Zambia
Developed and delivered by social entrepreneurs and specialists, they combine work-based practice with accredited qualifications.
They are fully adaptable to different levels of experience and growth so content can be tailored to suit any group.
Length: Half or 1 Day
Learners: For anyone seeking an introduction
Outcome: You will consider the difference between leadership and management and start to view yourself as a leader who can help to create positive change
A general introduction to the concept of leadership and an opportunity for you to start thinking about its relevance to your work and life.
Introducing Leadership |
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Length: 3 modules, 2 days each with a 3 - 6 week gap in between
Learners: For newer or aspiring managers
Qualification: ILM level 5 | SCQF level 9
Outcomes:
Become a more self-aware and confident leader so you can have a greater impact on your work
Build the skills required to engage and lead people in your organisation so you can all contribute and thrive professionally
Be more prepared for the opportunities and challenges that being a leader presents
For people who currently have, or are soon to move into leadership roles with line-management responsibilities.
Benefits newer or aspiring managers who would like to increase their confidence to step up as a leader in their organisation.
Leading & Understanding Myself |
Leading & Understanding Others |
Leading in Your Organisation |
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Length: 8 -12 days, 3 modules, each 3 – 4 days taking place over a number of months
Learners: For experienced leaders and managers
Qualification: ILM level 5 | SCQF level 9
Outcomes:
Build on current skills and experience to gain greater clarity and insight into your leadership style and strengths
Enhance key senior leadership skills so you can meet the challenge of growing an organisation and increasing your impact
Build confidence in internal leadership, in becoming more externally focused, and in working in partnership and collaboration to develop your organisation
For people who have been in a leadership role for some time and have or are soon to move into a more senior role.
It specifically benefits managers who need to balance their day-to-day operational responsibilities with prioritising their strategic and external role as a leader.
Leading & Understanding Myself |
Leading & Understanding Others |
Leading in Your Organisation |
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Length: 1 or 2 Day Workshop Series
Learners: For senior managers
Outcomes:
Gain a greater understanding of how to lead more effectively in a complex system
Identify key ways to lead in a changing environment
This programme is ideal for people that have completed the Leadership Certificate and want to deepen their practice in strategic thinking and leadership.
It draws on the group experience to explore more complex situations and organisational issues.
Strategic Leadership |
Operational Leadership |
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Length: 2 Days
Learners: For all levels
Outcomes:
Gain a clear understanding of what it means to be enterprising and how to develop an enterprising mindset
Start to explore a range of enterprising ideas and possibilities
This introductory programme aims to support leaders to become more deliberately enterprising to enable organisations to become more self-sustaining and self-reliant.
It helps to develop growth mindsets and draws on entrepreneurial theory and approaches to start participants thinking about what it means to be enterprising.
Exploring Mindsets |
Exploring Ideas |
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Length: 1 Day
Learners: For anyone with an interest in social enterprise
Outcomes:
Gain a clear overview of social enterprise
Define the values and purpose of a social enterprise to better understand where it sits in relation to the corporate and voluntary sector
Identify some of the social aims of social enterprise organisations
Connect with other learners to discuss real-life examples to deepen your understanding of the nature of social enterprise
A high-level introduction to the ideas and concepts of social enterprise and their potential use. Ideal for people that are new to the model.
Introduction to Social Enterprise |
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Length: 2 Days
Learners: For anyone with an interest in social enterprise
Qualification: ILM Level 5 Award | SCQF 8
Outcomes:
Gain a greater understanding of the social enterprise model and approach
Explore a social enterprise in practice
Identify and plan your next steps
An exploration of the different types of social enterprises, as well as a practical look at how a more enterprising approach could benefit individuals, organisations and their communities.
Introduction & Overview |
Social Enterprise in Practice |
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Length: 6 day modular programme, 2 days per module with a 1 - 2 month gap in between
Learners: For anyone looking to develop a new or existing social enterprise
Qualification: ILM Endorsed Programme
Outcomes:
Gain skills in a range of business tools and skills that help to establish sustainable and thriving social enterprises
Articulate the feasibility of ideas for either a new social enterprise or income stream and build a business case
Create a living business plan to support the development and management of your social enterprise
Gain confidence in how to pitch an idea for a social enterprise and receive feedback and input
A highly practical, immersive programme that provides all the essentials for individuals and organisations starting a new enterprise or growing an established organisation.
