NTU provide Women In Leadership short course

It has been designed for women working in management or leadership roles, or those aspiring to be, who want to develop their careers and their capability to manage and lead within their organisation.

The programme provides valuable, accredited professional development and is designed to be supportive and accessible to those with no higher education experience.

• Get greater clarity on career goals, and better capability to manage and lead within your organisation.
• Get a university-accredited professional development course for your CV
• Get credits towards a further postgraduate programme such as a Masters or postgraduate diploma or certificate.

Upcoming course dates are:

• 5 & 19 November, 3 December, 2019
• 6 - 8 January, 2020
• 4 & 18 February, 3 March 2020
• 13 & 27 February, 12 March 2020
• 19 February, 11 & 25 March 2020
• 17 & 24 March, 7 April 2020
• 23 April, 7 & 28 May, 2020

For more information and to apply to the course, please click here.

What will the course cover?

In a supportive environment focusing on practical issues facing women in SMEs, the course will cover a number of topics including:

• How gender differences in leadership tendencies impact the way women lead
• Effective leadership and management techniques that support employee engagement and performance at an individual, team and organisational level
• Management and leadership issues and trends in organisations
  Learning strategies to support your development as a leader.

What will I get out of it?

• Greater clarity on career goals, and better capability to manage and lead within your organisation
• A university-accredited professional development programme for your CV
• Credits toward a further postgraduate programme such as a Masters or postgraduate diploma or certificate

What will I do?

In addition to attending the three full-day workshops, you will complete a Personal Development Plan and a report exploring a leadership or management issue within your organisation with practical recommendations for improvement. Three confidential, career coaching sessions are offered to support you in your ongoing career development.

Who is eligible to take part?

Most women employed by small and medium businesses (SMEs) in Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire are eligible for support.

SMEs are defined as having less than 250 employees and an annual turnover of less than EUR 50 million OR an annual balance sheet less than EUR 43 million.

For more information and to apply to the course, please click here.

This programme is delivered through the Priority Skills for D2N2 SME sproject, which is part-funded by the European Social Fund.