The Learning & Organisational Development team has been developing a Women’s Leadership programme. This pilot programme has been targeted at women across the University both professional and academic staff and who have previously completed the University’s LASR (Leadership for Areas of Significant Responsibility) programme.
The purpose of this programme, is to deliver four high level workshops, each individually designed to complement and enhance the learning from the central LASR programme, whilst exploring new innovative leadership capabilities exclusively for women leaders at Kent, so they feel equipped, and empowered to challenge the current leadership gender imbalance.
The first workshop took place in January which included an external facilitator discussing Women’s Leadership: Perception vs Reality. The feedback received from the cohort was very encouraging and positive:
“Excellent opportunity to share views and experiences”
“Chance to understand and work on the issues faced by women outside the university, because it put our experience at Kent into perspective”
“I was heartened to see the amount of support and dedication for women’s leadership in the learning and organisational development team. I thought the session with the external facilitator was very good in terms of addressing personal and emotional barriers to feeling confident at work”
There will be a further three, half-day workshops running over a five-month period, focusing on the themes of:
- Strategic Career Planning and Management
- Work life balance: The challenges and adjustments
- Leading through Change Creatively and Dynamically
The overall structure and content of the programme has been overseen by the Learning & Organisational Development team.
Any questions regarding the programme, please contact Lucy Fuller, Senior L&OD Coordinator l.d.fuller@Kent.ac.uk
