Mark Denton - Maxvmg.com

Forty person event for Lighthouse Jersey to include advanced Insights Discovery analysis and facilitated discussion

One day Global Challenge Leadership Masterclass for Northamptonshire based FFP Packaging Ltd

Fourth keynote speech as part of the highly successful Dealer Principle conferences

Team event for the SAP implementation team within BG PLC at Reading Lake Hotel, to include a learning journey, Global Challenge keynote speech, and raft building exercise 

Keynote speech at the Hostelling Internationals CEO's conference in Lisbon

Latest 1/2 day Masterclass for Credit Suisse leadership programme delivered by our strategic Partners High Performance Development Ltd.

Keynote speech for latest iteration of the Regus Leadership Programme delivered by our strategic partners High Performance Development Ltd.

The fifth wave of the award winning* Capability Accelerator programme where another 45 participants are upskilled and educated in innovative ways to improve their individual and team performance.

 *Winner Gold Award People Development Awards, Procurement Leaders Awards 2011

Team MAXVMG take to the high seas for the pinnacle event of this years sailing campaign, the Rolex Fastnet Race. Competing against 33 identical yachts, it will be the toughest test to date in this uber competitive class. How will they fare over 660 miles and three days of intense racing when this is only their first year sailing as a team together?

Update: 11th! Not a bad result considering the level of competition and the highly changeable conditions. There were many who should have beaten us arriving after us which is a good feeling. But much work to do next year for us to achieve our aim of being a formidable team in this prestigious class.

Two day team development event for Chiesi Ltd to include teh Royal Navy's Sinking Ship Simulator and Insights Discovery Profiling:

"Just wanted to say a big thank you for all your input last week at our team event. I was with the team today and the feedback was excellent and the energy levels high!"

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First of three dates for Honda to educate their Dealer Principles on what is key going forwards for Honda Dealers following a tough year for Honda.

20 Boat Energy Regatta for the Oil and Gas Industries run by our sailing event partner Britannia Sailing

Keynote speech for Anglo American Business Development Group

Team MAXVMG compete in the world famous Round the Island Race leaving all points of the Islae of Wight to port from a central startline off Cowes in the Solent. See the video here:

 http://www.youtube.com/jloffshoremedia#p/u/1/mn5vaI2lwz0

 Update: 1st in Class 

Keynote Speech for Brighton Schools for Girls Entrepreneurs Day

Keynote speech for first level leaders programme in NHS Blood and Transport

Sailing team development event for the Sytner Chigwell Leadership Team

Keynote speech at the London Chapter of Insights Discovery Licensed Practitioners

Latest trip to Johannesburg for further face to face coaching sessions with Capability Accelerator Wave 4 leadership participants.

Team MAXVMG's fast and funky Class 40 racing yacht take to the high seas to compete in the Royal Ocean RAcing Clubs 'Myth of Malham' Race, skippered by MAXVMG CEO MArk Denton. Time to put all that we do into practice! 

Update MAXVMG fifth over the line, second in class

Keynote speech for Dealer Principles at the annual Mercedes Benz Retail Conference at Mercedes Benz World, Surrey.

1 Day convention at the prestigious St Martins Lane Hotel for thirty Citygate Senior Leaders involving Top 100 Best Companies feedback and engagement session.

Keynote speech for the National Blood Service on Innovation and Improvement

Yet another of the highly successful 1/2 day Global Challenge Leadership Masterclasses for Credit Suisse as part of a programme run by our strategic partners High Performance Development Ltd.

Conference speech for Toyota's Presidents Club where high performing dealership owners congregate to share experience and celebrate success

Third running of the much applauded Homeserve Leadership Induction featuring a 1 day Leadership Masterclass 'Virtual Race'

Third running of the highly applauded BMW Leading High Performing Teams programme at the BMW Academy Wokefield Park

MAXVMG has been selected as a key provider to roll out BP's suite of Leadership Development Programmes going forwards following a rigorous assessment on April 14th

In conjunction with Inspiring Performance, a 1 day Masterclass for the Warwick University Business Development Team

Conference speech for Adapt Training and Development as part of their Northamptonshire region open day

Wave 4 of the highly successful transformation of Anglo Americans Supply Chain division which sees MAXVMG providing face to face and virtual Leadership coaching to support the programme.

