HEaTED Technical Leaders Programme
The programme is intended for those who are currently leading a technical team in their department, school, or faculty.
Type of Course:
Modular Leadership Development Programmes
Course Format:
This programme is delivered with asynchronous learning, through face to face and online methods. Online and face to face teaching will be supported by asynchronous e-learning and small groups 'action learning sets'. The programme delivery details can be seen in the Hosting Mode section of this page.
Face to face: 2 days
Online: 3 x 0.5 days = 1.5 days
Action Learning Sets: 4 x 1.5 hours = 6 hours
E-learning component: 5 x 45 minutes = 3.75 hours
The purpose of this programme is to enable leaders of technical teams to develop their leadership knowledge, skills, and behaviours thereby enhancing their effectiveness in leading and contributing to strategic change initiatives.
Individuals will have an opportunity to enhance their understanding and practice of leadership whilst at the same time consider how they lead change within their teams, their department and across the University.
Find out more:
Hosting Mode
Module 1: Leading people in times of complex change – face to face
Module 2: Understanding the change process, understanding transitions – online
Module 3: Engaging others in the change agenda– online
Module 4: Bringing people with you – influencing and negotiating – online
Module 5: Finding Creative Solutions – face to face
Notes
Face to face sessions will run between 10:00 and 16:00.
Online sessions will run for 3 hours.
Asynchronous (Flexible) Learning
Asynchronous learning allows you to learn on your own schedule within a specified time frame. You can access learning materials at any time within a 1-2 week period. Each module will be supported by asynchronous e-learning (each piece of e learning will take approximately 45 minutes to complete).
In between each module there will be an Action Learning Set.
Action Learning is not about providing advice, it is about helping individuals to explore workplace challenges and projects from different perspectives and to consider different ways of engaging with these. Sets allow participants to share real leadership challenges and conundrums with colleagues and to receive peer to peer coaching. It also enables the transfer of the learning from a development programme into the workplace.
Action Learning Sets should have 4 to 6 members as a maximum.
There will be four online meetings per Action Learning Sets running throughout the programme.
Each Action Learning Set will be 90 minutes.
Modules
Module 1 – Leading people in times of complex change
Aims
To position the leadership programme within the context of their own development needs, the needs of their team and the organisation within which they work.
To enable participants to explore the theories, concepts, and practices of effective transformational leadership.
To enable participants to consider how these practices can be implemented in their own areas of responsibility.
To explore the importance of effective and focussed communication through times of change.
Outcomes
By the end of the module participants should be able to:
Understand how leadership styles need to be aligned with environmental contexts;
Understand their styles and the impact style has.
Identify their behavioural strengths, potential overplayed strengths, and areas where flex may be required.
Flex their leadership styles and approaches to match the situation and desired outcomes;
Identify their current leadership style and consider its implications for delivering success.
Understand how to communicate to others to ensure clarity and engagement.
Module 2 - Understanding the change process and understanding transitions
Aims
To understand transitions versus change
To enable participants to explore how internal and external stakeholders can impact change.
To enable participants to explore the cultural factors that can facilitate change or create resistance.
To explore how to identify and manage resistance to change
To enable participants to explore the theories, concepts, and practices of effective leadership in contexts of rapid change.
Outcomes
By the end of the module participants should be able to:
Identify the difference between change and personal transitions;
Explain the seven aspects that help to define culture – the cultural web, and be able to use this to map the culture of their part of the organisation;
Identify and mitigate against the cultural killers of change;
Conduct sound stakeholder mapping.
Understand what drives resistance and how to manage it
Module 3 – Engaging others in the change agenda
Aims
To explore how to identify and manage resistance.
To explore how to build a high performing team.
To develop strategies for engaging others and developing a strategic narrative.
To develop communication strategies
To explore the concept of individual and organisational resilience
Outcomes
By the end of the module participants will be able to:
Understand that resistance can be identified and turned into a positive force.
Understand how a strong “strategic narrative” drives engagement.
The power of the PERFORMER checklist
Understand what drives resilience and how to develop it
Module 4 – Bringing people with you – influencing others
Aims
To explore ideas which can affect the extent to which people are motivated to follow others.
To explore the concept of emotional and social intelligence and how it relates to change.
Identify the range of influencing and negotiating styles
To explore the importance of communication and team voice
To explore the choices of styles when dealing with conflict
Outcomes
By the end of the module the participants will be able to:
Understand more clearly what is meant by emotional and social intelligence;
Recognise self and others’ motivations and identify how best to engage others;
Explore self and team members’ preferences for team roles as part of enhancing team performance;
Understand sources of personal power, and how this can be used ethically in negotiations;
Adapt their style when dealing with conflict;
Consider different styles when influencing and negotiating.
Module 5 – Finding creative solutions
Aims
To explore creativity and how “thinking outside of the box” can lead to innovative solutions.
To discuss how to unlock creative potential in people.
To explore how to engage others in the change agenda.
To explore how to harness the skills of other during change and transformation
Outcomes
By the end of the module the participants will be able to:
Reflect on the problem-solving abilities of individuals in a team;
Consider how individual preferences impact on contributions to problem solving;
Explore alternative ways of releasing the creativity of individuals in finding solutions to problems;
Use a framework for problem solving;
Utilise a variety of techniques that support creative thinking.
2023/2024 Programme Dates
Please note - registration for the 2023/2024 programme has now closed. New dates will be updated here when available.
PRISM pre-programme questionnaire: 16/10/2023
Module 1: face to face - 08/11/23 - full day
Action Learning Set 1: online - 15/11/23 - 1.5 hours
Module 2: online - 29/11/23 - 3 hours
Action Learning Set 2: online - 06/12/2023 - 1.5 hours
Module 3: online - 17/01/2024 - 3 hours
Action Learning Set 3: online - 24/1/2024 - 1.5 hours
Module 4: online - 07/02/2024 - 3 hours
Action Learning Set 4: online - 14/2/2024 - 1.5 hours
Module 5: face to face - 6/3/2024 - full day
Fees
Prices below are per programme attendee.
HEaTED Member Fee: £900.00
IST Member Discounted Fee: £1,294.00
Non-Member Fee: £1,363.00
HEaTED Course Credits: 2 x Onsite credits & 3 x Online Credits