On November 18, 2005 managers of Association “Berkut” took part in business party “Leadership for 100%”, devoted to the end of the project “Leader of the Year. Small and Middle-Scale Business”. About 200 people – businessmen and heads of companies – gathered in the hall of Nizhny Novgorod Fair.
Leaders and owners of companies discussed acute issues of leadership and effectiveness in small and medium scale businesses with famous scientists and experts of Russian business. Igor Lipsits, professor of High School of Economics, member of Scientific committee of program of economics research centres support, which is financed by USAID, consultant, author of more than 20 books, presented report “Does Russian business need to grow? If yes, which way?”
During the “the talk on business matters” famous Russian businessmen (Igor Mann, founder of publishing house “Mann, Ivanov and Ferber”, the author of bestseller “Marketing for 100%” and co-author of Bestseller “PR for 100%”; Yuri Shishkin, director of firm “Marketing Centre”, and many others) shared secrets of their success with the participants of the party.
The evening was continued by reviewing the results of research part of the project devoted to announcing companies-leaders in several nominations. The best companies of Nizhny Novgorod got memorable statues from the organizers and partners of the project. The winners were congratulated by Alexander Sharonov – the president of “NBD-Bank”; Denis Labuza – minister of support and development of small-scale business, consumer market and services of N Novgorod Region; Viktor Sedov – executive director of entrepreneurship USA-Russia.
The final part of the event was a reception in the honour of partners of the project, who, during several years, support initiatives of conducting events for N Novgorod business people within the project “Leader of the Year. Small and Middle-Scale Business”.