IA Growth

We get to some of the best places across County #Durham and beyond - an inspiring backdrop for food, conversation and connections! If you want to be among the first to hear when booking for our next lunch at @ushawdurham opens, you'd better join us ☺ durhambusinessgroup.co.uk/executive-grou…

We are always delighted to welcome new members to The Executive Group, and could not be more thrilled that @EnglishHeritage - with a wealth of beautiful and historic places across the North East - has now joined us. Thank you, @SophiaStovall! #networking #northeast

We can't wait to welcome a full house of 40 Executive Group members and guests to our lunch at the beautiful #Durham tasting menu restaurant @CoarseDurham next week. Thank you again to @MortonsSolicito for so generously sponsoring the event.

This week we launched our #careers café, an informal lunchtime event with a different employer each Monday. Here is the line up for Nov - Feb @kiergroup @RobsonLaidler @HMRCgovuk @stagecoachgroup @AFCONewcastle @IaGrowth @sterling_pharma @HaysTravel @gentoogroup @STSFTrust #ceiag

Issue 453 with Si King of @HairyBikers on the cover! Also @FenwickStores @TeesworksUK @newcastlehelix @OculusHr @EMNetworkNE @IaGrowth @esh_group @AdvanceNland @MeliusCyber @HainesWattsNE @NorthPandIClub @_BusinessDurham @MuckleLLP @JacksonHoggRec @NorthumbriaUni & much more!

@NELFundManagers @NorthEastFund @GrowthHubNE @resp_finance Thankyou for the mention, and great to work with you all on this.

Absolute pleasure working with @IaGrowth to fund a new VR entertainment centre from The Gaming Hideaway set to open July in #Durham. The £150k investment from the NE Growth Capital Fund will lead to the creation of 12 new jobs 👏🏼 #NEL #NextLevelFunding - bit.ly/3PLMxdd

This week, due to excess demand for places, members of the Economics Society @Emmanuelctc relocated to the lecture theatre, for an audience with @graham_sleep and Richard Hogg @JacksonHoggRec. A fantastic afternoon re. STEM, careers, opportunities, and discovery. Thank you.

Determination, resilience, teamwork, criticism, challenge, pitch, collaboration, culture, and why. Themes addressed by the entrepreneurs who participated in this morning's panel discussion @Emmanuelctc. Thank you @graham_sleep @BenMasonGB @Barbara_Pthree @spherauk Mark Gardner

Great to see our own Andy Briggs sharing his knowledge with others. #northeastbusiness #iagrowth #finance

A great addition to the Forum portfolio. Development as a leader isn't static and I'm delighted @graham_sleep is able to bring a world class coaching perspective to #entrepreneurs in the #NorthEast and #TeesValley

Applications are now open for our newly-launched Transformational Leadership Academy! Engage in personal development and build the leadership skills needed to achieve long-term business growth. Learn more: bit.ly/332r20R

Delighted to have developed and be delivering this programme with ⁦@entforum⁩ #leadership #coaching #nebusiness #systemicchange #northeastengland linkedin.com/posts/grahamsl…

To develop a strong vision you need to leave biases and limiting beliefs behind. #leadership #vision #mindset #growth

Good luck to all the businesses who are reopening today. Let this be the start of a positive journey intentionally focussed forward and leaving uncertainty, fear and doubt behind.❤️ #positivity #leadership #mindset #growth #change #northeastbusiness

Some great concepts and potential. Thanks @StartupBoostUK

University of Sunderland FBLT guest lecture series. An amazing presentation from Graham Sleep, Global Coach, ‘From Loss Comes Impact’. Attracting over 100 students academics and members from our community👏@UniOfSunComms @graham_sleep @cmi_managers @CIPD @The_IoD @InstofCoaching

If we’ve made contact and you've lost your job, your business isn't running anymore or you're just not doing so well please contact me and let me know how I can help you.

@entforum Should check out The Invincible Company by Alexander and Yves, as well as Business Model Shifts by Patrick van der Pijl et al. Graham

📖 Recommended by Graham Sleep of @IaGrowth, our book of the week is Business Model Generation by Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur! Learn more: bit.ly/36KZQVD #recommendedreads

Delighted that we now are approved by Genos International within Emotional Intelligence. This means our assessment tools cover behavioural preferences across the full spectrum from “how people show up and engage” to “how top leaders get better”.