Dear Colleagues

I have attached the full brochure for this event which you might find useful for circulating around your departments and institutions.

Best wishes

Wendy

 

 

 

Dear Colleagues

 

The Leadership Foundation’s Leading Your Technical Team set; including Leading Your Technical Team and Building on Your Leadership Skills have been refreshed in an exciting way for 2012-13; with revamped programme content and speakers! Technicians are an integral part to an institution helping to boost student experience and in the production of quality research.

 

Leading Your Technical Team is for chief/principal/senior technicians, laboratory/ workshop/ unit managers, recently appointed departmental superintendents. Participants will learn the fundamental building blocks of management and leadership specifically in the context of technical support in universities and higher education colleges. The programme will cover:

 

·         Key issues for managers /supervisors and their teams

·         Management Vs Leadership

·         Communication Skills

·         Teams and team roles and ways to develop your own team

·         People Management issues, using case studies

·         Motivation and Delegation

·         Managing change

 

 

Dates: Thursday 23 – Friday 24 May 2013

Venue: York

 

Building on Your Leadership Skills is for those who have already attended Leading Your Technical Team (or a similar programme), or have been in post for a few years. Participants will have the opportunity to look at practical challenges of managing or supervising technical staff from both academic and service areas. Topics covered in this programme include:

 

·         Leadership and motivation

·         Working with difficult people

·         Leadership intelligences

·         Managing performance

·         Influencing skills

 

 

Dates: Thursday 8 – Friday 9 November 2012

Venue: York

 

 

We would be grateful if you could send this information on to relevant colleagues. If you would like to find out more information about the programme content please contact Ian Moulson, Programme Director, E: [log in to unmask]

 

To book a place, please contact; Wendy Mason E: [log in to unmask]

 

Many Thanks

 

 

Wendy Mason

Programme Administrator

Leadership Foundation For Higher Education

Kingfisher House

90 Rockingham Street

Sheffield 

Tel: 0114 270 0188

Fax: 0114 272 6354