Governance Professionals' Leadership Programme (Code: C1644)
BackThe Governance Professionals’ Leadership Programme focuses on developing the governance professional’s leadership capabilities, thereby enabling them to anticipate and resolve strategic problems, support the Chair and the development of an effective board, while serving as an authoritative voice and trusted adviser on governance.
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£225
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 experienced governance professionals in the further education sector.
Training aim
This programme, designed with the Institute of Directors, will help develop the governance professional's leadership capabilities, enabling them to anticipate and resolve strategic challenges, support the Chair and the development of an effective board, while serving as an authoritative voice and trusted adviser on governance.
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
Outcomes
Having completed this programme, the participant will be able to:
1. Report improved confidence in becoming recognised as authoritative voices on governance and regulation.
2. Report improved ability to exercise authority over, and accountability for, the governance function
Length
he Governance Professionals' Leadership Programme (GPLP) includes a 2.5 day residential between 13/01/25 and 05/01/25. Following the residential component, participants will take part in virtual action learning sets during a two-month timeframe until the end of March 2025.
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
Participants are expected to undertake all learning elements within the programme.
Entry Requirements
It is expected that those participating will have gained a governance qualification or attended relevant training on governance (such as through The Chartered Governance Institute or the ETF Governance Professionals' Expert programme) prior to joining this programme.
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
