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Business Leader Group 2025

Our quarterly forum for business leaders, with peer networking and online diagnostic tools, backed up with advisory support

Dafferns’ Business Leader Group returns for 2025 with two new facilitators and a fresh look at your business’ strategic challenges

Business Leader Group runs quarterly and is an opportunity to step outside the business, collect your thoughts amongst like-minded peers and work on your business or your part in the business. Leadership runs throughout any organisation.

Meet the new facilitators

Martin Gibbs After 17 years as Managing Partner, Martin has taken on the new role of Chairman. A trusted adviser to many small and medium sized businesses and an accredited Mindshop Expert Adviser, Martin is the new lead facilitator for Business Leader Group.

Simon Cossey A hugely experienced business development expert and Dafferns Consultant, Simon is also an accredited Mindshop Adviser, bringing his insight to Business Leader Group.

Why Business Leader Group is right for you and your business

We find that businesses leaders and owners often feel lonely in the top job and welcome an environment to discuss their business in a confidential but informal environment with experienced business facilitators and business peers. Dafferns Business Leader Group helps business leaders and owners, including those in senior management positions and the next generation of business owners, to develop new strategies, learn new leadership skills and solve challenges in a confidential learning environment.

  • Do you sometimes feel lonely in the top job?
  • Do you find it difficult to spend time working on the business rather than IN the business?
  • Would you benefit from discussing your key issues with experienced facilitators and like-minded business peers?
  • Do you struggle to find the time to keep up to date with current areas of strategy development and best practice?

If the answer to these questions is YES, then our Business Leader Groups could be a great fit for you.

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A forum for business leaders to share problems and access best practice solutions, with a combination of 1:1 advisory support, action orientated online and face-to-face training, peer networking and online tools you can address your direct learning and development objectives directly related to commercial needs

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Why Business Leader Group could be right for you

What would you say to someone thinking of joining Dafferns Business Leader Group, or using Dafferns business advisory services?
Go for it, you won’t regret it!

Graham Heaven – Burbidge & Son Ltd

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