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AHUA - Professional Service Directors’ Programme

02 November 2018      Rachel Ward, Learning and Development Manager

The next iteration of the AHUA’s Professional Service Directors’ Programme will start in March 2019 with a deadline for applications of 11 January 2019.

This successful and popular programme, (previously called ‘Impact and Influence’) now in its fifth iteration, is aimed at Directors and Heads of Professional Services in HE – for example Directors of Finance, Estates, HR, Student Services, Research, etc with one to three years’ experience in the role.

The programme provides participants with the opportunity to reflect on their current leadership skills, to develop their ability to influence more effectively at senior level and thereby to have greater impact across the institution.  

It focuses on:

  • organisational culture in HE and its impact on individual and team effectiveness;
  • what makes a high performing team, and how to maximise individual and team strengths;
  • how best to navigate the sometimes tricky interface between the professional and academic communities.
  • how to lead and deliver cross organisational transformation effectively

In addition to input from facilitators and speakers, participants are provided with 1-1 coaching and membership of an action learning set in which to explore current business issues with a new network of peers from across the sector.

Feedback from those who have sponsored participants on previous programmes suggests that institutions gain more engaged and better networked leaders with increased self-awareness and a new range of key contacts across organisations and specialisations.

For further information, click here for the brochure and here for the application form.  Or you can visit the AHUA’s website, or speak to Catherine Webb, AHUA Executive Secretary, on 0161 275 8095.



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