Peer to Peer Action Group Events

Wait… What is it you do again?  Step Into Strategy: Shaping the Leaders of Tomorrow

Lead by our Member Lead Emma Hodgkinson, in our first session of the year we will be covering:

• Strategy: The most overused, misunderstood word – How its complexity creates barriers instead of breakthroughs.
• Cracking the code – The many (unexpected) ways people break into Strategy and Planning careers.
• The Strategist dream – How do we make this career path clearer, more compelling, and accessible—both in agencies and beyond?
• The Skills that matter – The essential toolkit every strategist needs to thrive.
• Future-proofing Talent – How can we effectively develop the next generation of bold, brilliant strategic minds.

About the Group: A chance for anybody in membership with a role in strategy and planning to form a community. If you’re a planner, strategy director or similar and could benefit from peer to peer interaction within your speciality then please come along.

Previous sessions have included: a Strategy Bootcamp, WTF is Strategy? – A guide for your agency colleagues, a 2024 Trends session & more.

Our next session will take place at: tms, 16 Hatfields, Southwark, SE1 8DJ

However for those who can’t attend in person online sign in will be available, please let Kirsty know if you plan on attending in person or virtually: kirsty@allindependentagencies.org

We have created a programme for Commercial Directors to meet, learn, share, and debate important issues in the world of agency management. They get together, often with expert input, to cover critical topics like benchmarking trends in profitability, property strategies, remuneration models, negotiation, and budgeting. They are keenly aware of the key performance indicators in independent agencies and share thought leadership in successful approaches to problem solving. The topic for this session will be released closer to the time, however if you’re in a senior Commercial role within a member agency please save the date & register below.

New Business is vital for every successful and thriving agency and the people who take responsibility for generating opportunities for growth need to be constantly on top of their game. The Alliance New Business group meet every quarter to network and learn from experts and each other. Challenging existing processes and picking up knowledge, insights, and ideas to become even more effective in winning new business and growing existing clients. This group also benefits from the expert guidance from the team at jfdi.

The topic for this session will be released closer to the time, meanwhile please save the date & sign up below.

The CEO Summits are one of the key events in the calendar for the Alliance that are both targeted at agency CEOs and are by invitation only.

The CEO Summits, that take place every quarter, are restricted to 20 invited guests for each event, who get together along with an invited expert in their topic, sit around one table and hold a single conversation/discussion for 60 minutes.

Previous topics have included Scaling Your Business at Speed, an International Special, Is the Current Agency Model Fit for Purpose, amongst many others that are relevant to that specific moment in time.

It is an open conversation, under Chatham House rules, and provides the opportunity for CEOs to discuss openly with their peers the big issues not only across the industry for independent agencies but also for those matters that are significant in the CEOs own agency. We look forward to inviting you to our next CEO Summits. Closer to the time we will update you on the specific topic for this session.

Hosted by our Member Lead, Isabel Odlin (Chief People Person at Hub), the Wellbeing group meet quarterly to remain constantly informed of the latest tools and resources to assist them in their vital work of maintaining the wellbeing of their agency people. They share, discreetly, the issues they face and mentor each other in best practice. They provide vital input our the Alliance programme of support which includes the annual Festival of Happiness.

The exact topic for this session will be released closer to the time, meanwhile please secure the date & sign up below.

We prefer to call this group the Diversity & Inclusion Action Group because they are committed to taking actions that make a difference. They meet regularly to help us fulfil the vision that our Member Agencies have workforces that are truly representative of all sections of society and each employee feels respected and able to give their best. Previous sessions have covered neurodiversity, how classism impacts our workplaces, inclusion of deaf & hard of hearing talent & so on.

The Alliance is committed to optimising diversity and inclusion in our Member Agencies. We expect all member agencies to be fully committed to the D&I journey because we know it makes great business sense too. The exact topic for this session will be released closer to the time, meanwhile please save the date & register below.

A chance for anybody in membership with a role in strategy and planning to form a community. If you’re a planner, strategy director or similar and could benefit from peer to peer interaction within your speciality then please come along.

Previous sessions have included: a Strategy Bootcamp, WTF is Strategy? – A guide for your agency colleagues, a 2024 Trends session & more.

The topic for this session will be released closer to the time, meanwhile please save the date & sign up below.

We have created a programme for Commercial Directors to meet, learn, share, and debate important issues in the world of agency management. They get together, often with expert input, to cover critical topics like benchmarking trends in profitability, property strategies, remuneration models, negotiation, and budgeting. They are keenly aware of the key performance indicators in independent agencies and share thought leadership in successful approaches to problem solving. The topic for this session will be released closer to the time, however if you’re in a senior Commercial role within a member agency please save the date & register below.

Independent agencies are proud of the output from their creative teams and understand their unique ability to solve client problems in innovative and effective ways and with an agility that sets them aside. Our Creative Group meets to ensure they remain at the cutting edge of the communications process and cover topics as diverse as idea generation, AI uses, award-winning campaigns & more. The topic for this session will be released closer to the time, however if you’re within a Creative role in a member agency please save the date & register below.

New Business is vital for every successful and thriving agency and the people who take responsibility for generating opportunities for growth need to be constantly on top of their game. The Alliance New Business group meet every quarter to network and learn from experts and each other. Challenging existing processes and picking up knowledge, insights, and ideas to become even more effective in winning new business and growing existing clients. This group also benefits from the expert guidance from the team at jfdi.

The topic for this session will be released closer to the time, meanwhile please save the date & sign up below.

The CEO Summits are one of the key events in the calendar for the Alliance that are both targeted at agency CEOs and are by invitation only.

The CEO Summits, that take place every quarter, are restricted to 20 invited guests for each event, who get together along with an invited expert in their topic, sit around one table and hold a single conversation/discussion for 60 minutes.

Previous topics have included Scaling Your Business at Speed, an International Special, Is the Current Agency Model Fit for Purpose, amongst many others that are relevant to that specific moment in time.

It is an open conversation, under Chatham House rules, and provides the opportunity for CEOs to discuss openly with their peers the big issues not only across the industry for independent agencies but also for those matters that are significant in the CEOs own agency. We look forward to inviting you to our next CEO Summits. Closer to the time we will update you on the specific topic for this session.

Hosted by our Member Lead, Isabel Odlin (Chief People Person at Hub), the Wellbeing group meet quarterly to remain constantly informed of the latest tools and resources to assist them in their vital work of maintaining the wellbeing of their agency people. They share, discreetly, the issues they face and mentor each other in best practice. They provide vital input our the Alliance programme of support which includes the annual Festival of Happiness.

The exact topic for this session will be released closer to the time, meanwhile please secure the date & sign up below.