David Sheepshanks
Group Chairman @Vistage UK
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Group Chairman @Vistage UK
Ask yourself this question : If you had known 10 years ago what you know today would you have got here quicker? Imagine that you could be part of a completely private club-like Group of 15 other non-competing peers and leaders, there to help each other excel in business and as people?As Leaders we need to be making the very best decisions at all times. Yet it can be lonely at the top and decisions that lacked the full requisite analysis can come back to haunt us.Our Groups exist to combat that. We select high performing, non competing Business Leaders with complementary skills, who combine to form a remarkable bond of trust. One member christened it \" the Board you can\'t afford \" Membership is by invitation and total confidence is observed by all.Our purpose is to help each other be more effective, adding external rigour to our decision-making, validating each other\'s thinking and offering differing perspectives so that we we can take action over what we may need to fix, accomplish or avoid, be it in our businesses or our daily lives.All our members share a KAIZEN-style growth mindset and recognise that they want this stimulation and challenge in their lives but in a way that they don\'t resent! Put simply we give each other the confidence to realise our dreams. The results are often transformational, facilitating both turnarounds and accelerated, sustainable growth. Research shows that organisations run by Vistage members have grown twice as fast as their competitors.We have two high performing Vistage Groups in Suffolk (some London/Norfolk members ). Our CEO Group of 16 are £5m-£200m turnover; the second Group typically £1m- £10m with a mix of owners, CEO\'s and Senior Exec Directors, all honing their leadership and performance skills.Meetings are challenging and rewarding. One member said \" the place where we get space to think and work ON our businesses free of the distractions WITHIN \". Do get in touch if you would like to know more.
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ABOUT DAVID SHEEPSHANKS
These days devoting most of his time to senior business/leadership coaching and consultancy, David Sheepshanks is best known for his extensive career as a leader in Football, Charity and Business. He served The FA, Football League and Ipswich Town as Chairman and Director over a career spanning the last 30 years and in the voluntary sector Suffolk & UK Community Foundations. Notably, he was the founding Chairman and a key driving force of the FA’s National Football Centre, St George’s Park, which recently celebrated its 12 year anniversary since opening.Today he is a Leadership Coach and Consultant, helping Companies, Leadership teams and Individuals transform their performance to meet their own growth ambitions. He undertakes this for a select number private clients. Since 2015 he has also been supporting several Vistage Peer Groups in a similar manner, winning multiple Vistage Awards for the quality of his work. Other non executive roles include Chair of the FA Technical Advisory Board ( St George’s Park ), NED of Video Ltd and Radgrade Ltd and Patron of National Citizen Service (NCS), President of Ipswich Citizen Advice, Ipswich Samaritans and an Ambassador for Debate MateHis business background was in the food industry including Starfish Ltd and Suffolk Foods Ltd,( starting both companies before selling later ) and local radio (Director Radio Orwell/SGR & Chairman Vibe FM). More recently he was a consultant to Argent Related helping develop the Sporting, Educational, Health and Wellbeing proposition for the new development of Brent Cross Town.In Football David was Chairman St George\'s Park 20••••15, Chairman Football League 19••••98, long serving member of FA and FL Boards and Director then Chairman of Ipswich Town 19••••11In the voluntary sector, David served as Chairman of UK Community Foundations 20••••18 Chair of Suffolk Community Foundation 20••••13 and founded the original Ipswich Town Charitable Trust in 1998. He also served 10 years as Trustee of the Beacon Collaborative to promote philanthropy and 7 years as Trustee of the Churchill Fellowship David was awarded CBE in 2013 for services to football business and local charity, an Honorary Doctorate from the University of East Anglia in 2004 for services to the community and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk in 2005.
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