The former leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev and US billionaire Donald Trump will be among the speakers at a Belfast conference organised by the Institute of Leadership and Management

The conference, initially to be held on November 12 in the University of Ulster’s Jordanstown campus, will be addressed by world famous figures on how they overcame their own challenges to win the day, despite being faced with major obstacles on a daily basis. Mr Gorbachev and Mr Trump will join conference delegates via videolink.

The conference will then move on to Edinburgh on November 17 and London on November 18.

Living Leadership 2004 Delivering Results is intended to provide insights into the thinking of Donald Trump, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jim Collins, Peter Drucker, Russell Simmons and Ken Blanchard.

The conference will be facilitated by David Taylor, European Business Speaker of the Year and author of the best-seller, The Naked Leader.

Gary Ince, chief executive of ILM, said that when people such as Mikhail Gorbachev and Donald Trump talk, it pays to listen.

"Leadership techniques are similar right across the globe as well as across business and government and this event will provide benefits to anyone interested in developing their own leadership brand and making a real bottom-line difference to their organization," he said.

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