MEMBERS VIDEO SECTION
‘Staying at the top in Sport and Business in unpredictable times’
Annual FLS Conference, in partnership with Business West, Leigh Court, Bristol.
May 25, 2022
INTRODUCTION
James Durie - Director, Business West
Bob Reeves - Director, FLSs
KEVIN ROBERTS
James Durie - Director, Business West
Bob Reeves - Director, FLSs
WHY IS IT AS DIFFICULT TO STAY AT THE TOP AS IT IS TO GET THERE?
Lt-Col Henry Llewelyn-Usher - Head, Centre for Army Leadership
Richard Lloyd - General Manager, Accolade Wines
Chris Booy - Chairman Bristol Bears, Chairman, England Rugby Professional Game Board
Pam Cookey - Netball International, Sky Sports commentator
Chaired by Claire-Marie Roberts - Head of Coach Development, Premier League
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP?
Mike Higgins - Researcher, Loughborough University
FOLLOW UP TO MIKE HIGGINS
Eddie Jones - Head Coach, England Rugby
Jess Thirlby - Head Coach, England Netball
Richard Gould - CEO of Bristol City FC
Kelly Lindsey - Sporting Director, Lewes FC
Chaired by Col Lucy Giles - Director, FLS; President Army Officer Selection Board
HOW DO YOU PLAN FOR SUSTAINING HIGH PERFORMANCE IN AN UNPREDICTABLE AND CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT?
Genevieve Glover - Group HR Director, Barchester Health Care, RFU Council Member
Huw Jennings - Head of Football Development, Fulham FC
Pat Lam - Head Coach, Bristol Bears
Paul Farbrace - Director of Cricket, Warwickshire CCC
Brian McConnell - CEO Hydrock
Chaired by David Whitaker OBE - Chairman, Bright Field Consulting
SUMMARY
Frank Dick with Eddie Jones and Kevin Roberts
LEADING THROUGH CRISIS
LESSONS FROM SPORT, BUSINESS AND THE MILITARY
FLS Virtual Conference 4th November 2020
Jointly hosted with The Centre for Army Leadership, Sandhurst
CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
Lt Col Langley Sharp MBE - SO1 Leadership at the CA
SESSION 1 - CRISIS RESPONSE
Brigadier Lizzie Faithfull-Davies - Commander 102 Logistics Brigade
Professor Neil Mortensen - President of the Royal College of Surgeons
Richard Lloyd - General Manager European Ops Accolade Wines
Chaired by Frank Dick MBE
SESSION 2 - OPERATING IN CHAOS AND UNCERTAINTY
Huw Jennings - Fulham FC Academy Director
Major General Felix Gedney OBE - Acting Commander of Home Command during initial COVID-19 response
Eddie Jones - England Rugby Head Coach
Chaired by Lt Col Langley Sharp MBE
SESSION 3 - FUTURE CHALLENGES
Richard Hytner - Author of Consiglieri: Leading from the Shadows
Baroness Sue Campbell DBE - Head of Women’s Football FA
Bill Sweeney - CEO English Rugby Football Union
Chaired by Col Lucy Giles
CONFERENCE SUMMING-UP
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
Lt Col Langley Sharp MBE - SO1 Leadership at the CAL
FLS CONFERENCE - THE LANGUAGE OF LEADERSHIP
HELD AT THE RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION, TWICKENHAM
FEBRUARY 14TH 2020
CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
LEADERSHIP IS LANGUAGE
David Marquet - Former U.S. Submarine Captain, Author of 'Turn the Ship Around 'and 'Leadership is Language'
BREAKOUT SESSION
David Marquet - Former U.S. Submarine Captain, Author of 'Turn the Ship Around 'and 'Leadership is Language'
HOW DO BUSINESS LEADERS COMMUNICATE WITH COLLEAGUES?
Rt Hon Sir James Dingemans - Appeal Court Judge
Col Lucy Giles - President, Army Officer Selection Board
Richard Lloyd - MD, Accolade Wine
David Sheepshanks - Chairman, FA Technical Advisory Board
Bill Sweeney - CEO, RFU
HOW DO REFEREES COMMUNICATE WITH PLAYERS?
Huw Jennings - Academy Director Fulham FC
Clare Daniels - International rugby referee
Tom Foley - International rugby referee
David Coote - FIFA Group One referee
Wayne Barnes - International rugby referee
HOW DO COACHES COMMUNICATE WITH PLAYERS?
