Cymraeg

Academi Wales

Senior Leadership Experience

  • Audience
    Senior leaders in Welsh public service organisations

  • Dates
    April to October 2023

  • Location
    Hybrid delivery, mix of online events and in-person events
    North Wales cohort
    South Wales cohort

  • Duration
    2.5 days (5 sessions over 7 months)

  • Cost
    No fee

Overview

If you are a dynamic and courageous senior leader, determined to have a wider impact by leading and driving change within a culture of trust and compassion, then this Experience is for you.

The Experience combines diagnostics with personal development feedback and discussion, offering support and challenge in a comprehensive coaching session to deepen personal reflection and learning transfer.

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Benefits to you

You will be able to:

  • explore your personal behaviours and leadership styles, team climate, relationships and emotional intelligence
  • identify areas for personal and team growth, and leadership development
  • meet and work with colleagues from other Welsh public services

"... very positive in looking at the next stage change within our service, and my role in this, useful to understand better the organisational culture and how this impacts on my team"
Previous participant

Leadership behaviours

This learning Experience will help you to develop your leadership behaviours in the following areas:

Learning and self-awareness

Drive and resilience

Championing innovation and change

Building collaboration and partnership

Sharing leadership

Target audience

Open to senior leaders in Welsh public service organisations who:

  • want to lead through uncertainty, growth and change in their organisations
  • want to re-visit and refine their own assumptions and understanding, to improve their leadership practice
  • lead a minimum of 3 people

Time commitments

Virtual briefing (1.5 hours, online) - 26 April 2023

Profiling (1 day, in person) - 18 July 2023

Coaching session 1 (1.5 hours, online or in person) - 19 July 2023 to 26 July 2023

Coaching session 2 (1.5 hours, online or in person) - 8 September 2023 to 15 September 2023

Learning into action (1 day, in person) - 24 October 2023

Virtual briefing (1.5 hours, online) - 25 April 2023

Profiling (1 day, in person) - 13 July 2023

Coaching session 1 (1.5 hours, online or in person) - 14 July 2023 to 21 July 2023

Coaching session 2 (1.5 hours, online or in person) - 1 September 2023 to 8 September 2023

Learning into action (1 day, in person) - 19 October 2023

Cost

We are pleased to announce that for this cohort we are waiving the usual fee of £350+VAT.

Please note that should you be awarded a place and then withdraw, your organisation may be required to pay the full cost.

How to apply

You must be able to take part in all of the activities that make up the Senior Leadership Experience, and your application  must be authorised by your line manager and your organisation's OD lead (or equivalent). To apply for a North Wales place, please complete the application form by 10 March 2023.

Applications for the South Wales cohort are now closed.

Information

Please note you cannot apply for both cohorts.

Apply for the North Wales cohort

More information

To find more details about the Experience, please see our detailed information.