Leading with Credibility
A leadership development programme that is built for you.
The Leading with Credibility programme is unique; unlike many others we do not take a ‘pre-written off the shelf’ programme and deliver it to you. Our content is focused on the challenges that we know leaders face; and then adapted to meet the needs of you and the rest of your group.
The programme is delivered in 10 interactive online modules. Each module will contain a range of different approaches that are designed to encourage you to provoke your thinking and to shape your own personal leadership style
In between each module are a series of activities for you to complete; some are individual exercises, some working with another participant in a pair and some working with 2 or 3 other participants to form a small group. So there is plenty of opportunity for you to form new and supportive relationships with the other participants and to put your new learning into practice.
Every module is highly interactive and you will learn some of the leadership theories and models, whilst exploring, questioning and playing with different approaches - testing them against the reality of your day-job and your organisation.
Our aim is to take you out of your comfort zone, stretch and inspire you
- all within a safe and nurturing environment.
Each group contains a maximum of 12 participants to ensure that everyone has the space and opportunity to try things out, speak and be listened to and to build supportive relationships with each other.
Leading with Credibility is called an ‘open programme’ which means that it isn’t exclusive for one particular company or industry. Part of the uniqueness of the programme is that it quite literally is ‘open’ to a range of different leaders from different organisations, industries and backgrounds. That means that you will benefit from working with a small group of business professionals who won’t necessary think like you do! They will bring along their own personal thinking and way of looking at leadership which may well challenge your own thinking. It is very likely that you will be experiencing the same types of challenges - just looking at them through a different lens.
What you will all have in common is wanting to develop yourself as a leader
What’s the investment?
Joining the 2021 programme will cost £3,495 + VAT per person.
If you are based in the West of England it maybe possibly to access a grant towards the cost of the programme.
Please click here to find out more
How the programme is structured
The programme includes the following elements and participants are required to commit to all of them:
A pre-programme Discovery session for you to ‘virtually’ meet your fellow participants and ask us any questions that might be buzzing around in your mind.
A pre-programme Line Manager session so that your line manager can find out more about the programme and how they can support you.
A Myers-Briggs Type Indicator report (if you are not familiar with MBTI then please take a look at the FAQ section to find out more).
Four confidential 121 coaching conversations held with one of our qualified Leadership School coaches. You will work with the same coach throughout the programme and they are there to support you to have the best programme experience.
The option for a confidential 121 call with a wellbeing expert who can answer all of your specific questions about nutrition, eating habits, sleep and exercise. After all – we can only perform well as leaders when we look after ourselves!
The option for an Impact report to be collated on your behalf; proving you with direct feedback about how you are coming across to those that you work most closely with.
Practical inter-module work to complete between modules; applying what you have learnt and preparing yourself for the next module.
Ten half-day interactive online modules:
External speakers who share their leadership stories, experience and top tips
Module 1 Thursday 20 May 2021 My Leadership Brand
Time for you to meet and start getting to know the rest of your group and to agree how you would like to work with each other.
We will look at what your Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) tells you about your preferred leadership style and approach.
We will start exploring how you may come across to others, take a look at what you want and need around you to be able to perform at your best and what you want your Leadership Brand to say about you.
Module 2 Thursday 17 June 2021 Leader as Coach
In module two we consider how to unlock the potential of those around you using a coaching approach.
You will get chance to develop your own coaching skills, discuss what coaching is (and isn’t!) and how your coaching skills form an essential part of your leadership toolkit.
We will explore the world of Emotional Intelligence, how to respond rather than react and how to accurately notice and interpret what is going on around you.
Module 3 Thursday 15 July 2021 Head and Heart
Module 4 Thursday 12 August 2021
These two modules provide opportunity to identify your own personal values, how they underpin your preferred leadership style and what your leadership ‘why’ is. We will look at what beliefs we may be carrying that can guide our decisions and inform our behaviour and identify those which are helpful or unhelpful for us.
Module 5 Thursday 09 September 2021 Walking and Talking
Module 6 Thursday 07 October 2021
Module 7 Thursday 04 November 2021
These three modules are all about relationships! Our focus here is on building trust-based relationships so that you can engage and motivate others. We take a look at the range of different stakeholders you interact with, how to vary your communication style to connect with each of them and how to hold really honest conversations that enrich and strengthen those relationships.
Module 8 Thursday 02 December 2021 Proof and Pudding
Module 9 Thursday 13 January 2022
In these two modules we look at the practicalities of delivering in your role and how you:
decide where to focus your (finite) time, energy and attention,
lead others through change
build a high-performing team around you so that you can deliver through others.
Module 10 Thursday 10 February 2022 Setting myself up for the future
Our last module together and an opportunity to:
look back at your leadership journey on the programme.
celebrate the present and recognise the reality of what is around us.
look forward to ensure that you have everything that you need to continue to develop yourself as a credible leader and be confident in your own ability to deal with life’s oranges and lemons!
The programme facilitators you will work with
Our roles as Leadership School facilitators is to invite you to consider a range of leadership theories and models and to test them against your own perceptions, beliefs and experiences. Our role is to create and hold a safe space in which you can explore new concepts, bounce ideas around, challenge your own thinking (and the thinking of those around you) and generally have some fun whilst learning more about yourself, your own leadership style and how you may impact those around you.
Wendy Forrester and Sharon Collier will be your facilitators for this programme and you can meet the team by clicking here.
If you have unresolved questions then read our frequently asked questions or get in touch with us via email hello@theleadershipschool.co.uk or phone 0117 251 0155
