention, compensation and benefits, and learning and development. Learn from women leaders who have found their fit in this business function. These MBA alumni will share their experiences and discuss the knowledge, skills, and abilities that can help launch someone into this career path. We hope their stories will motivate you, inspire you, and help guide your own career choices.

Register for our exclusive website for an in-depth market analysis of the paper packaging raw material supply chain. This webinar offers essential tools and insights to empower you in making informed purchasing decisions. Discover what drives your supplier costs, access short- and long-term price forecasts, understand supply and demand dynamics, and gain clarity on market conditions and consumer trends to benchmark your strategy and safeguard margins. Expert speakers include Matt Graves, Senior Vice President of Fastmarkets. Elevate your procurement game with our market-reflective price and analytics solutions. Sign up now to secure your spot and gain your competitive edge!