Aspiring Senior Leaders

Course Code: T0190 £249.00

ABOUT THIS COURSE

This brand-new course is designed to empower those who are looking to step up to senior leadership. It is a practical course using a mix of discussions, models and theories to explore the new skills of strategic leadership. We’ll take time to explore your natural styles of management and then look at new ideas to flex your styles to create impact in different situations, helping you lead with impact.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

  • Take time to explore your current management styles and understand where it is effective and what the pitfalls are - develop a toolkit of styles to ensure you are always creating impact
  • Explore how a leadership role can create new pulls on your time and look at how these can be effectively managed
  • Look at the process of bringing in change and how people will likely react to ensure you can respond effectively
  • Explore why people disengage and how you can help them re-engage.

PROGRAMME

Reflecting on your Natural Style & Building New Skills

10.00am
  • Reflect on your natural leadership style and identify areas of effectiveness
  • Explore alternative leadership styles to broaden impact and adapt to different situations
  • Develop a toolkit of leadership styles to flexibly respond to diverse challenges and create impact in innovative ways.

Break

11.00am

Balancing a Leader’s Responsibilities

11.20am 
  • Explore the inherent tensions between strategic leadership and day-to-day challenges
  • Recognise the balance required in managing responsibilities for future planning and current issues
  • Learn from successful leaders’ strategies to effectively allocate time and fulfil both aspects

Using Vision and Goals To Drive And Manage Change

12.10pm
  • Transform your vision into a powerful guiding force rather than a mere statement
  • Align your team with a bold vision to foster buy-in and commitment
  • Utilise a model inspired by elite sports to set clear goals under the vision, enabling every team member to understand their crucial role in achieving success

Lunch

1.00pm

Leading Through Change

2.00pm
  • Explore strategies to navigate change and bring your team along
  • Acknowledge the various emotions and responses that arise during periods of change
  • Adapt your leadership style to effectively support each team member through the process

Break

2.50pm

Helping Disengaged People to Engage

2.50pm
  • Identify behaviours of disengaged individuals and develop strategies for reengagement
  • Address persistent disengagement to prevent damage to team morale and culture
  • Develop practical plans to lead disengaged team members effectively

Depart

3.45pm
Leadership - Code: T0190

Aspiring Senior Leaders
Marcus Sharrad

Marcus Sharrad is the owner of The Crafted Concept, a performance coaching consultancy working across
education and elite sport, with a focus on pedagogy, leadership, and individual and team performance. Through
The Crafted Concept, Marcus supports schools nationwide to strengthen internal professional learning in line
with Ofsted and ISI expectations, working with senior leaders, middle leaders, and subject departments. As
a qualified executive coach, he also works one-to-one with senior leaders and Heads. Alongside his work in
education, Marcus provides pedagogical and performance support within elite sport, including professional
football and Olympic pathways, supporting players, coaches, and coaching staff. He previously served as
Director of Coaching & Mentoring at Marlborough College, leading staff induction, PGCE and ECT programmes,
internal professional learning, and a data-led, whole-school academic intervention initiative.

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