Sport and business - enabling high performance workplaces
Lessons from professional sport, from business and from academia on how to develop, enable and support a high performing workplace.
For the duration of 2025, the North East Chamber of Commerce’s Knowledge Programme will be shining a light on the role of ‘people’.
People deal with people and it has arguably never been more important that we support our people in the workplace.
At this event, we’ll be delving deeper into high performance workplaces - examples being taken from the world of professional sport, business and academia.
In supporting the continual building of a positive workplace culture, this event will look at the roots of professional sport in the region, how we can develop a high-performance mindset and how this can support your workplace.
We will further look at creating high performance cultures, how this can support your every day as a business, namely getting the best from the people in your workplace.
Programme 0945 Arrival, tea, coffee & networking 1000 Welcome & introductions 1005 Setting the scene – creating a high-performance workplace 1010 Facilitated panel discussion
Panel 1: Sport Durham Cricket - Marcus North, Director of Cricket England Golf - Nikki Hutchinson, Project Manager Newcastle United Women - Su Cumming, Head of Women’s Football Sunderland AFC Women - Steph Libbey, Assistant Head Coach
Break
Panel 2: Business and academia NCG - Gerard Garvey, Executive Principal – People and Culture Muckle LLP - Nicola Leyden, Director of HR Talentheads - Jeanette Matthews, L&D Partner 1200 Wrap up and conclusions
What you can expect at this event?
Members will have the benefit of 2 panel sessions in this event. We will take the lessons from the world of professional sport, as well as high performance workplaces to provide:
- Real-world examples of elite/successful, high-performance workplaces.
- Insights into changes you could make to your day-to-day.
- Share experiences in optimizing team dynamics, motivation, resilience, translating strategies to workplace settings.
- Metrics that can be applied to business environments.
- Options on how you might consider training in the workplace. This event will particularly support those in ‘people’ and/or HR roles.
What do I wear to a Chamber event: We don’t have a dress code, but we suggest dressing as if meeting new clients. Your comfort is key.
Behaviour and conduct: our events create an inclusive space for individuals and organisations to meet, where we expect all our attendees to behave with courtesy and respect, to both each other and Chamber colleagues.
| Date | 9:45am on 29 Jan 2025 to 12:15pm on 29 Jan 2025 |
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| Venue | The Montgomery Suite, Stadium of Light, Sunderland AFC, 413 Millenium Way, Monkwearmouth SR5 1BN |
| Cost | Free |
| URL | Find More Information Here |