Consultancy founder joins panel to explore conversations that unlock business growth

A founder of a Solihull-based consultancy specialising in leadership and coaching is taking to the stage at Ideas Fest in Hertfordshire.

Naomi Regan is co-founder of Cape People Development, alongside fellow co-founder Lyndsey Kitching.

The consultancy specialises in helping founders and owner-led organisations grow sustainably.

Naomi will join a panel at Ideas Fest to explore how everyday leadership conversations can help organisations grow.

Ideas Fest is a two-day outdoor business festival that brings together thousands of founders, entrepreneurs and business leaders for two days of talks, workshops and honest conversations.

The event is taking place from Wednesday 9 September to Thursday 10 September, bringing together business leaders and professionals for talks, discussions and networking.

Cape People Development will be part of a panel session, The Hard Conversations That Unlock Growth, taking place on Thursday 10 September from 3pm to 3.45pm.

The panel discussion will examine whether the conversations that have the greatest impact on organisational growth are always the ones we expect to be difficult.

It will look at how seemingly ordinary conversations – the questions leaders ask, the challenges they offer, the decisions they hand over and the space they give people to think can have a significant impact on how people develop and how organisations grow.

Cape People Development will join Syd Nadim, Katherine Sladden, Eve Stanway and Richard Shorter as part of the Ideas Fest programme.

Naomi Regan (pictured) said: “As a business grows, leaders simply can’t be involved in every decision, solve every problem or stay close to every detail.

The everyday conversations they have become hugely important because they shape whether people learn to think for themselves, take ownership and make good decisions or whether everything continues to come back to the person at the top.

At Ideas Fest, I’m looking forward to exploring the ‘hard conversations that unlock growth’ but also challenging the idea that these are always the big, obviously difficult conversations.

Often, it’s the ordinary conversations happening every day and how leaders respond in those moments that determine whether a business can genuinely grow without becoming increasingly dependent on a few key people.”