Chairs Leadership Programme (Code: C1642)
BackThe Further Education Chairs’ Leadership Programme brings together FE sector expertise and the IoD’s vast experience in corporate governance to explore the role of the chair. It will utilise the insights and skills of participants and facilitators to identify concrete steps that allow participants to improve their impact on the board and the wider organisation.
Pricing options
£350 per participant.
Free 1-day alumni event.
Upcoming
Free Places
A limited number of free places are offered on this course. Please see the 'Upcoming' section above for current availability. The free places are fully funded by the DfE and are offered to ensure greater diversity on high quality CPD, so to qualify you must either:
- Work in an organisation in one of the 24 priority areas (Blackpool, Bradford, Derby, Doncaster, Fenland and East Cambridgeshire, Halton, Hartlepool, Hastings, Ipswich, Knowsley, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Norwich, Nottingham, Oldham, Portsmouth, Rochdale, Salford, Sandwell, Scarborough, Stoke-on-Trent, Tameside, Walsall, West Somerset).
- Work in an organisation with an annual turnover of less than £500,000.
- Consider yourself to have a disability.
- Come from black or minority ethnic community.
You must also agree to be contacted by our evaluation team.
To book a free place find a course that has free places remaining and book a single place. At the payments stage of the booking you will be asked to tell us which of the four criteria you meet. Once selected, click on the 'recalculate' button to reduce the cost of the booking to zero and complete the booking.
If, for whatever reason, you are unable to attend, please advise us at least two weeks before the course takes place. This will allow us to offer the free place to someone else who works in the FE sector, so they can take advantage of this offer.
Who is this for?
This course is open to all current chairs in the Further Education and Training sector.
Training aim
The programme brings together the IoD's experience and insight into chairing senior leadership groups with issues that organisational chairs in all sectors (including FE) are facing now, for example, Covid-19 recovery, Brexit implications, and the ESG/sustainability agenda. Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their roles as governance leaders throughout the programme and following its completion, by participating in all learning components.
Participation in the programme includes:
- StrengthScope profiling and 1-2-1 feedback
- Attendance on 2.5 day residential course
- 5 virtual action-learning set group sessions
- Coaching and mentoring opportunities
- Case study development
- Invitation to Alumni Conference in 2024.
Outcomes
Having completed this programme, the participant will be able to:
2. Report knowledge of additional strategies to strengthen the relationships between the Principal/CEO and governance professional to support effective governance
3. Report improved knowledge of how to plan for succession and other changes
4. Report increased awareness of boardroom dynamics, and improved ability to resolve tension and conflict
5. Report improved awareness of strategies for stakeholder engagement and building partnerships
Length
The Chairs Leadership Programme includes a 2.5 day residential between 29/10/23 and 30/10/23. Following the residential component, participants will take part in five action learning sets, which will take place virtually during a five-month timeframe until March 2023.
Participation in the programme includes:
- StrengthScope profiling and 1-2-1 feedback
- Attendance on 2.5 day residential course
- 5 virtual action-learning set group sessions
- Coaching and mentoring opportunities
- Case study development
- Invitation to Alumni Conference in 2024.
Participants are expected to undertake all learning elements within the programme.
Entry Requirements
Delegates must be a chair in the Further Education and Training sector.
Contact us
If this course is not currently available at a suitable date/location, please register your interest and we will let you know about new events as they are announced.
If you have any questions, please contact:
T: 0800 0 831 830
E: enquiries@etfoundation.co.uk
