Introduction to Co-operative Leadership Diploma

Workshop

Dates

By the end of this workshop you will...

Explore Co-operative Leadership

20th March 2019

• Understand the requirements for a leader in a values based organisation
• Identify different leadership styles and consider the most effective ones for your co-operative workplace
• Reflect on your own leadership styles and the leadership methods you can add to your working practice for the benefit of your organisation
• Describe how to establish a culture that builds a shared sense of purpose with the team
• Create a personal development plan with specific objectives that will enable you to incorporate the training from the workshop into your everyday role 

Effective Communication 

24th April 2019

• Know how to effectively use different forms of communication in your role
• Be able to gather and select data 
• Be able to interpret data and information related to your work activity 
• Understand how to use effective communication to help achieve the objectives of your organisation
• Review how effective your organisations communication has been and develop an action plan on how to improve

Manage Resources

30th April 2019

• Identify the range of resources you have and those that you need in order to achieve the objectives of your organisation
• Describe how you select and use resources to meet planned expectations
• Explain how to monitor and control resources in your organisation and understand the need for change
• Create a plan to take away with you that details how you will manage resources effectively going forward 

Personal Development

8th May 2019

• Have reflected on your performance, identified objectives to improve further and thought about what needs to be done in order to achieve them
• Understand how to plan and manage your workload effectively in order to achieve your goals
• Reflected on the working relationships you have that can help you achieve your objectives
• Developed a personal development plan with actions to take once you return to your workplace and identify how you will evaluate it
• Plan the resources you will require for personal professional development
• Explain how to support and promote staff welfare

Develop Others 

22nd May 2019

• Understand the factors involved in leading a team to achieve agreed objectives
• Reflect on the current competencies of individuals and teams you work with
• Identify the links between competencies and objectives 
• Explain a range of training activities to support the development of your team

     Meeting       Stakeholder Needs

26th June 2019

• Explain how stakeholders differ in a co-op to other types of organisation
• Identify the stakeholders in your organisation and plan to meet their needs
• Describe how review your activities in order to continually meet stakeholder needs
• Reflect upon the quality standards that exist in your organisation and identify improvements that could be made
• Understand how to notify stakeholders if there is a need to change system, procedures or practice

Establish Co-operative Culture 

9th July 2019

• Understand the concept of culture within an organisation 
• Explain the impact of values on individual and organisational performance 
• Describe a range of positive personal behaviours that work well to support co‑operative culture and which of these behaviours are relevant to your role and how you’ll employ them
• Describe negative behaviours which can threaten co-operative culture and provide practical solutions to reducing the impact of negative behaviour 
• Demonstrate constructive challenge techniques to support the introduction of an appropriate culture in your co-op