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Aspiring Leaders Programme

Available Options: Online
Commencing: Friday 16th April 2021
Duration: 6 half days
Cost: £1,100 (VAT is non-applicable)

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Aspiring Leaders Programme

The Aspiring Leaders programme is for new leaders who are setting off on their personal leadership journey and wish to develop their personal leadership approach. It is designed to shape individual performers transitioning to a leadership role and provides a solid leadership framework to build leadership capability on.

Join our Aspiring Leaders and gain an understanding of who you are as a leader, develop and define your own personal leadership approach and brand.

Key Takeaways and Benefits

Particular challenges that are likely to experience at this level of leadership include how to; build relationships to get work done, effectively manage conflict and solve complex problems successfully. Aspiring leaders is a highly interactive online programme, participants will focus on; their personal values and leadership brand, building and maintaining relationships, resolving conflict, learning to delegate, innovative problem solving, coaching and developing others and embracing change.  

Participant Profile

Equips new leaders with a toolkit of practical leadership skills.

For supervisors, new managers and leaders.

Our Executive Edge

Join Aspiring Leaders and learn how to lead and get results. Develop a leaders mindset and nurture your personal leadership approach. Gain a solid leadership framework to build upon your leadership skills. Build leadership competence to motivate and lead your team with confidence.

What are past participants saying about this programme?

“The course is a lot more personal than I ever imagined it would be. Please see that as a positive. I truly understand who I am now!”

“Great enthusiastic leaders. An absolute joy to be part of this life changing experience. Thank you so much for your help”

“Didn't realise how personal the course was going to be but really enjoyed it”

“Good course which has changed the way I look at things”

“The course was very inspiring and brilliant”

" The tutor was very enthusiastic, friendly and a real promotion of what a leader should be like"

"A very thought provoking experience and very relevant. Excellent!"

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Class Format and Dates

Interactive Online: 6 half day expert led sessions in our virtual class

  • Interactive Online - April 2021
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    Dates
    Time
    Module
    £1100 16/04/2021 09:30-11:00 Launch and Orientation
      19/04/2021 09:30-12:30 Module 1: Who are you as a leader?
      21/04/2021 09:30-12:30 Module 2: Values, Beliefs and Personal Leadership Brand
      23/04/2021 09:30-12:30 Module 3: Delegation, Influence and Conflict Resolution
      26/04/2021 09:30-12:30 Module 4: Productivity Strategies and the Coaching Process
      30/04/2021 09:30-12:30 Module 5: Adaptive Leadership and Leadership Simulation
      05/05/2021 09:30-12:30 Module 6: Dealing with Change and Personal Resilience

     

The Programme at a Glance

Module 1: Who are you as a leader?

This module looks at many of the challenges faced by first team leaders. We will start to unpack the differences between leadership and management and who you are as a leader. We will examine the importance of ethical leadership and exploring why good leaders do bad things.

Module 2 : Values, Beliefs and Personal Leadership Brand

This module will examine your values and belief systems and how these connect to your personal leadership brand. 

Module 3: Delegation, Influence and Conflict Resolution

This module will examine strategies and tools for effective delegation, and how to influence others. We will look at key conflict resolution techniques for both you and your team.

Module 4 : Productivity Strategies and the Coaching Process

This module will look at how to become a more productive leader. We will introduce the core concepts behind the coaching process and examine coaching as a leadership tool.

Module 5: Adaptive Leadership and Leadership Simulation 

This module will examine the adaptive leadership framework and bring this theory to life through a cutting edge online leadership simulation from Harvard.  

Module 6: Dealing with Change and Personal Resilience

This final module will examine the change process and explore effective tools and strategies for how to build your personal resilience. 

Programme Director
Enda Young

Our Aspiring Leaders Programme is delivered by our accomplished programme director Enda Young. Enda is a highly experienced trainer and experiential learning facilitator, delivering programmes internationally for the Leadership Institute. Enda helps companies to build and optimise their leadership capabilities, driving organisational performance through their people. Enda is a negotiation and conflict resolution specialist and is particularly interested in improving resilience and communication skills to empower leaders through challenging times. Enda is a qualified executive coach and energises participants with his high energy, motivational, real world approach.


Lecturer
Dr. Laura Steele

Queen’s Management School lecturer and specialist in ethics Dr. Laura Steele joins us for the Ethical Leadership Module on Day 2. Laura lectures in Business and Society at Queen's Management School and contributes on many of our custom programmes and events at the Leadership Institute. Laura has a particular interest in business ethics, governance, social responsibility, and public sector management. In addition, Laura serves as the champion for Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability within the School. Laura galvanises academic research, best practice and a forward thinking approach to the topic of ethical leadership.


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