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This page is updated with short reports from recent events and news of what's planned in the near future. In general, only news originating from the UK branch of the Pointman Leadership Institute will be posted on this page.
What will be apparent, however, is the UK Directors and Instructors are heavily involved with seminars abroad. The organisational and personal challenges that confront leaders abroad are often more demanding than in the UK. Experiences learnt from abroad are integrated into the UK seminars.
35. Mike Askew, 15 May. Bahamas – April 16-23 2008: Mike Askew (UK), Jim Huffman and Don MacAlpine (USA) attended the 4th Caribbean Christian Military Leaders Conference in the Bahamas. They presented a summary of the Ethical Leadership seminar to 30 representatives from the Caribbean countries. They also presented the anti-corruption seminar to 60 leaders from the police, customs and Excise, Immigration and the Defence Force. The team organised two additional seminars one for 85 police recruits attended the leadership seminar. The final seminar was for 25 prison officers and 10 police officers at Fox Hlll Prison. During this seminar Jim Huffman gave a 60 minute overview to a prison conference. Mike Askew gave a radio interview with the Assistant Commissioner of police on LOVE-FM, which has an audience extending to Jamaica.
34. Mike Askew, 15 May. Liberia - 07 to 14 April 2008: Mike Okuo, Nigeria, Richard Wiggins, UK and Quintus Smit, RSA-Team Leader went to Liberia. Seminars were presented to Monrovia, Ministry of Information. Attendees were members of the State Security Service of all ranks. Seminars were also presented to a diverse group including lawyers, law students and management students. The team presented 5 seminars in 7 days. They presented to 199 attendees of whom 131 experienced the Basic and the Anti Corruption seminars.
33. Mike Askew, 15 May. During 2007 Pointman UK provided 20 seminars in other countries and 1496 leaders were trained in ethical leadership and anti-corruption. The countries supported during 2007 include: Bolivia, Liberia, Lithuania, Jordan, Romania and Russia. There was a very good response from all the countries supported.
32. Mike Askew, 13 September. In April 2007, Mike Askew, Sir Major General Laurence New and Chris Weigold provided Leadership and Anti-corruption training to thirty senior police leaders in Lithuania. There was very positive feedback from the seminars.
31. Mike Askew, 04 November. During 2006, Pointman members from the UK have been involved in thirty two seminars world-wide and these have included seminars in The Philippines, Lithuania, Antigua (twice), Liberia, Africa, Bolivia (twice), The Congo, Jordan in the middle east, Russia and Ghana. Seminars have involved 1,317 leaders from those countries who have received training in ethical leadership. All have the seminars have been well received and the Pointman team are planning for a successful 2007.
30. Mike Askew, 04 November. In September 2006, Mike Askew, Richard Wiggins (UK)and Gary Brown (USA) provided six training seminars in Antigua in the Caribbean for 200 people. Delegates were from the Army, Police and Prison Service. During the seminars Mike Askew appeared on Good Morning Antigua TV to talk about the programme. The seminars were at the same time as Antigua Police Week, which was a series of community events run by the police.
29. Mike Askew, 04 November. In August 2006 Mike Askew, Don Axcell, Nigel Brown and Warren Darby (USA) provided training in St Petersburg, Russia for 80 leaders from the Prison Service. The seminars were very successful and one leader said that the delegates were all taller leaders now. The seminars were arranged inconjunction with Swiss members of the team.
28. Roger Lincoln, 15 August. 25. Roger Lincoln, 17 July. In February 2006 Roger Lincoln again linked up with Matthias Lehmann, Germany and Don MacAlpine, USA to conduct further seminars in Manila, Philippines. The Prison service staff had asked for the Advanced seminar which helps then to follow up from the Basic Seminar and we took the opportunity to conduct the Anti Corruption seminar which proved highly relevant to their day to day responsibilties. The seminar is geared to allowing delegates to reflect their local situation by way of discussion and feedback. This is then used as a backdrop to the teaching and, once again, from the feedback, the teaching proved to be relevant and realistic. We also conducted basic and anti-corruption seminars with the local Fire Service officers and Don was able to share his particular expertise as a Fire Investigator in a session especially arranged on the last day before we flew home.
27. Roger Lincoln, 17 July. In May 2006 we returned to Liberia. The team, Quintus Smit, SA, Jerry Powell, USA and Roger Lincoln were afforded a remarkable opportunity to address the new Liberian Cabinet as the seminars began and some cabinet ministers attended the seminars later in the week. A delegate at one of the meetings, where we helped prepare a strategic training programme for government officials, asked if we could conduct the basic seminar at her bank. On our spare day we did just that with 15 of her top executives and received invitations to travel to Ghana and Togo to conduct further seminars with her regional staff. At the end of the government seminars we were asked personally by the President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to return as soon as possible and do more training.
26. Roger Lincoln, 17 July. In April 2006 Bob Vernon, USA, (our President) Roger Lincoln and Nigel Brown, UK, teamed up to conduct seminars in Lithuania. We worked with police officers of middle ranks in Panevezys conducting a basic and anti corruption seminar. Then we went to Vilnius and worked with Police Divisional Commanders and Government advisors. This was a very strategic seminar and paved the way for more seminars in the future.
