Leadership Essentials

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Leadership Essentials is a key programme suitable for those with responsibilities for others’ work, behaviour and development, which aims to help managers refresh and build their skills and experience in this area. As well as clarifying key responsibilities, it focuses on critical areas that some can find more difficult, such as giving and receiving feedback effectively and handling challenging conversations. The programme incorporates tutor input; opportunities for discussion, reflection and sharing of good practice with others with similar responsibilities. It also includes curated e-learning resources to support managers with their ongoing learning and development.

Participants are required to attend both half day sessions.

Before attending, please take some time to review the short Leadership Essentials: Management Responsibilities Films of other University colleagues talking about their role as a manager.

• University staff with management responsibility this includes new managers; first-line managers, team leads, supervisors.
• Further details regarding PPD's eligibility criteria

• Look at Leadership Essentials: Management Responsibilities
• Complete and return the pre-course questionnaire to ppd@admin.cam.ac.uk by two weeks before the course start date. If you have made a booking later than two weeks before the course start date, please return the form as soon as you make your booking.

Number of sessions: 2

• to be able to explain your key responsibilities as a manager/leader and feel confident in carrying out your management role
• to identify a range of management styles and apply the style most suited to the situation
• to identify when feedback needs to be given and to give feedback to others in a clear and constructive way
• to tackle challenging conversations with confidence, ensuring where possible, positive outcomes for all parties
• to reflect on your capabilities as a manager and identify opportunities for further development

• Attendance at both sessions is required
• A workbook will be sent to you in advance which will accompany both sessions. The trainer will send this 1-2 days in advance which you may want to print
• To be aware that PPD will contact you a few months after participation, to understand progress with applying the learning against the above aims

Two half day sessions

• Effective Staff Review and Development: Online Course
• Giving Effective Feedback: Online Course
• Managing Change
• Leading Your Team Through Change: Online Course
• Managing Challenging Conversations: Online Course

• Communication
• Develop Your Career
• Leadership and Management
• Valuing Everyone and Dignity at Work