Star 100 - Develop

Develop

The Develop pillar seeks to address members' personal and career development.

For example, in April 2009, Prof. Eddie Obeng run a 75 minute workshop for Star 100 UK on leadership. With great energy, humour and passion he spoke about:

how the nature of leadership has changed as the world has moved away from hierarchical agrarian societies driven by Nature's cycles to a heavily populated, interconnected world
the difference between a manager, who people report to (often because they have to) and a leader who people follow (because they choose to)
the importance of a leader creating a safe environment in which to identify and address followers' fears
the importance of not misleading
the four levers at a leader's disposal: their behaviour, their emotions, their actions and their thinking process
how leadership actually works, the transmits-receive model:

Member-Driven Meet-ups

In addition to external guests, we also draw on our own members - for member-driven meet-ups.

In April 2015, Star 100 UK held a Well-Being Seminar. The were four presenters, all members of Star 100 - Abigail Baah, Derek Appau, Alfred K. Mante and Dr Charlie Easmon.

Abigail Baah explored the topic of mental health, before being joined by Derek Appau and Alfred K. Mante to talk about Ghanaian State of Mind, a film they made together in 2014 about mental health and the influence that culture can have on prevention and recovery. They showed clips from the film, plus shared their motivations for and learnings from working on the project. Dr Charlie Easmon, who built his own private medical practice on Harley Street through various (at times stressful) ups and downs, then spoke about how best to develop mental resilience.

Partly inspired by the time to change campaign, the event gave members a chance to talk about important issues that so rarely get discussed in public.