Thursday 25 February, 0930 - 1700

This course is about the practicalities of designing a leadership development programme. The concept of leadership development raises initial questions about what leadership is, how it can be developed, and whether a leadership development programme will deliver what an organisation needs. This is a practical event that examines what can be delivered and what outcomes can reasonably be expected - at all levels - from a leadership development programme.

The course is based on experience of designing and delivering leadership development programmes with components such as development centres, coaching, 360 degree appraisal, psychometric assessment, training events and action learning sets.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

• What is a leadership development programme? Looking at it from different perspectives including individual and the organisation;
• What your client can reasonably hope to achieve from it - and how to temper their expectations;
• Leadership development programme elements (such as development centres, coaching, psychometric assessment, feedback, action learning sets, training and 360 degree appraisal) - when to use them, how to integrate them and get the most out of them;
• The output - what managers and clients will expect as a result of a leadership development programme. This will include some guidelines on writing development reports for managers and how to get the most out of a feedback meeting;
  The concept of ‘duty of care’ in relation to a leadership development programme and how to handle tricky situations;
• What you can do to evaluate a leadership development programme - how to know if your programme has delivered better leadership;
• Overall, how to reasonably accommodate the high expectations of clients and deliver something that will work for them.

Learning outcomes and objectives
As a result of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Explain what is meant by a leadership development programme;
• List some potential programme elements, explain when they might be used and what they could reasonably expect to achieve from each;
• Challenge their client’s expectations based on theory and practical considerations;
• Use a series of techniques to evaluate a leadership development programme;
• Explain some guidelines for putting together development reports and for holding meaningful feedback meetings.

Psychological theory underpinning the course:
This is a course in the practical application of theory. Please download the document below for a list of references showing the type of psychological theory and research that this workshop draws upon.

A practical guide to designing a leadership development programme: psychological theory references

Facilitator: Amanda Gartshore CPsychol
Amanda is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist with extensive experience of designing and delivering leadership development programmes within a wide range of organisations. She works with a wide range of clients in the private and public sector. Her recent work has seen her combining Development Centres with a range of other development strategies in order to upgrade leadership talent within 2 public sector organisations. Her training experience includes assessor training, training organisations to design assessment and development centres, as well as extensive experience of training managers within organisations in a wide range of leadership and management skills.

Co-facilitator: Derren Bailey
The heart of Derren’s experience involves the delivery of learning and development programs. He has also worked on a range of programs for different clients and is able to offer the perspective from the point of view of an independent consultant. Derren’s experience includes advising on design improvements for development centres, observation and feedback within development centres, the use of various assessment tools (including 360 degree feedback and psychometrics) as well as performance coaching.

This event will take place at the Society's London office at 30 Tabernacle Street, London EC2A 4UE.

Map and Directions to the London Office

Target audience: This workshop is aimed at new psychologists and those with little experience of leadership development programmes. It will suit anyone who is wondering how to put the pieces together and how to put the theory into action.

Workshop fee:
DOP Members £220 (+VAT)
BPS Members £260 (+VAT)
Non-BPS Members £345 (+VAT)
Concessions £65 (+VAT)

Concessionary places are subject to availability. Please contact the Learning Centre (0116 252 9512) or learningcentre@bps.org.uk for further information.

How to book:

• To book online for this workshop please visit the workshop page on the BPS Shop.

• Complete and return the registration form:
  Learning a Living: 25 February 2010 workshop registration form

• If you wish to pay by Maestro please contact the Learning Centre on 0116 252 9512.

You may also be interested in other workshops in the DOP Learning a Living 2010 programme.

For all other enquiries please contact the BPS Learning Centre on 0116 252 9925 or learningcentre@bps.org.uk.