The Oxford Experience
After a short flight from the Isle of Man, participants arrive
in Oxford in time for lunch on the Monday of the second week. That
afternoon they have a highly interactive session on leadership led
by the prominent actor - turned teacher, Ben Walden, who draws
leadership lessons from Shakespeare's Henry V. The next morning
they return to work on the challenges on which they worked
throughout their week in the Isle of Man. This portion of the
programme is led by the same change management guru from the Said
Business School who introduced concepts of reframing challenges one
week earlier.
On Wednesday they embark on a two and a half day 
customised version of the Oxford
Programme on Negotiation, learning the building blocks of
persuasion and decision-making before moving on to skills and
strategies for increasingly complex negotiations. In highly
interactive sessions, they participate in simulations where they
adopt a range of different roles. Incorporated in this portion of
the programme is a half-day on cross-cultural negotiations and some
lessons drawn from important recent international negotiations in
which small states issues have been addressed.
On two of the evenings in Oxford there will be dinners held in
the traditional dining halls of Oxford colleges and on the Thursday
afternoon there will be a walking tour of Oxford.
Previous Attendees
Find out which small countries have previously participated in the SCFMC programme.
