Who Sheffield Leader 2 is for:

Your sphere of influence will be across the wider department, whilst you regularly liaise with other members of the department outside your own particular team. Your stakeholders will be all staff within your department, including the Head or Director of Department. In some cases you will need to influence staff in the wider faculty/ University in order for your work to be effective.

You will lead the organisation of a defined work area and will have responsibility for either delegating work to others or for directly managing a group of staff (including Contract Research Staff). You will have some awareness of key leadership skills and attributes, which will have been gained through either participation in leadership development programmes or through your own research.

The aims of Sheffield Leader 2:

Equip individual leaders with the necessary awareness, capabilities and confidence Enable individuals to work on an improvement area in their own department Create a collaborative network of leaders working for and across the University Develop leadership practices that demonstrate a tangible contribution to the challenges faced and future aspirations of the University

What Sheffield Leader 2 involves:

The time commitment will be 7 days (including the leadership exchange) over 7 months as below. This whole process will then be incorporated into each participant’s SRDS through a pre- and de-brief with their line manager.

Launch event - (1/2 day)
Module 1 - (1 day)	“The Challenges for TUoS Leadership” including discovering your leadership style
Action Learning no. 1 - (1/2 day)	The cohort splits into 2 smaller groups to explore work place issues in a supportive and confidential environment
Module 2 - (2 days)	“Leading Change and Leading Others” including guest speaker from Sheffield Leader Community on leading change
Action Learning no. 2 - (1/2 day)	The cohort splits into 2 smaller groups to explore work place issues in a supportive and confidential environment
Module 3 - (1 day)	“Self-awareness, Influence and Impact” including session on coaching skills
Landing - (1/2 day)	Sharing learning from the modules and informal presentation in small groups of findings from an individual improvement project
Leadership Exchange - (1 day)	Shadowing a colleague from the cohort to learn from their leadership challenges and responses

Current dates for Sheffield Leader 2 cohorts are here