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Supporting Economic Growth Award Winners

Spengler Fox / Management and Leadership Network (MLN) Supporting Economic Growth

Spengler Fox and MLN both believe that there is a direct link between bottom-line performance and excellent leadership and management. They also believe that a globally competitive NI economy depends upon the performance of organisations across all sectors. The two organisations wanted to take their shared beliefs and use them to support economic growth in Northern Ireland.

What they did

They set out to achieve this by creating the ‘Horizons Road Show’ project. The project was an inspirational road show series calling on Northern Ireland’s business community to expand its horizons if success is to be achieved in today’s global economy. The free business masterclass series visited nine venues across Northern Ireland. The series aimed to promote business growth through increasing management and leadership capabilities using local successful business leaders who shared their experiences and delivered wealth and employment back into Northern Ireland.

The road shows harnessed support from a variety of organisations and a variety of business leaders to ensure that they were able to communicate their key messages which were

  • The important contribution of the SME sector.
  • The identification and development of owner/manager capabilities.
  • Sources of support to help build capabilities.
  • The direct link between investing in yourself, your people and the bottom line.

The project team secured the support from key business figures within MLN, Spengler Fox and the wider NI business community.

Impact

  • There were 523 attendees at the road show in 2007-2008 which is more than double the figure for the previous year. It is the impact on the individual manager and business that will really make a difference to companies and the wider economy. Feedback from participants indicates that the Horizons Road Show has made a significant impact on the way they do business.
Spengler Fox / MLN

Spengler Fox / MLN - NI Supporting Economic Growth Award Winners