Description
In the latest event in the Voices on Leadership series hosted by the Centre for Management Consulting Excellence (CMCE) in collaboration with the British Academy of Management (BAM) we are delighted to welcome Dr Anthony Bird to share his insights into the role of leaders in building effective teams.
This talk will examine the concrete actions leaders take in building team capacity, from attending to cognitive ability, emotional intelligence, and personality in team construction, to actively decentralising decision-making, authority, and risk-holding. Central to this is the leader's oscillation between management and leadership, knowing when to provide structure and when to enable emergence, when to hold accountability and when to distribute it. These leadership actions manifest differently across sectors and roles, yet all require taking responsibility for creating conditions in which individuals evolve, and teams strengthen.
Provider Information
This event is presented in partnership with the BAM Management Consulting Network and the Centre for Management Consulting Excellence.
Who should attend?
This event speaks to A2, A3, B2, B3, C1, C2, D2, D3, E1, E2 and E3, as detailed in the BAM Framework.
Guest Speaker
Dr Anthony Bird
Anthony Bird is a highly experienced British Royal Marine Commando with 21 years of service, which has seen him deploy extensively across the globe. Through the military, Ant has completed an MBA, and a PhD at the University of Glasgow, where he is now an Honorary Research Fellow.
His doctoral research focused on emotional intelligence and emotional regulation strategies in high-performing teams. Ant’s current role is as the Senior Researcher at the Leadership Institute Royal Navy (LIRN) based at the Navy Command Headquarters in Portsmouth. Ant is instrumental in facilitating high-impact research by bringing academics into the Naval service.
Beyond this, he promotes emotional intelligence within the UK armed forces, and his expertise has seen him brief the head of the Royal Navy, the Minister of the Armed Forces, and members of both the Houses of Parliament and the House of Lords. Outside of the military, Ant’s company, Sigma Bird, provides consultancy to organisations seeking to implement emotional intelligence and emotional regulation as part of talent identification, recruitment, retention and self-care.
Chairs
Professor Karol Szlichcinski
Professor Karol Szlichcinski is Associate Director of Chartered Association of Business Schools' Centre for Management Consulting Excellence (CMCE); he has 30 years’ experience as a management consultant and was also a Professor at the University of Silesia School of Management, Katowice, Poland.
Dr Jeanette Hartley
Dr Jeanette Hartley is an Associate Lecturer at the Open University. She recently completed her PhD entitled “Management Consultants Navigating Competing Systems of Engagement” a study of how management consultants experience and manage the competing demands of their client, consultancy and personal life.
Prior to entering Academia Jeanette was a practicing Management Consultant with a global firm for fifteen years. This followed a career in Retail Banking where Jeanette held a number of Senior Management roles in customer sales, service and the formulation of retail channel strategy.
Event Fee
Event Ticket: FREE
Registrations are being organised by the Centre for Management Consulting Excellence. Please head to the registration link to book your place.
Contact
Please contact the BAM Office at [email protected] with any queries.