Leadership Development Programme for New Heads of Institutions

This programme aims to explore the complex leadership skills required by Heads of Institution in support of the University’s mission of achieving world-class research and teaching.

The programme comprises four core modules, each exploring a different aspect of leadership. The modules comprise a full day and take place between November and March each year. The ideal is for participants to attend all four workshops.

Module 1: Monday 9th November 2015 — The Head of Institution as Leader
The first session includes a presentation from the Vice Chancellor and explores the challenges of the Head of Institution role and the skills required.

Module 2: Thursday 10th December 2015 — Personal Leadership
The session investigates the practise of leadership and how leadership may affect performance. Professional actors are used to help participants practice and prepare for challenging leadership conversations.

Module 3: Wednesday 10th February 2016 — Leading Strategy and Change
The session will consider the challenges in leading research, including allocation of resources and setting priorities. Participants are encouraged to look at key strategic and operational issues and to examine ways of thinking and acting strategically. It will include contributions from the PVC for Institutional Affairs and the Registrary.

Module 4: Tuesday 15th March 2016 — Leading Others through Change
The final session continues the change theme from Module 3, including introduction to coaching as a management style, giving constructive feedback and managing conflict. This session includes an input from the Director of HR.

Additional Briefings In addition to the four core modules, participants will be invited to select from a number of optional 1 hour briefings on the following topics: Managing the University Estate, HR Legal and Policy Issues, Financial Issues, Recruitment and Immigration, Equality and Diversity and Identifying Risk and Avoiding Pitfalls in Research Grant Applications. These optional sessions will be held on 26th January and again on 15th June 2016.

New and existing Heads of Institution and those about to take up Head of Institution positions

• Further details regarding PPD's eligibility criteria are available

Number of sessions: 4

Module 1: Head of Institution as Leader

• to gain an overview of theories of leadership
• to map out the field of leadership
• to hear from current Heads of Institution
• to provide the opportunity to network with other colleagues

Module 2: Personal Leadership

• to explore the difference between leadership and management
• to use a tool to look at individual style
• to identify areas of personal interest and how to pursue them
• to look at leadership for the inclusive organisation

Module 3: Leading Research and Leading Change

• to look at key strategic and operational issues
• to examine ways of thinking and acting strategically
• to look at change management

Module 4: Leading Others

• to provide an introduction to coaching
• to consider how to delegate responsibility effectively
• to look at how to use appraisal effectively
• to explore motivation and maintenance
• to explore the use of talent management and succession planning

• Four full days
• The ideal is for participants to attend all four workshops
• Please contact PPD if you would like to book but cannot attend all four days

• Leadership Briefing Series: Finance for Heads of Institution
• Leadership Briefing Series: Harnessing Data for Inclusive Excellence - A Focus on Workforce Related Data Driven EDI in Higher Education
• Leadership Briefing Series: Managing the University Estate
• Leadership Briefing Series: Research Funding – Essentials for Heads of Institution