Your fast track to leadership development and organisational change Exeter: 9thApril (16.00) to 10th April 2019 (16.00) An Immersive Workshop, full of fresh thinking and interaction Followed by e-learning and online coaching Leading to your ILM Level 5 Certificate in Leadership & Management What’s in it for you and your organisation? You are a senior team member, manager or emerging leader wanting to drive change forward. We offer you evidence-based approaches to achieving effective and sustainable transformation, supported by individual coaching, action learning and, if required, in-house facilitation (at extra cost). You become part of a community of companies and public sector organisations, sharing and learning together. You gain the Institute for Leadership & Management (ILM) Level 5 Certificate in Leadership, an internationally-recognised qualification. Your organisation achieves significant change a..

Scottish Enterprise (https://www.scottish-enterprise.com/) has announced the continuation of its nation-wide programme of workplace innovation Masterclasses confirming Scotland’s status as one of the most pro-active European countries promoting long-term sustainable economic growth through the development of inclusive and creative workplaces. The contract to conduct the next 12 Masterclasses over a three year programme has been awarded to Workplace Innovation Europe Limited (WIE) (http://www.workplaceinnovation.eu), a not-for-profit organisation which successfully delivered Scottish Enterprise’s Workplace Innovation Engagement Programme (WIEP) where 19 business were engaged in a ground-breaking combination of individual learning and development, peer-to-peer exchange of knowledge and experience, and on-site coaching and facilitation. Read more (http://www.workplaceinnovation.eu/future-proofing-the-Scottish-economy)..

Inspiring business leaders are not hard to find, but survey evidence and experience suggest that they are not yet the norm. Supporting business leaders to build the capability and competence required to survive and thrive in an increasingly volatile global economy starts with a clear and consistent view of leadership and leadership development, one that is informed by evidence and practical experience alike: Empowering others Earlier theories emphasised ‘transformational’, ‘charismatic’, ‘visionary’ and ‘inspirational’ leadership. Yet organisations seeking to engage the full range of workforce talent and to encourage entrepreneurial behaviours are abandoning such approaches in favour of shared and distributed (or ‘Co-Created’) leadership. This empowers everyone with the opportunity to lead in areas which reflect their own expertise or initiative, whether strategic, innovative or operational, while unders..

Our experience of promoting fairer, more productive work dates back as far as the early 1990s. Together with our Dutch partners, we were the co-creators of the workplace innovation concept - which has now taken root in European Commission policy and in the economic strategies of several countries, including Scotland. Workplace innovation sees organisations as systems of interdependent parts which need to be considered as a whole, leading to simultaneous benefits for businesses and their employees, and is evidence-based. It includes: good job design, self-managed teamworking, human-centred technologies, employee-driven improvement and innovation, flatter organisational structures, coaching styles of management, trust-based systems and procedures, employee voice in decision-making, shared & distributed (‘co-created’) leadership. Read more (http://www.workplaceinnovation.eu/How-to-build-high-performance-and-great-working-lives..