CLP Leadership Facilitation Skills

After the course you could:

• initiate and run you own action learning sets
• use the action learning facilitation techniques in other meetings, collaborative partnerships or programmes
• improve vital soft skills – listening, questioning and understanding people.

What happens in the course?

The first three days involve total immersion in action learning. You take part in a set yourself, observe how it works and finally practice running a meeting. After a three month gap you take part in two follow-on days to analyse the process and establish how to be an effective facilitator. It’s learning by doing. It’s stimulating and successful.

Who leads it?

These courses are led by ALA’s founding director Ruth Cook, plus Senior Associates Katie Venner and Di Bligh. All are familiar with the special circumstances of life in the cultural sector and are dedicated to sharing their facilitation skills in a challenging but supportive manner.

Who would benefit?

Managers and practitioners in mid career from all cultural sectors especially music, craft, design, advertising and heritage. You don’t have to be running an organisation or have been on any other CLP training. We are particularly keen to have more applicants from Yorkshire and the East Midlands.

The qualification

Participants are offered the chance to become accredited action learning facilitators after the five day programme through an Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) approved Professional Development Programme.

Where?

We will decide the locations based on successful applications - they are likely to be in Yorkshire, East Midlands and London.

When?

Choose from the following dates – or apply for all three to boost your chances of selection:

• 8-10 June followed by 7-8 October
• 1-3 July followed by 14 -15 October
• 8-10 July followed by 14 -15 October

How much do I pay?

The course is funded by the CLP. You pay £250 +VAT and you pay your own travel and accommodation costs. If these costs would exclude you from the programme you can apply for a small bursary to cover some of the costs.

What now?

For further information and an application form visit the CLP website - Leadership Facilitation Skills.

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Deadline for applications extended to 5 May (10.00am)