Research shows that 40% of executives in a new job begin to fail within their first few months.

The financial costs can be enormous. (Recruitment costs, opportunity costs, loss of valuable information and management time) This can amount to as much as double the executive's salary.

Think of an executive salary and double it. How many failures could your organisation suffer before the bottom line was being seriously affected?

Stephen Harvard Davis uses humour to turn the selection and recruitment process upside down and to illustrate many of the costly mistakes that are made by executives in a new job and the and some or the errors made by the companies that hire them.

Then Stephen discusses how your organisation can reduce the time it takes a new hire to become a net contributor to the wealth of the business.

If you are responsible for the success of your direct reports,your organisation's profits, for the employment terms and contract then you need to hear this talk.

Stephen has over twenty-five years management experience at strategic levels and is a leading B2B consultant, speaker and writer. Stephen is recognised as the UK's leading authority on job transition. He is the founder and Managing Partner of the Business Relationship Consultancy, part of the Harvard Davis Group, which specialises in developing and mentoring business professionals during career transition, induction, change management and is a specialist at retaining top talent within a business.

According to recent statistics, more people in business hate the idea of having to speak in public than going to the dentist.

Do you wish you could improve your Public Speaking skills, with an audience, at meetings, at work, in voluntary activities and committees? Public speaking is a necessity in business that some thrive on while for many of us even the thought is terrifying.

Come and find out about learning to speak with confidence and enjoying the experience, based on the Toastmasters International approach. Toastmasters is an international network of clubs and individuals who meet to learn, practise and celebrate the art of public speaking.

Jacqui Hogan, Toastmasters District Governor for SE England, holds an MBA and is an innovation consultant for CoCreative Ltd. She has worked with a variety of industries including information technology, retail, service, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, government and not-for-profit organisations, where she has run seminars and workshops on a variety of topics including public speaking, innovation, project management and business planning.

Most of us are challenged to present our ideas clearly and convincingly. This interactive session will provide practical experience with some techniques that you may find helpful in organising your thinking, especially in proposals and presentations.

Jane Penson is a Professional Business Writer and Writing Skills Consultant specialising in written communications. She has been a training consultant since April 1997, specialising in writing skills such as copywriting and report and proposal writing. She advises companies on communications strategy and house style. She also runs her own business, which started in 1989, providing business-to-business writing for brochures, manuals, proposals and direct mail.