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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

One of the key issues for CILT, like many other professional membership bodies, is how
to achieve sustained growth of the membership.

As the season of growth, Spring is an apt time to develop a PRESIDENT’S WELCOME
membership growth strategy. In the words of Leo Tolstoy;
“Spring is the time of plans and projects.”

Weekend & Full Time Courses Start: For those who attended my Presidential Address on 22
February in the impressive surroundings of the NMCI, Cork
you will be aware that CILT’s growth strategy is “Thought
Leadership in CILT.”

Dublin (P/T) - Sat. 6th April What is a thought leader? According to Joel Kurtzman, the
founding editor in chief of “Strategy+Business Magazine” and
who coined the term in 1994, a thought leader “… is
Galway - Fri. 13th April recognised by peers, customers and industry experts as
someone who deeply understands the business they are in,
the needs of their customers and the broader marketplace in
Athlone - Sat. 14th April which they operate. They have distinctively original ideas,
unique points of view and new insights.”

Dublin (F/T) - Wed. 23rd May The strategy for CILT for the next few years is to encourage
more thought leaders within our very diverse industry to join
CILT and to share their wisdom and experience. Through this,
we can build up a bank of experience across all different
Tutor: Tony Hynes MBS, B.Comm, FCILT, FCIPD sectors of the industry so that we have at the core of our
membership relevant individuals who can collaborate to
28 Years Delivering Transport Management CPC ensure we retain the highest standards of professionalism
within the industry, so that we can provide mentoring to
members and to encourage new talent.

If we can build a strong membership from the top, this will
have a waterfall effect. It ensures we can, into the future,
deliver to all our members a membership benefit by
providing knowledge and access to all sectors, it provides the
key to unlocking consistently high-quality standards, it
means CILT can be the voice of the profession providing that
independent expertise when called upon to so. It also means
we can provide those joining our organisation at the start of
their careers or on the career journey with real opportunities,
development and mentoring.

In attracting more thought leaders to CILT, I am conscious we
need representation in the various sectors of our industry.
Our strategy has got off to a very strong start with a focus on
the maritime sector. It was a huge honour and privilege on
22 February 2018 to present fellowships of CILT to Conor
Mowlds, Head of NMCI, Brendan Keating, CEO of the Port of
Cork, Frank Ronan, CEO Port of Waterford and Andrew Sheen,
Managing Director of Irish Ferries. Over the next few editions
of Linkline we will publish interviews with these new fellows
of CILT so we can all learn more about their experience and Helen Noble
interesting careers. President, CILT Ireland

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