Experienced Leader 2021 - Clore Social Leadership

Programme information

The Experienced Leader 2021 Programme is a highly subsidised nine-month online leadership development journey designed for those with six plus years’ leadership experience.

Taking place online between July 2021 and April 2022, the programme aims to help build a stronger sector led by skilled, empowered, and generous social leaders.

Course Detail

Multiple modules
180 hours commitment (approx. 30 days)
6+ years' experience
£1,750 Early Bird

Course Features

9-month programme
Online community
Self-paced learning
Clore Social Fellowship

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Eligibility criteria

6+ years' leadership experience

This experience could be paid or voluntary, and can include leading projects, teams, volunteers and/or departments in the social sector.

Working for social purpose

This refers to organisations or freelance work with a social purpose, including charities, social enterprises, CICs, CSR departments, etc.

Passionate about social change

Your interest in using your leadership skills and knowledge to help make the world a better place is key.

Keen to develop

Your determination to develop yourself so you can lead social change effectively is a highly important criteria for your application.

What Our Previous Participants Say

"It has shaped my response to Covid - it has enabled me to take the lead in supporting our very traditional office based foundation to become a fully remote flexible team."

"I am now able to be more realistic with myself and the time I have in which to lead my organisation. I can understand my colleagues' aims and motivations better than before, and I am able to understand what is missing from the bigger picture as a result of now understanding the key elements of a successful leader."

"I have progressed in my organisation and through the support of others have moved into an impact evaluation role. This will be a huge benefit to my organisation and will help with funding and delivery over the coming year. My team have benefitted too and colleagues have complimented me on my increased confidence and self-assurance."

Outcomes

You 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.

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Build relevant and effective leadership skills

Develop the social leadership capabilities needed to tackle 21st Century social challenges.

Learn to lead with confidence

Boost your confidence in your leadership abilities and learn to confidently navigate complexity, uncertainty, and change.

Increase efficiency and team performance

Become more effective in your leadership role, learning how to enable high-performance within your teams.

Increase self-awareness

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.

Receive peer-to-peer support

Gain access to a peer group of experienced leaders who will support and challenge you to reach your full potential.

Develop solutions to real-world issues

Take on challenges you are currently facing in your organisation.

Become a Clore Social Fellow

Join the Clore Social Leadership Fellowship upon completion of programme.

Join an online community of changemakers

Become a member of our online community to connect and collaborate with changemakers across the social sector and beyond.

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Programme elements

The 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.

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The Discover Programme

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.

Online Modules

The programme may change depending on the needs and skills identified. However, core modules include: Focused Strategist; Resilience; Courageous Changemaker; Passionate Advocate; Empowering Enabler; Leader As Coach; Generous Collaborator; Inspiring Communicator Imposter Syndrome; Building Networks for Social Change.

Fireside Chats/Expert Speaker Series

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.

Professional Coaching

Coaching is designed to provide you with the guidance and support to identify your personal and professional goals and get closer to reaching them.

Action Learning Sets (ALS)

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.

Lumina Spark

An individualised psychometric profile tool providing highly interactive and fun experiences for learners to explore who they are.

Six online learning days

Featuring Clore Social Leadership’s expert facilitators delivering key leadership sessions. Learning days are a great opportunity for an immersive experience, deep diving into key content, and strengthening connections between participants.

Additional elements

Including: Learning Days; Peer Innovation Project (Challenge); Secondment / Placement (optional); Peer Coaching; Mentoring; Webinars.

Our methods

The 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.

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.