DEL 'Made Not Born' Campaign Takes to the Road Again

The Minister for Employment and Learning, Dr Stephen Farry kicked off the latest Management and Leadership Skills programme by encouraging small and medium enterprises (SME’s) in NI to consider its Leadership and Management Development programmes and ‘Made Not Born’ events as a means of maximising their people assets. 

The ‘Made Not Born’ campaign is based on the proven concept that great leaders and managers are not born but made. It aims to highlight the benefits of deploying simple but effective management and leadership techniques to the success of SME businesses in Northern Ireland.

This year’s ‘Made Not Born’ programme developed and delivered by Morrow Communications began with a series of free 'Leadership Learning' events across Northern Ireland delivered by experts in the field of Management & Leadership skills. Each event provided expert advice and key Management and Leadership techniques that can be deployed in a business environment.

The schedule began on Tuesday 27 September in the Ramada Hotel, Shaw’s Bridge, Belfast and continued the following day (Wednesday 28 September) in the Glenavon Hotel, Cookstown when business networking expert Heather White delivered a session on ‘Smarter Networking for SMEs.’

The series resumes on 1st November (Tullyglass, Ballymena) and 2nd November (Everglades Hotel, Derry/Londonderry) with keynote speaker Andrew McMillan, who is credited with developing the much admired John Lewis sales and service culture. On 6th and 7th December we will have Green & Black’s Managing Director, Mark Palmer visit Armagh and Bangor. To register for an event or to find out more about the 'Made Not Born' campaign visit www.delni.gov.uk/madenotborn