Phoenix 2: ‘Achieve the Impossible’ Leadership Conference with Dr Sam Collins and special guests - 2 Day In-Person

30^th June & 1^st July 2025 ‘Achieve the Impossible’ Leadership Conference.

Achieving the impossible means overcoming challenges and achieving difficult goals that requires new thinking, extraordinary effort, resilience, and the ability to lead, communicate and influence others.

It involves pushing beyond perceived boundaries, whether personal, societal, or environmental. It requires determination, the ability to learn from setbacks, and the willingness to keep trying (and smiling) even when faced with obstacles.

The outcome is the realisation of dreams, aspirations and goals that lead to personal fulfillment, work and career success and making a difference in the wider world.

Key Learning Skills: Courage, Communication & Influence

Outcomes:

• Develop your mental toughness and stamina.
• Communicate powerfully and with impact.
• Learn how to be braver and bolder.
• Do things other people find too hard.
• Thrive with multiple stressors and constant change.
• Overcome doubts, fear of failure and rejection.
• Leave behind worn-out habits, defences and beliefs.
• Challenges others’ perceptions of you.
• Develop your empathy and intuition superpower.
• Keeping the faith when it gets difficult.
• How to not give up.
• Planning tools that work.
• Tools to put learning into actual practice in daily life and work.
• Network with global attendees with multiple perspectives and stories.
• A room full of people who want to help you.

Why attend?

For you: Because you’re ready to learn new skills and make a bigger impact.
For your organisation: Because leaders who can blend courage, communication and influence create better results.
For the world: Because we need more people who can think bigger and contribute towards organisational and societal change.

Who is it for?

Team leaders, managers, directors and executives from across different industries and sectors who:

• Understand that learning, development and a broad network is key to their success.
• Want to gain a network, benchmarks and innovative perspectives outside of their company or industry.
• Lead teams or organisations but sense there’s a better way to engage and motivate others.
• Need to deliver results in an ever complex and changing world.
• Want tools that work in real and often difficult life.
• Are ready to think differently about what’s possible.
• Care about people, equality and inclusion.
• Get bored by lectures and purely academic type programmes.
• Can be skeptical of traditional development and want something different.
• Struggle with multiple home and work stressors and finding time to focus on themselves.
• Feel sometimes hopeless about world events and want to do something.
• Know they have the potential to make a real and lasting difference.

Accountability Webinars

Attend live or listen to the recording of 2 x 60 minute virtual seminars before and after the in-person conference in May and July 2025.

• Set goals and prepare for 2 day events.
• Ask questions and discuss learning.
• Do what you say you’re going to do post events.
• Celebrate successes.
• Hold yourself and others to account to do what you/they say they will do.
• Develop consistent habits in-between events.
• Support others.
• Implement learnings in the real world.
• Track results.
• Gain a new network and community.

Collective Intelligence (CQ) Methodology

• Peer buddy groups that face problems and discuss issues in a safe space.
• Strategic networking to practically help each other.
• Special interest groups for mutual support on topics that range from job opportunities, parenthood, NED roles, negotiating pay, finance skills, alternative career paths, well-being and boardroom politics.
• Creation and tracking of your projects in life, work and world.
• Underpinning of coaching and mentoring, not therapy or counselling.
• Holistic skills to find out who you are and develop the self belief that you can move mountains.

Accommodation

Accommodation for in-person attendees is not provided as part of this programme. Those who are travelling to the event will need to make their own arrangements. Aspire discounted rooms at the Hilton Hotel Heathrow Terminal 4 can be booked directly with the hotel and there are various other hotels nearby. We suggest travelling in early and staying afterwards to maximise your experience and to take some well deserved time for yourself.

Discounts

Additional discounts for multiple bookings, groups and teams. 2 tickets = 10% discount| 3 -5 tickets = 15% discount | 5 - 9 tickets = 20% discount | 10 + tickets = 25% discount

Phoenix Programme Leader & Guest Speakers

Dr Sam Collins, Aspire CEO and Founder

Sam is a leading global voice on leadership, equality and change, a social entrepreneur, international speaker, coach and author.

Dr Zareen Roohi Ahmed, Founder & CEO, Gift Wellness | Chair at GWF & Halimah Trust

Dr Zareen Roohi Ahmed is a visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist, accomplished author, and sought-after professional speaker.

Lilly Lewis, Founder, Watering your Soul CIC

Lilly has first hand experience with domestic abuse, substance misuse, and the Criminal Justice system.

Professor Mona Bafadhel, Professor, King’s College London

Professor Mona Bafadhel is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at King’s College London (KCL) and a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Professor.

Destiny Vaughan, Founder, Mind the Gap Ireland

In 2019, Destin Ayo Vaughan Founded Mind the Gap Ireland, the country's first anonymous story platform for survivors of sexual violence.

Claire Dale, Founder, Director, Physical Intelligence® Institute & Companies in Motion

Claire Dale is a neurophysiology specialist with a background in contemporary dance. She leads powerful development programmes for coaches and for global businesses.

Nasreen Sheikh, Founder, Empowerment Collective

Nasreen Sheikh is a survivor of modern slavery and a visionary leader committed to ending this issue through survivor-led initiatives.

Daljeet Jutta, CFO, Velonetic

Daljeet is an experienced CFO and board member at Velonetic, with a passion for mentoring and team building.

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