Stage 8 of this board development/company transformation programme for Citygate Ltd

Stage 2 of this board development programme including TMSDI profiling of the team and a facilitated discussion as to the transformation programme progress

Conference speech for 180 high potentials as part of their fast track development within BT, held in the fantastic auditorium within BT Centre. Here's the feedback:

"Thank you for delivering to your customary high standard last Thursday - it was a delight to see people as enthralled by what you had to say as I had been when I first heard your presentation. We have been getting great feedback from everyone on the whole talent event and on your presentation. The feedback from those who completed the evaluation form on the day is that 88% responded extremely/very highly on: The external presentation has inspired me to be a better leader. There were lots of positive references to your presentation over drinks, too, in the evening. I am sure we will have opportunities to work together again in the future and I look forward to that"

Leadership Development session and Learning Journey to the highly regarded Chewton Glenn Hotel in Hampshire's New Forest

1st outing for our brand new 1 Day Leadership and Team Race around the world including 9 challenges, team shirts, score boards and champagne prizes!

Keynote speech delivered to Sanofi Aventis in London

Leadership Masterclass for Homeserve as part of their leadership induction

2 Day facilitation for Regus, the last in the current senior leader development programmes run in conjunction with High Performance Development Ltd. 

Leadership Coaching programme - final of 6 coaching sessions delivered throughout Q3 and Q4 2010 for this SME car dealer group

2 day Leadership and High Performance Teams Programme at the BMW Academy, the third so far to much acclaim.  Seven now scheduled for 2011. 

Seminar attended and Keynote speech delivered to Penske Automative Group in Phoenix, Arizona

“I have been wanting to send you a note on last weeks conference speech and I can honestly say I thought it was just terrific. All of the feedback I received has been overwhelmingly positive. Thanks for all of the enthusiasm that you put into your presentation. It really contributed in a meaningful way to the success of our event”

Roger Penske, CEO, Penske Corp. October 2010 

Third and final senior leadership programme for Regus group 1

Face to face coaching session closing out one wave whilst beginning another with 360 feedback and 3 way meetings with leaders to determine and identify development areas to focus upon.

Full meeting design and facilitation for this 12 strong safety leadership team that encompassed much of what makes MAXVMG unique - thoughtful consultation and design including delegate input, tailored facilitation and discussion sessions, a learning journey to Aberdeen Forum, a local charity that helps homeless people, meeting capture on pin boards and a consolidated report.

Stage two of this six month board development workshop.

The second iteration of this highly successful programme for senior leaders within the BMW retail environment.

A 1.5 hour keynote speech to kick off the Masters Degree in Management programme for 75 emerging leaders.

150 of the original skippers and crew return for this prestigious event at the Riverbank Plaza in London, organised by MAXVMG.

A further 1/2 day Leadership masterclass for Credit Suisse delivered for our strategic partners High Performance Development Ltd.

First of a series of 1/2 day board development sessions for the senior leadership team of this growing Car Dealership Group.

Wave 3 kick off to the highly successful 'Capability Accelerator' for the supply chain team that sees MAXVMG virtually coach a further 5 senior leaders for the next six months

Skippered by Mark Denton, a thrilling day around the Isle of Wight aboard a new Class 40 yacht for the owner and his senior leader colleagues.

A 1/2 day Leadership masterclass for the Sigma Group, an internal group of graduates within BAE that have been identified as high potentials.

A high impact two day board development workshop that included facilitated discussion sessions combined with individual and team diagnostics, a keynote presentation and a challenging one day sailing event

The closing session of a two day 'Personal Bests' event for the Respiratory team. 

"Mark, on behalf of myself, Catherine and the Respiratory team, I wanted to pass on a big thank you for your contribution to a thought-provoking and successful "Personal Bests" meeting.  Feedback on the event and particularly on your session has been very positive"

14 teams took to the water for two days to race against each other in the prestigious 'Energy Regatta' that brings together diverse teams from the oil industry.  Overseen by MAXVMG, but organised by our sailing partners, Britannia Sailing.