24. Roger Lincoln, 17 July. The year was still not over! In December Roger Lincoln linked up with Jim Huffman and Sam Barber both from the USA in Monrovia, Liberia to conduct seminars for local government officials, teachers and Pastors. This war torn country was an eye opener as we taught in a nation struggling to consolidate an uneasy peace under an interim government. The newly elected President was due to take office in January and there is a tremendous demand for teaching on Leadership. There is a 15,000 strong UN Peace Keeping Force in Liberia and the battle against corruption and coming to terms with 14 years of civil war provided a challenging back drop to all that we teach. The seminars were well received and there was an immediate invitation to return.
23. Roger Lincoln, 17 July. In October 2005 Roger Lincoln joined up with Mattheus Lehmann, Germany to conduct seminars with the Philippines Prison Service in Manila. We conducted basic and anti corruption seminars amongst senior officers there. Again the commitment and dedication of the delegates came through and their commanding officer also attended the whole of the seminars, setting a good example to his staff. A visit to a Quezon City Goal was arranged for us and we were allowed to wander freely and talk to the inmates. A great learning experience in terms of understanding some of the problems the delegates face in their day to day responsibilities.
22. Roger Lincoln, 17 July. A number of us were able to get out to Lagos, Nigeria again in September 2005 and teach the seminars. Mike Okuo, Nigeria, Quintus Smit, Why Duvenhage, South Africa; Mike Harries, Kenya and Augustin Hibalie, CAR all contributed to basic and anti corruption seminars in Lagos. The delegates were mainly police officers. Mike Okuo and I seized the opportunity to set up follow up seminars in Aba and Umaiah, again wonderfully organised by Charles Adisa and we did another basic seminar for a new group of people before they and the students from the February seminars joined us to do the Professional Standards (Anti Corruption) seminar.
21. Roger Lincoln, 17 July. Chelyabinsk, Russia 13 - 23 MAY 2005 Team: Roger Lincoln, UK. Team Director. Paul Bright UK; Jay Varney, USA. Interpreters : Victor Potoskouev and Irina Snitsavera The team conducted 2 (4 day) seminars in Chelyabinsk in the Ural Mountains of Russia each comprising the basic Principled Based Leadership Seminar (PBL) and the Professional Standards Seminar - Focus on Control and Accountability. We call it Anti Corruption! (AC) This was the first time the AC seminar had been delivered in Russia so special arrangements were made to get feedback from the participants on this aspect using a Russian version of the form used in Estonia recently. Overall the 2 seminars went well. We were working with ‘Deputies’ of the Federal Penitentiary System and they are all ‘Ombudsmen’ within the prison service, specialising in Human Rights issues with strong links to the state appointed ombudsmen. This is a relatively new concept so the participants are only 3 years into their role. The basic seminar remains a powerful and relevant package as ever. The overall feedback for the new AC Seminar was very good. 34 delegates attended the first seminar and 30 the second.
20. Roger Lincoln, 17 July. Early in 2005 when PLI sought a Team Director in February to join our Pointmen in Nigeria to lead a Basic seminar in Aba, Eastern Nigeria, I was able to go at short notice. The whole trip took just 5 days as I flew to Lagos to join Pointmen Mike Okuo before flying eastwards to Port Harcourt and then by car to Aba where we conducted a basic seminar. Pontman Gbenga Akandi also joined us there. The enthusiasm and dedication of the people who came was an example and a challenge. Life is tough for them and yet, with the minimum of fuss, they sat through the long hot day absorbing and carefully noting down almost every word in their work books. Teachers, Pastors, Police Officers, local government administrators and students all gathered together to study leadership in a way that they would never have contemplated were it not for Pointman.
19. Mike Askew, 04 June. Mike Askew, Dane Myers, David Keyes and Gary Brown presented three seminars in Antigua, Caribbean from 8th to 16th May 2006. The seminars were for police and military leaders from across 13 caribbean countries and separate seminars were conducted for Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force and Antigua and Barbuda police Force. The seminars were attend by over 100 people and there was a very positive response.
18. John Slater, 03 June. Short report from the Albania trip: Basic seminar held for 53 police officers of supervisor rank and the Anti-corruption seminar was attended by 54 delegates. We have been asked by the Interior Minister to provide futher training. Once again the Pointman emphasis on ethics in leadership has international and cross cultural application.
17. David Kendrick, 28 May. Today, Nigel Newman and I presented the Basic Seminar to the Management Team of a Drugs Rehabilitation Centre in East London. Feedback was positive and encouraging. On the same day John Slater, Sir Laurence New and Julia Jaeger are returning from delivering the same seminar in Albania.
15. Mike Askew, 22 March. In the last year Pointman UK have provided seminars in, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Albania, Estonia, Lithuania, Isle of Man, Nigeria, USA, UK, Romania and Russia. These have been provided for parliamentary members, police, prison and military leaders, youth groups the Royal Air force (UK) and for Head Teachers and other leadership groups. Since Pointman UK has been established over 100 seminars have been provided worldwide by Pointman UK presenters. These have supported over 5,000 leaders.
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