Kevin Bowring - Former RFU Head of Elite Coach Development
Conor O’Shea - Director of Performance Rugby RFU
Peter Moores - Nottinghamshire CCC head Coach, Ex England cricket coach
Jess Thirlby - England Netball Coach
Danny Kerry - Head coach GB Mens Hockey Team
SUMMARY AND PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS
Frank Dick - Sport and business consultant
IDENTIFYING, RECRUITING AND DEVELOPING TALENT
HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH FULHAM FOOTBALL CLUB AND LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY
OCTOBER 7TH 2019
WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
THE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL ACADEMY
A Case Study of Fulham FC
Huw Jennings - Academy Director Fulham FC
Mike Cave - Academy Manager Fulham FC
TALENT IDENTIFICATION AND THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY
Professor James Skinner - Director of the Institute of Sports Business, Loughborough University
Jonathan Boase - Former IBM Senior Executive
Darren Peries - Founder of P23C Technology
PANEL DISCUSSION
Peter Walton - Head of Rugby Academy Gloucester
Alex Stacey - Head of Talent and Succession, UK Sport
Major Paul McFarland - Centre for Army Leadership
Frank Dick - Performance Consultant
Chaired by Vic Luck - Director FLS
WORKSHOP SUMMARY
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
WINNING IN SPORT AND BUSINESS
HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRITISH HORSE RACING AUTHORITY AND TEAM DITCHEAT
May 9th 2019
WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
Paul Nicholls (Team Ditcheat) and Eddie Jones (England Rugby Head Coach
In conversation with Richard Hytner (Director - FLS)
Q&A SESSION
Paul Nicholls, Eddie Jones and Richard Hytner
BREAKOUT SESSION
with Eboni Usoru-Brown and George Robson
CREATING A WINNING CULTURE - Team Ditcheat
Harry Derham (Assistant Trainer)
Clifford Baker (Head Lad)
Kate Nutt (Head Girl)
Hannah Roche (Personal Assistant)
Chaired by David Whitaker (FLS Associate
WINNING - WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
Col Lucy Giles (Army Logistics Corps, First Female Commander at RMA Sandhurst)
James Farndon (Performance Advisor - UK Sport)
Nick Rust (CEO, British Horseracing Authority)
Paul Mullan (Head of Sports Science, British Sailing)
Chaired by Vic Luck (FLS Director)
SUMMING UP
Frank Dick - Performance Consultant, Former GB Athletics Coaching Director
TAKING CONTROL OF EMOTION IN SPORT, BUSINESS AND THE MILITARY
FLS WORKSHOP, ASHTON GATE STADIUM
MARCH 11TH 2019
WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
NO PRESSURE
Frank Dick - Performance Consultant, Former GB Athletics Coaching Director
PANEL DISCUSSION
Eboni Usoro-Brown (England and Team Bath netball)
Elinor Snowsill (Wales Rugby, School of Hard Knocks)
Gordon Lord (Former Head of Elite Coach Development, ECB and RFU)
Mark Evans (Chairman, England Super League Netball, Director Capacity Consulting Ltd)
Lt Col Justin Baker (Centre for Army leadership, Sandhurst)
Chris Booy (Chairman - Bristol Bears Rugby)
Breakout groups
‘Emotion regulation strategies in sport and business’
Claire-Marie Roberts (Senior lecturer, Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of the West of England, Coach Development manager, Premier league Soccer)
Q/A session with George Robson, Frank and Claire-Marie
Frank and Claire-Marie discussion
Q/A session with George Robson, Frank and Claire-Marie
TURNING FOLLOWERS INTO LEADERS
ANNUAL FLS CONFERENCE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY LONDON
NOVEMBER 6TH 2018
CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
‘Turn the Ship Around - Intent -based leadership’
David Marquet
Talk and discussion with Richard Hytner (Director - FLS)
PANEL DISCUSSION
Discussion with Richard Hytner (Director - FLS)
Sarah Powell (CEO Sports Wales)
Steve Brown (CEO, RFU)
Dave Sheepshanks
(Chair FA St Georges National Centre, Burton)
Brigadier Bill Wright (Commandant RMA Sandhurst)
Eboni Beckford-Chambers (Lawyer, England Netball Commonwealth Games Gold Medallist)
Bill Sweeney (CEO British Olympic Association)
‘Legacy - 15 lessons on Leadership from the All Blacks’
James Kerr
Talk and discussion with Vic Luck (Director - FLS
PANEL DISCUSSION
Discussion with Vic Luck (Director - FLS)
Jess Thirlby (Coach, Team Bath Netball)
Ben Ryan (Coach of Olympic gold winning Fifi Rugby 7’s)
Peter Moores (Nottinghamshire CCC Director of Cricket)
Chaired by Frank Dick (Former GB Coach Athletics)
SUMMING UP
Steve Swanton (Loughborough University London)
‘MODERN LEADERSHIP IN THE CHANGING WORLDS OF SPORT, BUSINESS AND THE MILITARY’
FOUNDATION FOR LEADERSHIP THROUGH SPORT, THE WRITING ROOM, MAIN PAVILION, LORDS CRICKET GROUND
JUNE 25, 2018
CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
‘The Culture of Successful Organisations’
