Tell us about examples of poor leadership - either your own or at the hands of others - and you could win a place on Said Business School's inaugural High Performance Leadership Programme.

The programme, which will run on June 23-27 and usually costs £6,000, is designed for emerging leaders. Run by Professor Tim Morris and Dr David Pendleton of the university's Saïd Business School, it explores the definition of leadership, purpose in leadership, entrepreneurship, styles of leadership, inspiration, decision-making and negotiation. It also includes psychometric testing and coaching. Find out more about the course here.

To win a place tell us in fewer than 500 words about an example of bad leadership and how you might have done things differently. You can e-mail your entry as a written document, a video clip or a podcast. The competition closes at midnight on May 29.

Saïd Business School/The Times High Performance Leadership competition terms and conditions

1. Competition open to UK and ROI residents only over the age of 18, except employees of Times Newspaper Limited (“TNL”), Saïd Business School, University of Oxford and their affiliated companies, their families, agents or anyone connected with this competition.

2. All entries must be submitted by midnight (British Summer Time) on May 29 2008. Entries must be submitted by e-mail to hpl@sbs.ox.ac.uk (Please put Times Competition in the subject). All entries must be written in English and must not exceed 500 words. Alternatively entries can be submitted on video (upload to YouTube tagged as TimesSaidComp08) or as podcasts – details and links for which must be e-mailed as above.

3. Entry is free but entrants should be aware that they may be subject to local call charges depending on their own individual arrangements for Internet access.

4. Entries must be the original work of the entrant and not previously published. The winner will be the entrant whose entry sets our the best example of poor leadership and how they might have done things differently, in the opinion of the judges, and who demonstrates the greatest a business knowledge. Winners will be notified within seven (7) days after the closing date. All reasonable endeavours will be made to contact the winner during this time. If a winner cannot be contacted or is not available, TNL reserves the right to select another winner from the entries which were received before the closing date

5. There is one prize for one person only. The prize worth £6,000 will cover the tuition fees, teaching materials, meals, accommodation and excursions. Residential accommodation at Egrove Park, Saïd Business School is included. All other costs and expenses including transport to and from the venue is the responsibility of the winner.

6. Entrants must be able to accept a place on the programme starting on 23 – 27 June 2008. This includes having the support from their employer to take the necessary days off work to attend the programme at Saïd Business School, Oxford University.

7. Entrants must be eligible for the Oxford High Performance Leadership Programme based on the programmes admission requirements. These are: a first degree or equivalent, a minimum of five years appropriate management experience, including significant experience of leading others, and relevant academic or business references.

8. The winner may be required to submit valid identification before receiving their prize.

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