Mark Denton was guest of honour at this sixth form initiative that engaged the year in creating a new marketing initiative for the local Porsche dealership

MAXVMG organise a 'money can't buy' round the island experience for two CEO's on the Pindar Extreme 40 where they are an integral part of the team completing the lap in 4 hours 30 minutes in 3rd place!

Face to face 1-2-1's with Wave 2 participants feeding back 360 data as well as conducting 3-way conversations between coaching participants and their leaders.

Groundbreaking programme for Dealer Principles on Leadership and creating high performing Teams.  Achieved the highest ever rates of feedback for any programme within the academy.

Half day leadership masterclass on this High Performance Development led programme

Tailored keynote presentation as part of this in-house delivered emerging leaders programme.

Tailored keynote presentation as part of this in-house delivered emerging leaders programme.

Half day leadership masterclass on this High Performance Development led programme.

Keynote speech for this 700 strong annual conference held within Millbrook Proving Ground near Bedford

1st session of six coaching this entrepreneurial owner of a SME that has grown to 350 people, but has aspirations to triple in size over the next ten years requiring a very different leadership style in order to be successful

Coaching calls with Anglo American Leaders

Mark Denton was the Keynote speaker for this new internal NHS communication and collaboration initiative

Pre-programme research sessions with senior leaders to understand the business and the key challenges it faces

A one day Leadership Masterclass tailored to Homeserve's Key Leadership requirements

Wave Two of this ground breaking Capability Acceleration programme that encompasses programmatic learning specific to key personnel in Supply Chain with action learning 'sets', all supported by a Leadership coaching programme to senior leaders in the business

The second iteration of this top flight leadership development programme which included a half day Masterclass by MAXVMG principle Mark Denton

Coaching calls with Anglo American Leaders

The final instalment of our input into the BT Graduate Development Programme run by High Performance Development Ltd.

'Performance Management' was the topic of the day for day one of this two day conference for GSK internal sales force Coaches. In order to bring the subject to life Mark Denton both facilitated this interactive day as well as interweaving his insight from the Global Challenge race course into the programme to great acclaim from the client and all who attended. Particular praise was given as to how well tailored the story was to the Coaches challenges.

As part of a 3 day event  to unite and align teams from around the world following a restructure a year earlier, Mark Denton spoke on his experiences leading a team in the Global Challenge as the main feature on day 2 which was the perfect thought provoking preparation for the action planning session to come on day 3.

When Sanofi Aventis wanted to re-energise their Lantus product team in the face of increasing competition there was only one choice for the keynote speaker slot - MAXVMG's Mark Denton! 160 people were enthralled and inspired by the parallels and relevance of the highly competitive environment of the Global Challenge that lead into a highly charged action setting session to prepare for the battle ahead!

Through our strategic partners High Performance Development Ltd,  we will again be providing interactive multi media Global Challenge masterclasses throughout January and February 2010 for the BT Graduate Development Programme. This is the third year that we have been selected and will again be working to secure the same level of outstanding feedback that has become our benchmark on this programme.

MAXVMG has again been selected to be a key provider for coaching services as part of phase two of the Supply Chain Capability Accelerator Programme which will launch during the week of w/c 22 Mar 2010. This is as a result of the significant success and progress made which included our involvement in phase one.

KAUST, the stunning new King Abdullah University of Science and Technology near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia was the setting for two interactive and inspirational seminars delivered to the community by MAXVMG to align and unite all facets of the facility in their bid to become a centre of excellence in their chosen field. Here is some of the feedback:

• An excellent evening. Very well presented much thanks to the team who organized this. A great show with lessons for everyone.
• Very inspirational! Thank you for putting this together
• Quality Presentation. Very Relevant
• Amazing

Dataforce invited Mark Denton to speak at their 'Excellence in Leadership during tough times' seminar through strategic partners Adapt Training and Development. Adapt's Aly Kind stated "We’ve had absolutely rave reviews from yesterday, with fantastic feedback. Your presentation was just as great as ever"

Dimension Data utilise the proven and highly acclaimed 'Leadership and Teamwork in the eye of the storm' multi media module to add insight and inspiration to their Leadership Development programme. "The speech went down exceptionally well with some really great feedback" stated Dimension Data's Sarah Moyles.

