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SUMMARY:"Leadership Through Resilience" - A session by Ret. Col. Richard Westley
DESCRIPTION:Leading in turbulent times is challenging. Resilience is one trait leaders 
 build that makes them negotiate through difficult situations. Building on t
 he concept of Resilience, Rtd. Colonel Richard Westley OBE, MC, of the Brit
 ish Army trains on how to 'take the blow', handle pressure, maintain team h
 armony and tackle adversity.\n\nA global trainer to global business and org
 anisations, Richard majors on building, maintaining , training and leading 
  teams, with emphasis on “followership” and ethos and values in teams.  He 
 has worked extensively with major corporate companies both during and since
  his retirement from the British Army, including Glaxo Smith Kline, Lloyds 
 Bank, the Housing Executive, UK Sport and the Great Britain Yachting Team, 
 the English Rugby Football Union and Centrica. His book “Operation Insanity
 ” which documents the UN operation in Gorazde was published in 2016and is t
 he number one in the Former Yugoslavia best sellers list.\n\nHe is now the 
 Global Strategic Advisor to Inspirational Development Group, partnered with
  the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, which provides ethics and values bas
 ed performance and development training solutions globally. He is also an a
 ssociate of The Unforgiving Minute, a company owned by John Steele, which f
 ocuses on improving team and individual performance in high pressure arenas
 .\nRichard commanded soldiers on operations at every rank from Second Lieut
 enant to Colonel in environments as disparate as Northern Ireland, Albania,
  Afghanistan, Cote d’Ivoire and the Balkans.  In 1995 as part of the UN pea
 cekeeping mission in Bosnia and surrounded by the advancing Bosnian Serb Ar
 my in the exposed enclave of Gorazde, his company fought the Serbs and prev
 ented the fall of the Town, saving the people from the fate of neighbouring
  Srebrenica. More his leadership and gallantry he was awarded the Military 
 Cross.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Leading in turbulent times is challenging. Resilience is one trait leade
 rs build that makes them negotiate through difficult situations. Building o
 n the concept of Resilience, Rtd. Colonel Richard Westley OBE, MC, of the B
 ritish Army trains on how to 'take the blow', handle pressure, maintain tea
 m harmony and tackle adversity.<br /><br />A global trainer to global busin
 ess and organisations, Richard majors on building, maintaining , training a
 nd leading  teams, with emphasis on “followership” and ethos and values in 
 teams.  He has worked extensively with major corporate companies both durin
 g and since his retirement from the British Army, including Glaxo Smith Kli
 ne, Lloyds Bank, the Housing Executive, UK Sport and the Great Britain Yach
 ting Team, the English Rugby Football Union and Centrica. His book “Operati
 on Insanity” which documents the UN operation in Gorazde was published in 2
 016and is the number one in the Former Yugoslavia best sellers list.<br /><
 br />He is now the Global Strategic Advisor to Inspirational Development Gr
 oup, partnered with the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, which provides et
 hics and values based performance and development training solutions global
 ly. He is also an associate of The Unforgiving Minute, a company owned by J
 ohn Steele, which focuses on improving team and individual performance in h
 igh pressure arenas.</p><p>Richard commanded soldiers on operations at ever
 y rank from Second Lieutenant to Colonel in environments as disparate as No
 rthern Ireland, Albania, Afghanistan, Cote d’Ivoire and the Balkans.  In 19
 95 as part of the UN peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and surrounded by the a
 dvancing Bosnian Serb Army in the exposed enclave of Gorazde, his company f
 ought the Serbs and prevented the fall of the Town, saving the people from 
 the fate of neighbouring Srebrenica. More his leadership and gallantry he w
 as awarded the Military Cross.</p>
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