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Cobseo Emerging Leader Programme 20217 June 2021 - 10 December 2021A highly subsidised, 6-month online programme designed to help emerging leaders in the armed forces and service charities sector to enhance and refine their leadership capabilities. £150 Applications Closed Register interest for a future programmePartners
Programme informationThe Cobseo Emerging Leader Programme 2021 is a highly subsidised six-month online leadership development programme for emerging leaders in the armed forces and service charities sector. Thanks to support from Forces in Mind Trust and Cobseo, we are able to offer this programme at a fee of £150 (the true cost of the programme is £2,400). The programme aims to help build a stronger sector by developing a generation of skilled,
empowered, and generous social leaders.
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Reach your potentialApplications are now closed. Click on the button below to register your interest for an upcoming Cobseo Emerging Leader Programme. Eligibility criteria3-6 years' leadership experienceThis experience could be paid or voluntary, and can include leading projects, teams, volunteers and/or departments. Applicants must demonstrate and be able to articulate the drive to create organisational and sector wide change. Working for social purposeThis programme is open to emerging leaders working in the armed forces and service charities sector: this can be within charities, social enterprises, CICs as well as other social purpose organisations and individuals working for social change, such as CSR departments. Strengthen and empower the sectorThe programme will bring together a group of leaders specifically working for the benefit of the armed forces and service communities. Keen to developYour determination to develop yourself so you can lead social change effectively is a highly important criteria for your application. What Our Previous Participants Say
OutcomesYou will be guided to develop inspirational, empowering, courageous, focused, passionate and generous leadership capabilities - qualities essential to any effective leader. You will learn how and what these skills and behaviours look like in action, where your strengths and areas of improvement lie, and how you can develop and encourage them in yourselves and others.
Develop the social leadership capabilities needed to tackle 21st Century social challenges. Boost your confidence in your leadership abilities and learn to confidently navigate complexity, uncertainty, and change. Become more effective in your leadership role, learning how to enable high-performance within your teams. Get to know yourself, your unique purpose and the impact you have on others better, to improve communication skills and relationships, and prevent burnout and anxiety for yourself and your teams. Gain access to a peer group of emerging leaders who will support and challenge you to reach your full potential. Take on challenges you are currently facing in your organisation. Join the Clore Social Leadership Fellowship upon completion of programme. Become a member of our online community to connect and collaborate with changemakers across the social sector and beyond.
Reach your leadership potentialProgramme elementsThe programme will offer access to a wealth of leadership development interventions designed to help participants build the skills, knowledge, and networks needed to lead social change effectively.
A four-week online learning course which uses a self-reflective model to guide participants through the core components of social leadership development. Participants will finish the programme with a long-term Leadership Development Plan, ready to make the most of the other elements of the programme. For more information on Discover, please click here. The programme will provide optional learning modules based on your needs and interests, as well a number essential modules including: Focused Strategist; Resilience; Courageous Changemaker; Passionate Advocate; Empowering Enabler; Leader As Coach; Generous Collaborator; Inspiring Communicator. Learn from other people’s experience. The fireside chats are an opportunity to hear from a social leader about their own experience of leading and key lessons, failures and tips they learnt along the way. By sharing these stories you will be vicariously learning key leadership lessons. Coaching offers essential support on your leadership development journey. It guides you towards identifying your strengths and areas for development, so you can tap into your talent and overcome the barriers that might be holding you back. Coaching concentrates on where individuals are now and what they are willing to do to get where they want to be in the future. Action learning is a tool designed for leaders to learn from other leaders. It uses the combined wisdom and skills of a diverse group of people to work through real situations they face in the workplace. Learn more about Action Learning in this video from our partners here. An individualised psychometric experience which will aid you in exploring your unique personality, help you increase your self awareness and enable you to better adapt your behaviours to improve personal and professional relationships and teamwork. Featuring Clore Social Leadership’s expert facilitators delivering key leadership sessions and will strengthen the connections between the participants.They are an opportunity to have an immersive experience and deep dive into key content. Including: Webinars; Masterclasses; Peer Innovation Project (Challenge); Secondment / Placement (optional); Mentoring; Peer Coaching.
Our methodsThe programme learning will be guided by Clore Social Leadership’s Social Capabilites Framework and Leadership Development Model. Using our Leadership Development Model (below), you will learn how and what these skills and behaviours look like in action, where your strengths and areas of improvement lie, and how you can develop and encourage them in yourselves and others. Using our Social Capabilities Framework (below), you will be guided to develop inspirational, empowering, courageous, focused, passionate and generous leadership capabilities - qualities essential to any effective leader. Know Yourself, Be Yourself, Look After YourselfLeadership development must start with self-awareness. The most successful leaders critically assess their strengths, weaknesses, motivations and values. Leadership is tough, so it is also important to build physical and emotional resilience, and look after their own wellbeing so they can respond effectively to leadership challenges. Click on the inner circles to find out more. Assess ContextSocial sector ‘systems’ are rapidly changing. We live in a dynamic world that is transforming our workplaces, politics, ethics and communities. To meet these demands, social leaders need to understand the complexities of changing systems. They must also be aware of the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead to steer their teams and organisations, and make the most of what these changes offer. Click on the inner circles to find out more. Work With And Through OthersNo leader exists or succeeds in isolation. Social skills and empathy are required to inspire, motivate and empower others, whilst respecting diversity and celebrating the power that difference brings. Working with and through others involves collaborating, forming partnerships, as well as inspiring and growing other leaders, all while making a positive social impact. Click on the inner circles to find out more. Social Leadership Capabilities Framework
Being a social and ethical leader require certain capabilities. The Social Leadership Capabilities Framework outlines the attributes, behaviours and skills required for successful social sector leadership. The Capabilities Framework illustrates how and what these skills and behaviours look like in action. Having a framework enables leaders to reflect and assess their current skills. It empowers them to identify leadership gaps and plan their personal and professional development.
