Coaching for aspiring leaders in higher education marketing and communications

Leadership with authenticity

If management is a skill, leadership is a state of being. It is less about job titles and role descriptions, and more about how we show up in the world and to those around us. True leaders influence others through connection and inspiration, elevate people to their highest and best, and create change and new possibilities for themselves, their teams and their organisations.

This group coaching programme uses an ontological coaching approach to help those stepping into leadership, or growing existing leadership skills, to really find their authentic leadership style.

Ontological coaching explores how we are being in the world in order to shape and inform what we might be doing. It gets to the core of who we are as unique individuals in order for us to really own our growth as leaders.

This programme is not about finding out the “right” way to be a leader, but about finding your own path to leadership.

Who is this for?

This programme is designed for those who are stepping into or stepping further up within a leadership role in university marketing and communications.

It’s designed for people who are likely to be at a “manager” or “head of” level in their career, where leading and managing other people is part of the role. You may be just stepping into your first director-level post, or looking to make that move in the next few years.

Structure and topics

• Week 1 - Uncovering your “why” in this work: defining purpose and goals

• Week 2 - Authentic leadership: discovering the unique essence of your leadership style

• Week 3 - Getting out of your own way: revealing automatic behaviours that hold you back

• Week 4 - Doing more with less: transforming your relationship to time

• Week 5 - Saying no, yelling yes: making and empowering choices and decisions

• Week 6 - Being the clearing: leading and managing other people

• Week 7 - Conflict and resolution: having difficult conversations with ease and compassion

• Week 8 - Getting complete: releasing the energy of past experiences to move forward.

Format

The programme takes place through 8 x 90-minute group coaching sessions, all conducted online.

Each coaching week will have a theme, and exercises or practices to complete before and after the coaching session. Exercises will largely be self-reflective, and will occasionally be done as teams or in partnership with a buddy. We don’t relate to them as “homework” and they can take as little or as long as you wish.

The group will have access to a private slack or WhatsApp group. This is for members of this programme to network, share and discuss topics between sessions. This can also be used to confidentially seek support.

For people signing up for the enhanced coaching plan, they will also have 4 x 60 minute individual coaching sessions, all with Tracy Playle. These coaching sessions will be scheduled at your convenience and however you feel best suits your timing and pace through the programme. They may also be used after the programme.

Dates and times

The next programme begins on Wednesday 27 April 2022, but access to the materials for the first session will be available by Mid-April.

Session times for the programme starting in April are as follows:

• 27 April 2022, 2pm BST.

• 25th May, 2022, 2pm BST.

• 1st June, 2022, 2pm BST.

• 22nd June, 2022, 2pm BST.

• 29th June, 2022, 2pm BST.

• 20th July, 2022, 2pm BST.

• 27th July, 2022, 2pm BST.

  Only 10 seats available.

  From just £649 + VAT.

  2.00pm BST in other time zones is as follows:

• 3.00pm Central European Time (CET)

• 9.00am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

• 8.00am Central Daylight Time (CDT)

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