The Sporting & Dining Club is delighted to announce Sir Clive Woodward as one of their forth-coming guest speakers. The event takes place the week of the deciding matches of the 2016 Six Nations Tournament are played, on Thursday 17th March 2016, and is sponsored by Specsavers Opticians Isle of Man.
As the architect of Britain's greatest rugby achievement, Sir Clive Woodward is a national hero, and is one of the most sought-after public speakers across the industry. This follows on from their sell out dinner with England's world cup winning skipper, Martin Johnson, in October 2014.
Clive’s approach to winning has captured the imagination of both the sporting and corporate worlds. His principles have resonance not only in sport but they relate to business in practical and theoretical terms. High performance teams work in a similar way to companies and are built on structures resembling sports teams. Clive’s experience of business and sport endow him with the knowledge and experience to relate and explain the common
Sir Clive not only led the England rugby team to World Cup glory in 2003 but also spearheaded the enormous success that the national side achieved at the London 2012 Olympic Games as Team GB’s Director of Sport.
The black tie dinner will take place from 7.00pm, on Thursday 17th March 2016, at the Palace Hotel & Casino in Douglas.
John Wannenburgh of the IoM Sporting and Dining Club commented: “Further to our previous dinners with Lawrence Dallaglio, Neil Back and Martin Johnson, we felt the time was ripe to present their common denominator - and architect of the 2003 RWC – Sir Clive Woodward. I know our members are eager to hear first-hand about his ringside seat on English Rugby’s finest moment."
Adrian Higgins, Director of Specsavers Opticians Isle of Man said: ‘Specsavers is once again thrilled to be supporting this ‘Sporting & Dining Club’ event. Sir Clive is respected worldwide as a strategist in delivering success, and I am looking forward to hearing how Sir Clive adapts his thinking into the corporate world.”
Praise for Sir Clive:
“The room was buzzing with how the lessons from Clive’s experience could be applied to the way we do business.”
Google
“Sir Clive has the ability to translate his success as a leader into simple and pragmatic actions applicable to any business.”
VISA
“Clive’s DNA of a Champion and One Team models created a unique way for us to look at our own attitudes towards performance and how we operate individually and as a team. Highly thought provoking.”
BMW
Tickets:
Members: ?65.00 per person
Non-Members: ?80.00 per person (subject to availability).
Prices exclude vat.
How to book:
Tickets available by emailing john@sportinganddiningclub.com, or, telephone 617049 or 495749.
