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Leadership, Research & You

4 day programme of highly interactive workshops and personalised, one-to-one coaching is designed to equip ECR with skills and approaches for leading a team and developing their personal style and impact. The aim of the course is to develop effective and confident leaders who have their own, genuine style – rather than adhering to any generic mode of leadership. These leaders know themselves and their team, and practice the fundamental attitudes, approaches and tools to get the best from both.
Institution(s):
University of Bath
Region(s):
South West and Wales
Date first submitted:
14 Sep 2010
Date last modified:
28 Sep 2010
Focus:
  • Personal effectiveness
  • Academic practice
  • Career development
Audience:
  • Postgraduate researchers
  • Research staff
Range:
  • Institution
Rationale, aims and outcomes
What is the rationale for doing this?
How does it fit with institutional strategy?
What are the main features of the provision?
What are the aims and expected outcomes?

The course was developed as a result of the CROS 2008 survey in which RS expressed the need for Leadership development.

 

Main features

-4 days of training over 4 months at an external venue

-2 hours of 1-1 coaching per participant

-participants meet in triads in between training days

Expected outcomes:

  • Explored and expanded your personal leadership style
  • Learned how to establish a sound environment for learning and teamwork
  • Clarified your focus and direction as a leader – for yourself and the people around you
  • Practiced leading and working in teams with different dynamics
  • Learned how to communicate effectively using practical coaching skills
  • Practiced giving and receiving useful feedback – even in difficult situations
  • Developed compelling ways to enact what you learn

Engagement
Are there any pre-requisites for engagement, e.g. levels of skill, years of experience, essential pre-activities?
How many participate in each 'activity'?

no pre-requisites for Research Staff, PhD students need to be at least in the 3rd year of their course.

Up to 14 people can take part

Evaluation: benefits, challenges and next steps
How do you monitor effectiveness?
Who do you seek feedback from?
Do you have benchmarks?

By regularly practicing the learning from this programme, participants will be able to:

  • Align their own interests with those of the people around them – to exert influence
  • Lead themselves and their team with integrity
  • Stay focussed on what is really important
  • Contribute to the development of themselve and the people around them
  • Be able to communicate honestly, directly and take responsibility for their impact
  • Work in, and lead, teams and groups without taking ALL the responsibility
  • Create practical and honest professional relationships
  • Back this up with rigorous and practical action planning

This course has been developed and run together with Jamie McDonald. In the Academic year 2010/11 we will run the course again, with minor changes and more 'in-house' involvement.  From 2011/12 onwards the course will be run completely in -house

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Dr Jeanette Muller