A brief follow-up to the workshop at Saracens in April, with
John Manley (former Laboratory Director, Cloud Computing, Hewlett Packard)
‘Modern Leadership in the changing worlds of Sport, Business and the Military’
Sir Rod Eddington (former CEO British Airways)
Panel Discussion
Chaired by James Farndon
(Performance Advisor UK Sport)
Gen Sir Peter Wall
(former Army Chief of Staff, CEO Amicus Ltd)
Sir Rod Eddington (former CEO British Airways)
Major Justin Baker (i/c Army Leadership Programme)
Helen Weir (CFO Marks and Spencer)
‘The Business of Sport’
Chaired by Simon Halliday
(Chairman of Rugby Europe)
Richard Bevan
(CEO Football League Managers Association)
Polly Handford
(Legal and Governance Director, Football Association)
Bill Sweeney (CEO British Olympic Association)
Rob Andrew (CEO Sussex CCC)
Mark Evans (Chairman of Netball Superleague)
‘The Changing World of Sport’
A player/coach perspective
Chaired by Alastair Hignell
(former Rugby International, County Cricketer, Broadcaster)
Chris Tavare
(former International cricketer, schoolteacher)
Gordon Lord
(former Coach Development Manager ECB)
Vic Marks
(former International cricketer, broadcaster/journalist)
James Farndon (Performance Adviser UK Sport)
Frank Dick
(ex GB Head Coach Athletics, Coaching Consultant)
Summary of the day’s programme
Kevin Bowring
(former Wales Rugby coach and RFU Elite Coach Development Manager)
‘THE SARACENS WAY’
FOUNDATION FOR LEADERSHIP THROUGH SPORT AND SARACENS RUGBY CLUB
APRIL 4, 2018
CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
‘Culture, Values and Behaviours’
Will Fraser - Director ‘The Saracens Way’
‘The Saracens Way’
Panel, chaired by Will Fraser
Calum Clark (Saracens player)
Will Skelton (Saracens player)
Dave Jones (Saracens Team Psychologist)
‘In conversation with Nigel Wray’
Nigel Wray (Chairman - Saracens Rugby Club)
Chaired by Richard Hytner - Director FLS
‘Leadership Perceptions in Premier Soccer Clubs’
Jacqueline Mueller (Doctoral Researcher, Institute for Sport Business LUL)
‘The Army Leadership Code’
Major Will Meddings (Leadership Development Officer, Centre for Army Leadership)
Panel Discussion
Chaired by Vic Luck - Director FLS
Lucy Giles (Commander, New College, Sandhurst)
Marieanne Spacey-Cale (Doctoral Researcher, Institute for Sport Business LUL)
Steve Swanson (Director of MSc in Sport Leadership at Institute for Sport Business, LUL)
Conference Summing-up
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
CREATING A HIGH PERFORMANCE CULTURE IN SPORTS CLUBS
FOUNDATION FOR LEADERSHIP THROUGH SPORT AND ACCOLADE WINES
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Bristol Rugby
Pat Lam- Director of Rugby/1st XV coach
Team Bath Netball
Jess Thirlby (Director of Netball)
Anna Stembridge (Head Coach)
Eboni Beckford-Chambers (Captain)
‘Creating a learning culture for long term involvement and success in sport’
Russell Earnshaw and John Fletcher
(England Under 18 Rugby coaches and RFU Player Development Managers)
Panel discussion
Panel, chaired by Vic Luck - Director FLS
Tim Griffin (Former CEO of Dell UK, INED Welsh RFU)
Peter Moores (Director of Cricket, Notts CCC, former England Head Coach)
Amanda Hassell (Colonel (Retired), Sports Organiser and Administrator)
Nigel Wray (Chairman Saracens Rugby, Director FLS
Conference Summing-up
David Whitaker -Associate FLS
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
STAYING AT THE TOP
CHALLENGING FROM THE FRONT IN SPORT AND BUSINESS
FOUNDATION FOR LEADERSHIP THROUGH SPORT
LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY LONDON
CONFERENCE
SEPTEMBER 2017
CONFERENCE INTRODUCTION
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
'Preparing to win Olympic Gold and planning to do it again'
David Whitaker -Associate FLS
Danny Kerry - Coach GB Olympic Winning Womens Hockey team
'Developing a winning culture in sport'
Vic Luck - Director FLS
Chris Casper - Sporting Director Salford City FC
PANEL DISCUSSION
'Staying at the top as an athlete'
Panel, chaired by Kevin Bowring
Sarah Hunter (England Rugby captain)
Kate Richardson-Walsh (GB Hockey captain)
George Robson (ex Professional Rugby player)
'Staying at the top in Business and the Military'
Panel, chaired by Richard Hytner - Director FLS
Andy Cosslett (Chairman Kingfisher, Chairman RFU)
Lt Col Lucy Giles (Commander, New College, Sandhurst)
Richard Gray (Commercial Director Grays of Cambridge)
Harry Keogh (Managing Director, Coutts Bank)
'Taking it, developing it and making it the best in the world'
Eddie Jones (England Rugby head Coach)
Chaired by John Steele (Director of Sport, Loughborough University)
PANEL DISCUSSION
Chris Casper, Lucy Giles, Sarah Hunter,
Eddie Jones, John Steele
'Conference Summing-up'
Bob Reeves - Director FLS
Prof James Skinner - Loughborough University London