Higher Education Emerging Leaders & Managers Toolkit

Delve into the differences between technical management and people leadership

- Explore common leadership challenges in academic settings

- Clarify the difference between managing and leading

 - Four focus areas for leadership success 

Learning leadership capabilities 

- Capabilities and attributes of an effective leader 

- Identify your core values and goals 

- The importance of understanding capability for career development

The importance of self-awareness - Emotional Intelligence (EI)

- Explore your EI and its impact on personal and team performance

- Understand the link between self-awareness and leadership success

- Embrace qualities of empathy to become a compelling and inspiring leader

Communicate with purpose - understand the power of why

- Understanding and sharing your vision 

- Cultivate assertiveness and know when to say no 

- Communicating effectively in complex scenarios

Managing up - Improve your influencing skills

- Identify and gain access to influencers 

- Learn to trust your initiative and judgement

- Maintain strong internal and external networks

Manage work through others - The importance of empowerment in team development 

- Identify and monitor changes that impact your work environment

- How to set achievable, manageable and measurable goals

- Enhance team cohesion, engagement and motivation

How to deal with complex issues 

- Handling difficult conversations 

- Empower collaborative decision making in your team

- Construct a strategy to negotiate tough conversations 

Create your personal plan to lead for results

- Individual reflection and planning to take the next step

- Develop a concrete strategy to implement on your return to work