It is highly adaptable and responsive to the growth stage and experience of participants and their organisations.
Understanding & Planning | Marketing & Research | Finance and Income |
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Length: 6 - 12 day modular programme
Learners: For anyone wanting to use social enterprise as an alternative or additional revenue source to grant and donor funding
Qualification: ILM level 5 in Understanding Social Enterprise
Outcomes:
Identify what sort of leader you need to be to set up and lead a new enterprise
Understand the factors required to develop ideas that support social impact and increase sustainability
Create and pitch a living business plan to support the development and management of your social enterprise and receive feedback from a panel of experts
Reflect and plan your next steps
Explore all the factors that will enable your organisation to move from donor dependency to financial sustainability and independence.
Choose from eight modules in any combination to create your own journey to social enterprise.
| Understanding Social Enterprise | Defining Your Market & Product or Service | Marketing Your Social Enterprise |
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| Developing Your Business Plan | Managing Finance | Generating Income |
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| Change Management | Measuring Social Impact | |
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Length: 2 to 4 Days
Learners: For people seeking facilitative approaches to problem solving
Outcomes:
Strengthen and develop listening and questioning techniques to increase the range of management and leadership skills used to deal with issues and challenges
Enhance your experience of facilitation, active listening, effective questioning and co-coaching
Action Learning is a process to help individuals or groups explore an important, sometimes difficult, issue and view it from different perspectives and thinking in order to progress it.
This programme equips learners with understanding and experience of Action Learning and ideas for using and embedding it in an organisation or meetings.
Introducing Action Learning |
Practicing Action Learning |
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Length: 1 to 4 Days
Learners: For people seeking facilitative approaches to problem solving
Outcomes:
Increase your knowledge of coaching and your ability to identify when it’s appropriate to use
Develop a greater understanding of the benefits of a coaching approach within a people management role
Strengthen your listening and insightful questioning skills
Apply key coaching models to your leadership approach
Develop an understanding of the application of different coaching models.
A highly interactive and participative programme with the opportunity to practice the coaching approach.
Introduction & Overview |
Coaching in Practice |
Workshops: Using Coaching |
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Length: 2 to 4 Days
Learners: For people with some previous experience and those seeking facilitative approaches to engagement
Outcome: Strengthen and develop your listening and questioning techniques to increase your range of management and leadership behaviours
A practical experience and insight into the theory, tools and techniques of facilitating learning between peers.
It builds on previous experience and encourages ongoing reflective practice to continue personal development.
Introducing Facilitation |
Practicing Facilitation |
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Length: 2 - 4 days
Learners: For people seeking to have meaningful conversations that bring about change
Qualification: ILM Endorsed Programme
Outcomes:
Gain clarity on what it means to have Courageous Conversations and an understanding about what stops and enables you to have them
Develop your confidence and skill to increase the probability of a positive outcome for all parties
Practice difficult scenarios and observe and reflect on others having Courageous Conversations
Gain confidence in stepping up to the leadership challenge of managing successful courageous conversations.
Develop techniques to deal with differences of opinion or conflict, and engage effectively in dialogue with others.
Our Role in Courageous Conversations |
Preparing for the Courageous Conversation |
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Length: 1 Day
Learners: For people wanting a general introduction
Outcomes:
Understand the concepts and usefulness of measuring your organisation’s impact
Explore what activities you would like to measure and how best to demonstrate your organisation’s impact
At a time of decreased funding and resources, it is vital that organisations can demonstrate the social value they provide to communities.
This programme provides an overview of the concepts and importance of social impact.
Introduction to Measuring Social Impact |
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Length: 2 Days
Learners: For all levels
Outcomes:
Understand the concepts and usefulness of measuring your organisation’s impact
Explore what activities you would like to measure and how best to demonstrate your organisation’s impact
Consider creative ways to articulate your impact and embed a culture of measurement
This programme provides an overview of the concepts and importance of social impact and the different approaches that can be implemented in organisations.
| Exploring MSI | MSI in my Organisation |
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