Author: Amy Edwards

Owning and leading a business can be one of the most, rewarding and demanding challenges anyone can take on. The agitation, anxiety, and adrenaline. It is not for the faint-hearted.

Hems de Winter has lived through it and emerged relatively unscathed. In this revealing personal story, you will you hear of the dark days of financial crises, lost clients, litigation and coming to the edge of insolvency during his thirty-year ownership of a leading local PR agency. You will hear of joy, fear and sadness. T

hen Hems will share the coping mechanisms, strategies and actions that helped him survive, flourish and laugh. How he managed the day-to-day drama of operating a business. Of how he helped those he led achieve high levels of wellbeing and productivity. And of the mentor that saved his sanity and changed his life.

What is good leadership? What are the qualities and behaviours that make a business owner or manager a truly effective leader?

In this session, business mentor Hems de Winter shares his experiences of building, leading and motivating a team during his 30-year ownership of a multi-award-winning PR agency.

This practical session will follow on from “Managing your time and being productive” and look at using free tools such to implement the ideas covered in the earlier session.

It will include: Apps and software that can help you to be more productive; introduction to Trello, a free project management tool; setting up boards, lists and cards on Trello and using Trello to implement different productivity techniques.

This session is ideal for anyone who feels overwhelmed by their to-do list or wants to learn how to better manage their time. Katy will share her favourite hacks for being more productive, and there will be time to ask questions if you have any specific problems relating to time management.