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Annual business lecture at university

Leadership and mentoring will feature in the annual business lecture hosted by the University of Wolverhampton and the Chartered Management Institute.

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The 25th annual Crystal Lecture will take place in the Mary Seacole Building at the university’s Wolverhampton campus on Thursday, November 15 at 6pm.

This year’s free event will be presented by former regional director for the Institute of Directors in the West Midlands, John Phillips and Dr Jenni Jones, senior lecturer in the human resources and leadership department of the University of Wolverhampton Business School.

They will discuss leadership and mentoring from a practitioner and academic point of view.

The lecture will feature their own leadership and mentoring experiences with a particular emphasis on the successful university student mentoring programme, which they have worked on together for the last eight years.

Director of the Business School, Professor Clare Schofield, said: “We are delighted to be celebrating 25 years of partnering with the CMI for the annual Crystal Lecture.

“This year’s event will see John Phillips and Jenni Jones share highs, lows and funny moments with a view to demonstrate how a little investment in this valuable intervention can help make a huge difference. They will share their thoughts about how mentoring builds the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to be an effective leader into the future.”

The event will start with refreshments and networking in the University’s Lord Swraj Paul Building, followed by the lecture in the Mary Seacole Building at 7pm.

The event will include the presentation of the CMI Rosebowl to a University of Wolverhampton Business School student.

For more information about the event, visit: https://www.managers.org.uk/events-and-courses/2018/november/crystal-lecture