OPINION
WORDS SCOTT DAVIES
festive period to focus on doing it then, aren’t you? I have made some fairly low- level, unambitious resolutions each year about drinking more water, eating more vegetables, and all of those exciting things, but I have actually made a more meaningful one. It is to be more grateful and appreciative of the life I have (family, friends, job, the whole lot). Like a lot of people, I’ve spent
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too much time dreaming of and wanting more. On a shallow level this means I always seem to want a nicer car/watch/pair of shoes than I already have. Don’t worry, I haven’t had a hippy moment of clarity or anything like that – I think it’s just my age! Perhaps because of this, we’re doing a couple of things at this
ONE OF
THE ISSUES WE HOPE TO EXPLORE IS THE REALISM OF A PURSUIT OF PERFECTION
year’s ITM Conference along these lines. The conference will be held 30 April-1 May at the Hilton Brighton Metropole. I’m delighted to say we will be joined by Henry Fraser for a keynote speech. Henry wrote a best- selling book entitled The Little Big Things and the word inspirational doesn’t adequately describe his story. Henry had a freak accident aged 17 that caused severe spinal injuries and he was quadraplegic from that day onwards. Henry came to accept his situation and set about looking at what he could rather than could not do. He embraced an appreciation of the small things in life that many of us fail to pay enough attention to. As an example of his focus
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on continuous incremental improvement, he recently acquired some movement in his arms by addressing the muscles he could begin to control in his shoulders. Oh, and he has become an accomplished painter, wielding brushes with his mouth. If you ever need to reset yourself, his book is highly recommended.
GROWING YOUR ROLE Another issue we’re helping our members with is evaluating where they are and where they’re going in their careers. We are delivering some sessions
REALISE IT’S A LITTLE LATE in the year to be making new year’s resolutions, but I’m always a bit too preoccupied with having fun around the
TAKE IT HIGHER
Elevate is the theme of the upcoming ITM Conference – here’s why
on career development, with a focus on growing within your own role and company. Judging by the conversations our members have with us, it seems many are wrestling either with a niggling lack of job satisfaction or a slower career progression than they had in mind. We’ll be surveying our
members beforehand on the subject, including an assessment of all the line managers they’ve had, to help understand what can be learned. One of the issues we hope to explore is the realism of a pursuit of perfection and a better understanding of how good is good enough in our careers and lives.
At the conference we will also
look at how we can elevate our travel programmes, our skills and our understanding of the essential and emerging concepts in business travel today and tomorrow. This year we have also been working with our friends at HRS to bring even more content to our attendees by attaching the Corporate Lodging Forum to the event, so a highly productive few days can be expected. Finally, as you’ve come to
expect at the ITM Conference, the entertainment will be memorable and inclusive, with celebrity hosts for both the chairman’s annual party night as well as for the gala dinner. As we always say, it’s your conference. If you would like to get involved and help in any way, contact our secretariat team. We’d love to hear from you. n
itmconference.org.uk
Scott Davies is the chief executive of the Institute of Travel Management (
itm.org.uk)
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