Establishing your Leadership

Establishing your Leadership Programme

Programme overview:

This programme is for leaders who are just starting to find their feet in a new leadership role but still feel in transition. The programme is to help leaders make sense of their early experiences, build on their growing understanding of their leadership strengths and start to apply skills in team building, cross-university collaboration and leading through uncertainty. The programme is delivered fully online.

Suitability:

The programme is designed for leaders who are at least 6 months into a leadership role and still feel in transition.

Dates and applications:

All of our 2023/24 cohorts have now started and are no longer available to apply for. Further cohorts will be available in the next academic year and you can express your interest to get updates about the new cohorts in 2024/25.

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Module Details

This programme contains four modules. Details of each module can be found below.

Module 1: Leading yourself

Pre-work for Programme and Module 1

Welcome video (short introduction to the programme – the key themes)
Leadership article/s Purposeful/Authentic Leadership
Understanding self
Drivers Questionnaire self-assessment
Self-reflection - what do the results say about you – strengths and performance risks

Module 1: Leading Yourself

Purpose values and strengths
Authentic leadership – your leadership narrative
Emotional Intelligence: understanding self and others and the importance of pausing to think about the impact of impulse control, reality testing, problem-solving
What do I start, stop continue doing?

Module 2: Building team effectiveness

Pre-work for Module 2

What I have learned from Module 1 and what will I continue to do, stop doing and
start doing?
Leadership styles questionnaire
Exploring trust
TED Talk / Article review – relevant topic e.g., Motivation in the 21st Century.
Introduction to inclusive and transformational leadership.
The traits of inclusive leadership – how do you measure up?

Module 2: Building Team Effectiveness

Creating high performing teams
Exploring the behaviours and ways of working for and in the team to
ensure the team is effective and supportive.
Developing a feedback culture
How to build your team in times of transformational change
Reflection – Reviewing – Reconnecting - Rebooting

Module 3: Leading across the University

Pre-work

Personal reflections questionnaire
What I have learned from Workshop 2 and what will I continue to do, stop doing and start doing?
Coaching for Development – Managers Guide
TED Talk / Article review – relevant topic – e.g., Lencioni
5 dysfunctions of a team – what to notice
Team climate check – assessment

Module 3: Leading Across the University

Setting direction and vision
Manage competing priorities - variable resources and workloads –setting shared goals
Collaborating across boundaries
Managing and leading multi-functional teams
Managing in a hybrid environment

Module 4: Leading through uncertainty and challenging times

Pre-work for embedding learning from Module 3 and programme as a whole

Watch stimulus on psychological safety
TED Talk / Article review – relevant topic – eg Amy Edmonson – Fearless Organisation
Bringing the themes together – self, others, the organisation
Prepare an outline of a time when you have faced a significant challenge at work

Module 4: Leading Through Uncertainty and Challenging Times

Managing through VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous times)
Choose effective mindsets in fast moving change - becoming comfortable with uncertainty and ambiguity and seeing the benefits
Building psychological safety for teams
Developing resilience in self and others
Problem-solving, innovation and making decisions

Post Programme work:

Embedding learning from Module 4 and programme as a whole:

Re-visit the work you prepared around a challenging time at work. What would you
do differently as a result of the work you have undertaken?
Spotting and capitalising on development opportunities moving forward
What is next for me….future development planning