Programme outline

Session I: Identity as a Leader in a University setting

Participants will reflect on the role of personal values underpinning their own leadership approach. They will:

• conceptualise leadership,
• recognise and reflect on the personal values and challenges underpinning their own
  leadership approach

Session II: Self-Leadership and Self-Management

Participants will reflect and exchange on aspects of self-leadership and self-management. They will:

• revisit their time and stress management strategies,
• reflect on their success expectations and success management,
• gain insight into alternative strategies of self-leadership.

Session III: Leadership and Communication

Participants will reflect on their own communication skills and practices as a leader. They will:

• understand the importance of communication in leadership,
• reflect on effective communication skills,
• revisit appropriate means of communication with staff (individuals and teams),
• exchange about communication strategies in change management.

Session IV: Leadership and Conflict Management

Participants will exchange on their conflict management practice and apply tools of conflict analysis and conflict management. They will:

• reflect on their own conflict biography,
• identify different types of conflicts,
• apply conflict analysis tools,
• plan appropriate interventions in conflicts,
• apply basic rules of conflict management.