Executive Rugby Leadership Experience

What can business leaders learn from an elite rugby team about leadership, trust, communication and performance under pressure?

To start off the autumn event season, we have something special in the pipeline with the Executive Rugby Leadership experience, held in cooperation with the world-famous Benetton Rugby team, one of the continent’s leading outfits, as well as our friends at CCI France-Hongrie and Confindustria.

Designed specifically for CEOs, CFOs, Managing Directors and senior decision-makers, this immersive programme takes leadership development beyond the traditional conference room.

Benetton Rugby’s management, coaches and former Italian national team players will use the dynamics of elite sport as a living case study to explore challenges that business leaders face every day: leading from the front, building trust, putting the team before the individual, communicating clearly under pressure and performing effectively as one team.

Throughout the afternoon, participants will combine executive leadership sessions and interactive workshops with simple rugby-inspired team challenges.
The experience will focus on four key dimensions:

No rugby experience or particular level of fitness is required.

If you wish to come on board not just as an attendee, but as a sponsor, you can find the sponsorship agreement via this link.

MEET THE BENETTON RUGBY DELEGATION 

We will have the pleasure of hosting members of the top management and coaching team of Benetton Rugby, including several former Italian national team players:

• Antonio Pavanello — President and former Italian Captain
• Fabio Rigoletto — Marketing Manager
• Tommaso Benvenuti — Trainer and former Italian national team player
• Tommaso Iannone — Trainer and former Italian national team player
• Marco Lazzaroni — Trainer and former Italian national team player
• Ezio Galon — Trainer and former Italian national team player 

The delegation will share first-hand insights from elite sport and engage directly with participants throughout the leadership sessions, practical challenges, panel discussion and networking dinner. 

Full Programme:

1:30 – 2:00 PM | Registration & Networking Lunch
2:00 – 2:20 PM | Welcome & Opening Remarks
2:20 – 3:15 PM | Session 1 — LEADERSHIP
Leading from the Front
3:15 – 4:00 PM | Session 2 — SUPPORT
The Team Before the Individual
4:00 – 4:20 PM | Coffee Break
4:20 – 5:20 PM | Session 3 — COMMUNICATION
Fast. Clear. Trusted.
5:20 – 6:00 PM | EXECUTIVE CHALLENGE
Mixed teams of executives participate in simple rugby-inspired activities, putting teamwork, communication and leadership into practice.
No rugby experience required.
6:00 – 6:30 PM | PANEL DISCUSSION
From the Pitch to the Boardroom
An opportunity to translate lessons from elite sport into the realities of executive leadership and business.
6:30 – 7:00 PM | Closing Reflection & Group Photo
7:00 PM | EXECUTIVE NETWORKING DINNER – An informal dinner shared with the Benetton Rugby players, coaches and fellow executives, offering a unique opportunity to continue the conversation and build relationships within the international business community.

To preserve the interactive character of the programme, facilitate direct exchanges with the Benetton Rugby delegation and create meaningful executive-level networking, the number of participants is strictly limited.

Submitting a registration does not automatically guarantee participation. All registrations are subject to confirmation by the organisers, based on availability and the executive profile of the programme. Member companies of the organising Chambers will be given priority.

Venue: Novotel City & Budapest Congress Center – 1123 Alkotás u. 63-67.
Participation fee: €250 + VAT per participant
The participation fee includes the full Executive Rugby Leadership Experience, all leadership sessions and interactive activities, as well as the Networking Lunch, coffee break and Executive Networking Dinner with the Benetton Rugby delegation.