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    Leadership Development Programme (1st line leadership) Cohort 1
    Provider   Organisational and Staff Development Unit

    The programme is designed for anyone who is already in a 1st line leadership role who wants to develop existing skills, knowledge and best practice, or for anyone aspiring to a leadership role.

Duration 7 sessions

Course Type Series

Booking Status Now Booking

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Target Audience: First Line Managers responsible for Supervising Staff

 ** All prospective participants should attend an information session prior to joining the programme.  The information session is bookable via the on-line booking system

The purpose of the programme is to equip first level line managers with the necessary skill for supervising staff.  It has been designed to support the standards as described in both the Strathclyde Job Level Descriptors and Strathclyde Leadership Competencies and Behaviours Frameworks, and fully mapped to level 3 in the Institute of Leadership and Management qualification.

In order to get maximum benefit from the Leadership Programme, you must attend all of the modules in sequence. Please check the dates in the whole series to ensure you can attend all of the sessions in the programme


The programme will run over 6 months and will include 7 workshops. The 7 facilitated sessions are:

  • What is Leadership
  • Effective Communication
  • Motivation to Improve Performance
  • Dealing with Conflict in the workplace
  • Supporting your Team Through Change
  • Delegating Authority in the Workplace
  • Establishing an Effective Team

Certification Requirements

Internal Strathclyde Leadership Development Award

To qualify for the internal programme award, participants must attend at least 80% of the taught modules, complete the on-line modules, and submit a summative written assignment of 1500 words.  The assignment is work based, and designed to show how learning is being transferred back into the workplace.  This assignment should only be completed by those not working towards the ILM option.

Final Submission date for the assessment:     30th June 2026

Institute of Leadership and Management Qualification

Participants can work towards the ILM in Leadership and Management at Level 3.  As with the internal programme, participants must attend 80% of the taught workshops, and complete the on-line modules. 

The following costs apply.  Internal Programme:  Free.  ILM Award:  £700.  The ILM cost can be met either by the department or the individual member of staff.  Participants will be registered on receipt of a departmental budget code, or on payment by the individual.  

Sponsoring departments will be notified of the above requirements, and timescales for completion. 

Final Submission date for the ILM qualification:          30th June 2026

Booking to be made via the on-line booking system.  Registration will be open from 11th September 2025

Please direct any enquires to:  Janet Milne in OSDU (janet.m.milne@strath.ac.uk) 

This programme will run over 6 months - please check the dates of each session to ensure that you can attend all 7 modules in the programme.

Accessibility

We are committed to ensuring our events and courses are accessible to all staff. If you feel you have a disability, health issue, or neurodivergent condition that may affect your ability to access, participate or engage in this course, please get in touch with us at osdu@strath.ac.uk to discuss your specific support requirements.



Delivered By: Janet Milne - Organisational and Staff Development Unit

Prerequisites

**You must take part in an information session prior to joining the full programme. This session is available to book through this booking system.

Cancellation Policy

When applying for a course, you should note that there will be a £50* to your department if you cancel within 5** working days or you do not attend, and a £25 charge for cancellations/ non-attendance between 6 and 10 working days. There will be no charge for cancellation made 10 or more working days before the event. Notifications should be made to OSDU@strath.ac.uk

A department is welcome to send someone else in your place if they wish without incurring a charge, providing that person has the necessary pre-requisites for the course. In the case of courses split over more than one day, you must attend ALL parts of the course. If you fail to attend any part you will be charged as outlined above.

*This is the standard charge for cancellation or non-attendance of course of 1 days duration or less. For some courses there may be a higher cancellation charge and if this is the case you will be advised of this at the time of booking.

**Any bookings made within 10 days of the event will incur the charges as specified.