Talks / Lecture Notes
Hugh Kay Lectures
2009: John Varley, Group Chief Executive, Barclays plc spoke on "Social Responsibility in Banking: An Oxymoron?" Click here to see some photos from the event.
2008: Peter Sutherland KCMG, Chairman BP plc and Goldman Sachs spoke on "Europe and its Values".
2007: Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach (Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs) on "Religion in the Workplace".
Is your organisation "faith friendly"? What are the benefits to organisations of being faith friendly? How should we be good followers of Christ and effective witnesses at work? Read the full lecture here. Have your say by contributing to the online forum.
2006: Sustainable Shareholder Values, why Values Matter. 17th Hugh Kay Lecture by Stephen Green, Group Chairman of HSBC (Nov 2006). Stephen suggested that the real objective of a business is to build long term, sustainable profits growth and to do that it needs to underpin its business model with a set of shared values.
Click here for the full list of Hugh Kay Lectures.
CABE Network
Read some of the highlights from our recent CABE Network evenings...
Paul Moore, former head of HBOS Regulatory Risk, spoke on "Speaking the Truth to Power" at a Special CABE Network on 8 July 2009.
Peter Shaukat, founder and CEO of a global network of businesses spoke about "Servant Leadership in a Perplexing Marketplace" at the CABE Network on 22 April 2009.
John Ripley, former deputy CFO, Unilever challenged us about "How to stay salty" and "why we shouldn't leave our shoes outside the church" at the CABE Network on 18 March 2009.
CABE Papers
Purpose Fuels Performance 2009 CABE Paper by Jill Garrett, Assistant CEO, LT Consulting. Jill presented comprehensive evidence to support the proposition - which is just how our Creator made us.
What's God got to do with it? 2008 CABE Paper by Christina Rees, Director of The Churchfield Trust, Chair of WATCH and Archbishops Council. Christina shared her passions and perspectives from experiences in the public and voluntary sectors.
Passion not Fashion - How Vision and Values Improve Performance. 2007 CABE Paper by Philip Green, CEO United Utilities. Be inspired by reading about his experiences at P&O Nedlloyd and United Utilities and his views on dilemmas facing Christians in business.
How tough should a Christian Manager Be? CABE Paper by Peter Shaw (Jun 2006). Peter Shaw is an Executive Coach and was formerly a Director General in Government. He worked in five Government Departments: Education, Treasury, Employment, Transport and Environment. He is a Partner at Praesta Partners which is a specialist coaching organisation. Peter is a Reader in the Guildford Diocese, a Governor of St John’s College, Durham, a member of the Court of Newcastle University, a Governor of Godalming College and a former Visiting Professor at Durham University. He is also a trustee of CABE.
Is Profit Enough? Tenth CABE Paper by Patrick Lavin (March 2006). Is it possible for a high performing company to sustain and improve its performance by an exclusive focus on the financial bottom line? Harrison Owen thinks not. He identifies an underlying situation in such a company, simply expressed in the question ‘Why do we look so good when we feel so bad?’ And the reason for this rests in the key determinant of the spirit within the company...
Business Leadership Today - A Christian Perspective Extracts from the 9th CABE Paper by Mark McAllister (May 2005).
CABE Network Archive
Sally Muggeridge, Chief Executive of the Industry and Parliament Trust spoke about her uncle Malcolm Muggeridge and his journey from agnosticism to catholicism, at the CABE Network on 11 February 2009.
You are God's Change Agent for 2009 from the talk by Jon Gledhill, Business Development Manager, Puretech Process Systems on 14 January 2009.
Third Millenium Leadership: Leadership that Changes Lives from the talk by Chan Abraham, Group Chief Executive, Luminus on 15 October 2008.
Listening in the current economic climate - to God, our organisation, our colleagues and ourselves from the talk by Claire Pedrick, Director, 3D Coaching on 17 Sepember.
The Contact Lens: why and how to see business from a relationships perspective from the talk by Dr Michael Schluter, Executive Director, The Relationships Foundation and Founder and Ambassador of the Jubilee Centre on 9 July. His notes from the talk are attached.
Accountable to Whom? from the talk by Sheryl Haw, Humanitarian Aid Work Consultant and Trainer gave on 11 June.
Should Christianity challenge the world's understanding of the causes and cures of absolute poverty? from the talk by Matthew Frost, Chief Executive, Tearfund gave on 12 March.
Leadership on the field from the talk by Joshua Rey, Executive Director, London Employer Coalition and Head of the Strategy and Performance Directorate at the UK Commission for Employment and Skills gave on 13 February.
Christian Leadership - why should anyone follow YOU? from the talk by Herta von Stiegel, Executive Chairman of Stargate Investment Management Group gave on 16 January.
Flavour and Illumination from the talk by Eddie Donaldson (head of UK HR, KPMG) gave on 14 November.