The half way check point on the coaching programme for Anglo American Mining yields positive results from all coachees with the second phase activated in support of the Global Supply Chain Capability Acceleration Programme

Minster Housing, part of the Hyde Housing Group receive facilitation assistance with their annual conference.

Scott Dunn Ski received the first of two tailored workshops on how to maximise performance and motivation in a challenging market by MAXVMG's Mark Denton scheduled before the start of the ski season 09/10.

Through strategic partners High Performance Development, MAXVMG's Mark Denton is selected as a member of the three person delivery team for Regus's innovative new six stage multi group Leadership Development Programme running through to June 2010.

BMW has chosen MAXVMG to create and deliver a two day programme on Leadership and High Performing Teams for it's Learning Academy at Wokefield Park near Reading. This will form part of an innovative set of learning and development offerings aimed at educating and equipping it's dealership network. The two day programme is formed of a hybrid one day interactive Global Challenge Masterclass combined with a highly pragmatic action learning based second day where Dealer principles share their insight on the challenges they face and work together to create innovative solutions for implementation. The programme will be piloted early in 2010 with six iterations per year planned through to 2013. 

Castrol Professional is the trade arm of Castrol that supplies oil and support services to car dealership groups nationally. As part of this they also hold events to bring the industry together to share insight from leading figures in Industry, the Media and Sport, this time at the Landmark Hotel in London.  Sarah Sillers, Executive Director of the Institute of Motor Industry, Anthony Hilton, Business commentator for the Evening Standard, and Mark Denton, BP's Global Challenge Skipper, all gave highly insightful keynote addresses followed by a guest appearance by Football's Alan Shearer who is an ambassador for Castrol's world cup sponsorship in 2010.

Complimentary to the Medusa Leadership development programme delivered by Cheshire based people development Consultancy SFL for Shop Direct Group, are a series of Masterclasses that reinforce the learning from the core programme. The Performance Masterclass is delivered by MAXVMG's Mark Denton at SDG's offices in Speke, Liverpool.

With the whole of the Hotel and Events industry challenged by the current trading conditions there is much focus on improving teamwork and motivation within the key area of Sales. Jumeirah decided to bring in some external perspective to help with this by incorporating the keynote speech "Leadership and teamwork in the eye of the storm' into one of their working lunch sessions. 

MaxVMG are pleased to announce a strategic partnership with leading sailing events company Britannia Sailing. The partnership will see MaxVMG become the preferred supplier to Britannia for all team building and leadership development programmes utilising Britannia's premier fleet of Beneteau 40.7 racing yachts. This will encompass not only focussed high performance sailing days hosted by MaxVMG's world class ex-Global Challenge Skippers, but also complimentary development workshops utilising industry leading tools and facilitation techniques to improve individal and team performance

We were honoured to be invited to Venue Event Managements 20th Anniversary celebration at the Norton Park Hotel, especially as we had the keynote speaker slot at this prestigious event. The slot was at 10.30 s we kept it to a 45 minute trip around the world that received the following feedback from the 120 strong audience.

The 3rd (16/09) and 4th (23/09) iterations of this much applauded intervention in High Performance Developments emerging leaders programme for Credit Suisse.

This three day event saw One Anglo Supply Chain leaders fly in from all four corners of the planet to attend the kick off of the 'Capability Accelerator'. This ground breaking programme based on an Action Learning approach is designed to transform the capability of participants so that they can increase the speed of execution of their significant delivery challenges through increased and enhanced engagement with their Line Managers, Peers, Teams and stakeholders.

For the second year running Mark Denton has been invited to skipper one of a fleet of 10 Sunsail 37's for Skandia racing at Cowes Week. With just a  first mate for help, and a new crew every day (who have only just met each other for the first time) it's a tall order to get them all up to speed in one hour before the gun goes off and it's racing for real!

Yet again out onto the water for a close fought contest with another group from Ashfield In2focus with Will Carnegie and Mark Denton facilitating each team to find out who is the "Master of the Solent".

For the third year running the Wolseley graduates on nearing the end of their induction year come back together for a final development programme before being set loose on the business! As part of this they experience the insight of what it takes to create high performance in Team's from Maxvmg's Mark Denton using the much applauded Leadership and Teamwork in the eye of the storm multi media training module.