Empowering Enabler
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Focused Strategist
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Passionate Advocate
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Generous Collaborator
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Courageous Changemaker
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Inspirational Communicator
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Key datesApplication deadlineApplication deadline has been extended to Sunday 25 April 2021, at 11:59pm. Be sure to submit your application early as places are limited. Moderation decisionApplicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications by Friday 30 April 2021. Programme startThe programme will commence on Monday 7 June 2021. The programme will close on Friday 10 December 2021. ModulesThe programme will provide optional learning modules based on your needs and interests, as well as a number essential modules, all designed to address and enhance specific skills needed for effective leadership. Some of the modules included are outlined below.
Leader as Coach (Core Module)Learn coaching skills to transform the way you lead, how you inspire your team, and how you can empower others by taking a coaching approach to leadership. Skills include: Active Listening, Giving & Receiving Feedback,
Effective Delegation
Empowering Enabler (Core Module)Empowering Enablers energise others to take on new challenges and makes people aware of when they are performing well by providing constructive feedback. Over the course of the module we will examine how to build a high performing team including volunteers and trustees as well as explore the concept of collective decision making for social leaders 
Courageous Changemaker (Core Module)Leadership is about visioning the future and taking people on a journey to that future, but how do you do this when things are changing so rapidly? You’ll be shown some tools you can experiment with to identify possible future trends in your area of work so you can make the best decisions based on the information you have. You’ll also be given skills around strategic innovation, leading change in an agile way and managing teams through crisis. 
Focused Strategist (Core Module)This module focuses on the capacity of Focused Strategist. In this module we will introduce content and activities to enable you to: Balance your time between the strategic and the day to day in order to drive operational performance. Take a long-term perspective and respond to future challenges and opportunities. Review your own personal effectiveness - How to be more productive, less stressed and make time for work-life balance. Foresight – Introduction to foresight for social leaders. 
Generous Collaborator (Core Module)Over the course of this module we will consider: Inclusivity, Diversity & Bias - Exploring inclusivity, diversity and individual bias for effective collaboration. How to make the most of networks and building connections for social change. 
Impostor Syndrome (Optional)Do you ever feel like you are going to be found out and you aren’t quite sure you’re doing the right thing? This is common and is called imposter syndrome. This module will introduce you to the psychology behind why we get imposter syndrome, and how we can boost our confidence. Case studies#CloreSocialFellowFriday with Adrian LeslieEmerging Leader Fellow Adrian Leslie reflects on the COVID-19 response and the need for horizontal innovation in the sector and beyond. Cobseo Emerging Leader Fellow blogSeek to understand, think, and then respond. Emerging Leader Fellow Katherine Lawrence, Head of Operations at the SCiP Alliance shares her experience. Learn More2020 Emerging Leader ParticipantsThe 2020 cohort participants included over 20 leaders working across a variety of Armed Forces Charity Sector organisations, including SSAFA, Veterans Growth, Blesma, and more. Cobseo Emerging Leader Fellow blogLeadership belongs to everyone. Fellow Serena Cecchinato, Operations Director at Give Us Time shares her experience. Learn MoreFrequently Asked QuestionsNo, you don’t need to have any particular academic or professional qualifications to take part in the programme. We know that leadership development training can be very difficult to access in the social sector, so try to make
it accessible to those with minimal prior training. Your passion for and experience in the social sector are all you need to apply. We classify the leadership experience required to meet the programme eligibility as professional, in-sector experience. This may have been accrued at different points throughout your career, at different organisations and can be paid or voluntary. Emerging leader applicants should be able to display at least three years of such experience. If your experience falls outside of these criteria, but you feel you are otherwise well suited for the programme, let us know why your experience is relevant and transferable in your application. If you have any questions, please email us at programmes@cloresocialleadership.org.uk. This email address is checked three times a week, so please expect a response time of 48 hours. As a Clore Social Fellow, you will join a large network of social sector leaders from across the UK. Opportunities to connect with local fellows and continue learning will be supported, encouraged and facilitated wherever possible. We are always developing new programme offerings, and may have something of interest to you in the future, so keep in touch, and let us know if you have any ideas, or want to develop something with us for your organisation. Our programmes are run from the UK, and all of our events will be held online in the GMT time zone. If you are able to participate in programme elements scheduled to the GMT time zone, you are welcome to apply. Reach your leadership potential |
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