With Elaine Stroud
22 January 2025, 13:30 - 15:30
Business Central, 2 Union Square, Central Park, Darlington DL1 1GL
Tickets:
Entrepreneur Member
Lead Corporate Partner
Looking to kick off 2025 with clarity and purpose? Eager to refine your approach to goal setting and ensure your ambitions align with the life you want to lead? Then this is an event you won’t want to miss.
Join us for an engaging and practical session led by Elaine Stroud, our CEO and an experienced leader with a passion for empowering others to succeed. Elaine will guide us through the principles of effective goal setting, helping you shape a roadmap for both professional achievement and personal fulfilment.
This round table discussion will focus on the following key areas:
Discuss how you can identify the goals that harmonise business success with personal fulfilment making time for the things you love
Learn how to navigate setbacks and refocus when things go wrong
Discover how the effort it takes to achieve your goals is where the enjoyment needs to lie
This session promises to be both inspiring and actionable, giving you the tools and confidence to set and pursue goals that truly matter to you.
Please note: Our round tables are shaped by the views and experiences of the entrepreneurs at the table, so while we hope to cover the topics above, we may discuss other related subjects during the session.
About Our Host
Elaine Stroud is CEO of the Entrepreneurs’ Forum, a position she has held since late 2021. She is passionate about making the North East an exceptional place to be an entrepreneur, talking to Forum members about their entrepreneurial journeys and connecting like-minded people together.
She has over 25 years’ experience working with and advising SMEs across the UK and abroad.
Elaine started her career with a brief spell in PwC’s London office, before emigrating to New Zealand where she spent the next 11 years living in Auckland. As Director of Assurance, she looked after some of NZ’s biggest companies including Fisher & Paykel Appliances before returning home to her birth city of Newcastle and joining the Forum as Finance Manager in 2013.
Outside of work, Elaine is passionate about triathlon and has a remarkable track record in the sport. She has completed three iron-distance races, represented Team GB in the European Age Group Championships, and recently secured 5th place in her category at Ironman Portugal, earning her a spot at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii in 2025. She is a qualified triathlon coach and set up the junior section of her tri club in 2019.
The Small Print
Due to limited capacity round table discussions are exclusively for entrepreneur members only. Guests or substitutions are not allowed.
