Stonewall Leadership programme 2008

We are pleased to announce that the Leadership programme 2008 will be taking place on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th November; hosted once again at Henley Management College, sponsored by Morgan Stanley.

For further information, please contact Brent Chamberlain on our Workplace team on 020 7593 1866 or via brent.chamberlain@stonewall.org.uk.

Leadership programme 2007

The Stonewall Leadership Programme 2007 took place on Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th November at Henley Management College, Oxfordshire.

Stonewall Leadership Programme Brochure

Stonewall was delighted to have secured the services of Kristin von Donop to moderate the 2007 Stonewall Leadership Programme.  Kristin is a Senior Associate at internationally renowned leadership consultancy Cambridge Leadership Associates, founded by Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. 

if you would like to apply for the Leadership programme next year, please check back again in the autumn of 2008.

Feedback from the Leadership programme 2006:

“The programme enabled me to realise and analyse a number of fundamental things about myself, my skills and abilities, and enabled me to rethink my career opportunities.  Before undertaking this programme I always thought I could: now I know I can.”

Dr. Annabelle Willox, Cardiff University

“This was a very useful course with a very high degree of business and personal relevance.  I came away with some very useful perspectives and techniques on the definition of leadership and authority and the practical application of these in a work environment.  The tutor was challenging and engaging, the experience and sharing of the other attendees extremely valuable, the facilitators' support and facilities of Henley Management College all contributed to providing a very useful perspective on leadership and the GLB agenda”

Scott Stockwell, IBM

Objective:

To provide individual gay employees with new skills and inspiration to be better leaders in the workplace, benefitting both them and their organisation.

Benefits for the individual:

• Challenge your existing behaviours and preconceptions of what leadership is all about in order to realise your potential - understand your capacity to impact others and affect change
• Acquire new skills to help you manage and interact better in a range of business situations, increasing your capacity to achieve positive outcomes
• Understand the barriers to exercising effective leadership, whether they arise externally or from within yourself
• Network with senior openly gay professionals across the private, public and third sectors

Benefits for the organisation:

• Build organisational capacity, creating a more diverse future leadership team - 60% of world CEOs cite lack of employee skills as the main barrier in transforming their organisation
• Improve retention of your LGB staff through demonstrating your willingness to develop their talent
• Improve the productivity of your people - they perform better when they can be themselves and some research suggests there's a 20-30% productivity cost for closeted employees
• Demonstrate to your employees and other stakeholders your commitment to workplace diversity, improving your reputation and creating positive PR

Audience:

Lesbian, gay and bisexual staff from all sectors with the potential to be senior decision makers within five years.  Typically, participants will already be highly credible within their organisation, at middle management level with a 5-10 year proven track record of delivery.

Last year's participants came from:

• Accenture
• British Council
• Cardiff University
• Environment Agency
• Ford
• Goldman Sachs
• Greater London Authority
• IBM
• KPMG
• Pfizer
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• RBS
• Shell
• St Mungo's
• and other organisations

For further information, please contact Brent Chamberlain on our Workplace team on 020 7593 1866 or via brent.chamberlain@stonewall.org.uk.