A conference programme

Read the programme for a management conference to practise and improve your reading skills.

Do the preparation task first. Then read the text and do the exercises.

Preparation

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Morning programme

9.00–9.30	Conference opening Dr Jon Martinez
9.30–10.45	Management styles with Helena Clark Consider the different management styles and how you can adapt yours to suit your team.	Giving feedback with Amelia Novak Explore the different ways to give feedback to maximise development.	Managing change with Akira Yoshida Help your employees deal with change and to see the positives change can bring.
10.45–11.15	Coffee break
11.15–12.30	Using storytelling in leadership communication with Antoine Martin Sometimes, the best way to communicate with your team is by telling stories. Find out how to do this in this workshop.	Leading small businesses with Cheng Wei How is leading small businesses different and how can leaders of small businesses bring success to their team?	Leading in uncertain times with Omar Abboud Uncertainty can affect the success of your team. Learn to bring confidence to your team in a time of uncertainty.

Afternoon programme

12.30–2.00	Lunch
2.00–3.15	Managing international projects with Alisa Petrov Consider how to ensure successful intercultural communication in your international teams.	Developing creative thinking in your team with Mariana Silva How can you get your team to think more creatively? Explore the different ideas that can help your team see things in a new way.	Conflict management with Tracy Edwards Conflict can create problems in your team, but managing conflict well can bring about development. Learn how to manage conflict in this workshop.
3.15–4.15	Group discussions
4.15–5.00	Conference closing Dr Grace Moloney

Task 1

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Task 2

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Discussion

Which of the conference sessions would you attend? Why?

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I'd like to attend the conference of giving feedback with Amelia Novak, because I think that give feedback to your employees can help them to improve their work.

I would like to attend all of them:)

This best way to develop our reading skills.

Yes, because it is easy to start and has great details.
Att; Omar R.

The workshop "Management Styles" by Helena Clark would be the most interesting for me at the moment. I would like to explore my style first and to learn how I can adapt and adjust it to my class or team in order to get better results.

working in an international team is an opportunity, it helps us to learn new things, we can improve our soft skills, and can flexibly adapt to the change.

I would like to attend Managing international projects because it,s an international projects where I can meet a lot of people from different countries and it,s would give opportunity to learn different language or improve my English speaking skills.

I think leading in uncertain times is so good, I want to know how can I deal with all different conditions and make sure everything is under control.
it makes me more responsible when I take a leadership position.

I would like to attend the Different management Styles and how can it improve to your team.

I would like to attend conflict management session because conflict usually occurs in every large or small company. If one were disable to manage it, the team would separate. As a consequence, more arguments are likely to happen at last.