The Leadership Academy World Café Workshop

A World Café and Action Learning for Sustainable Leadership session will be facilitated by the University of Greenwich, the University of Surrey and the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations.

The event will bring together business leaders, leadership practitioners, academics and business advisors. The focus for this innovative event will be provided by World Café discussion groups on the question of ‘Trust and Leadership in the Downturn’. Groups will consider the issues of trust in the context of business and public sector leadership and the organisational and personal challenges that all have faced in the context of a global economic downturn.

Leadership Academy partners will facilitate a group discussion process through which all participants at the event will provide input and insight into solving these challenges.
What you will gain from this Workshop?

• Discuss and debate leadership themes
• Network with new prospective partners and collaborators
• Meet and get to know business advisors who help businesses with their leadership development needs
• Have the opportunity (subject to eligibility) to sign up to a
• Sustainability Syndicate (action learning set)
• Gain insights into how to lead in difficult times
• Develop strategies for effective leadership in your organisation
• Access resources for gaining help
• Learn new ways of dealing with resistance to change that derives from uncertainty in the downturn

For more information and to register for this event on 27 November, please download the brochure and then contact: Bethany James, Project Officer for the Leadership Academy, on 01483 683495.

UK executives appointed to boost leadership skills.

LeaderShape is convinced of the value of good quality coaching, mentoring and facilitation in the work place. However, experience has led them to the conclusion that the good intentions behind these initiatives are often undermined by the lack of training or a proper framework for the provision of this valuable Work-Based Learning.

This understanding has led them to work closely with the University of Chester to develop a unique qualification; The Post Graduate Certificate in “Coach-Mentoring and Facilitation in Organisations”. This qualification is accredited by the University of Chester which has long been known as a leader in Work-Based Learning qualifications.

The UK’s first cohort of business leaders has been appointed to undertake this cutting-edge programme to boost leadership performance in their companies during the current downturn.

Sixteen experienced executives will work with existing or high growth potential companies over a six-year period, while undertaking the new Post Graduate Certificate (PGC) which aims to upskill an organisation’s own capacity to develop leaders – particularly at a time when training budgets are under pressure.