Leaders for the Future

Before you lead and manage others, you need to know and manage yourself effectively. This means developing emotional intelligence; understanding your own personality and how you relate to others.

Aims for the session:

• Consider the importance of emotional intelligence for self-leadership and leadership of others.
• Reflect on your own personality and how this impacts your own leadership and those you lead.
• Understand and recognise different personality traits.
• Explore a range of communication styles and consider the implications for leadership.
• Reflect on the impact your behaviours and actions have on others and how you are perceived.

This module explores the importance of establishing a clear vision and developing a thriving culture.

Aims for the session:

• Consider how to shape and communicate a compelling vision.
• Reflect on the school vision and your own vision for the work and teams you lead.
• Begin identifying a project focus.
• Explore the importance of school culture.

This session explores the key elements of building and leading an effective team.

Aims for the session:

• Explore the key elements of building and effective team.
• Reflect upon what effective leaders of teams do and reflect upon their behaviours.
• Understand the elements of a successful project management plan for implementation.

This module explores the different approaches to supporting colleagues or leading a team.

Aims for the session:

• Identify coaching, collaborative and mentoring techniques, applying them to workplace situations as appropriate.
• How to select appropriately from a range of strategies to support and collaborate with colleagues.
• Apply effective communication skills when working with colleagues to achieve a goal.

This module supports the well-being of emerging leaders with practical strategies for managing time and growing responsibilities.

Aims for the session:

• Consider your personal effectiveness and strategies for good time management.
• Reflect upon the relationship between pressure, stress, and mental health.
• Explore strategies for self-management to help you thrive throughout your career.
• Engage in career planning and goal setting.