The Knowledge Exchange Leadership Development Programme

1
The Knowledge Exchange Leadership Development
Programme

• IGNITING THE KNOWLEDGE ENGINE THROUGH HIGHER
  EDUCATION - EMPLOYER PARTNERSHIP AND CULTURE
  CHANGE

2
Purpose of this session

• Introduce Knowledge Exchange Leadership
  Development Programme and what it is trying to
  achieve
• Gather some initial responses to our proposals
• Request some suggestions to guide ongoing
  development and refinement of the programme

3
Programme development, funding and research

• The Association for University Research and
  Industry Links (AURIL) supported by Hefce has
  identified the immediate need for high-level
  leadership development for the diverse range of
  professionals taking up the Knowledge Transfer
  challenge in higher education.
• Research conducted by AURIL and extended by the
  Leadership Foundation identified the need for
  leadership of internal culture change and
  partnership development to enhance higher
  education employer engagement and knowledge
  exchange.

4
LFHE interviews suggested we -

• Consider needs of wider KE audience in addition
  to KT
• Concentrate on leadership rather than management
• Focus on higher level level managers/ heads/
  directors
• Cross HE/ employer/ funder delegate mix very
  attractive
• The culture change challenge is key
• Emphasise the people-skills and strategic nature
  of the leadership challenge
• Address partnership building and collaborative
  leadership
• Highlight market creation and international
  dimension of KE

5
Partners in development
LFHE
AURIL
HEFCE
IKT
Knowledge Exchange Leadership Development
Programme
ARMA
CBI
RDAs ?
RCs ?
6
The Programme Core
Enhanced self-awareness and leadership
capability team leadership organisation
wide beyond institutional boundaries
Increased appreciation /understanding KE
leadership challenges KE best practice Public/priv
ate sector HE engagement issues (UK global
A major developmental challenge to lead a
strategically significant change project on
behalf of sponsoring institution and develop the
required leadership capability
7
Whose needs does the KELDP address?

• Programme is open to
• PVCs, Deans, and Directors of Knowledge Transfer,
  Research, Innovation and Enterprise in HE or
  equivalent in FE (Principals/Vice Principals)
• Innovation and Skills Directors in RDAs
• Directors of Innovation in Research Councils
• Research and Development Directors in private
  sector/commercial organisations or CBI officers
  responsible for leading the enhancement of the
  knowledge base of their organisation.

8
Programme Aims

• To
• Increase understanding of the leadership
  challenges and best practice in the knowledge
  exchange arena
• Develop appreciation of strategic public/private
  sector higher education engagement issues
  viewed from UK and global perspectives
• Enable delegates asses their readiness and extend
  capacity for leadership in the face of emerging
  challenges and opportunities in the field
• Enhance self-awareness and rigorous understanding
  of delegates strengths and development needs in
  relation to leading culture change
• Build collaborative relationships between fellow
  professionals across the sector to address common
  interests and shared challenges

9
Expected outcomes

• On completion delegates will have
• explored what it means to lead External Relations
  and Knowledge Exchange professional services
  within local, national, and international markets
• examined their own knowledge, skills and
  performance against the levels required to
  activate and align institutional responses and
  develop external partnerships
• increased the range and depth of interventions in
  leading cultural change/ building adaptive
  learning organisations
• learned how to learn to lead
• created and implemented their own personal
  development plan that builds on their strengths
• carried out a change/ development project on
  behalf of their sponsoring institution

10
Programme overview
TMP
360
Capstone day
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
WoWV
Project
Reflective Journal
Learning sets
VLE - website
11
Key processes and activities

• Keynote speakers leading authorities in the
  field, e.g. who have implemented culture change
  programmes, innovators in the field of knowledge
  exchange, policy makers, etc.
• Peer-coaching and feedback (participants will
  support each other throughout the programme
• Debriefing with a professional coach for
  psychometric and 360-degree assessments)
• Action learning sets facilitated by an
  experienced coach/facilitator
• A virtual learning environment and web-based
  collaborative learning between modules

12
Additional special features

• Personal and in-depth action-inquiry into their
  leadership development, behaviour and impact
• Intensive inner-work/ self development regarding
  self-awareness, communication and conflict
  management skills, critical and creative
  thinking, change-agent practice
• Cross-functional/organisational collaboration to
  address culture change and employer engagement
  issues
• Interview outstanding leaders/practitioners in
  the field
• Collaborative projects between modules

13
Module Titles
Module 2 Understanding and leading the key
stakeholders raising your game
Module 1 The Personal Foundations of Leadership
Self-awareness and developmental processes
Module 3 The institutional challenges strategic
leadership and culture change
Capstone day project presentation, self and
peer assessment
14
Top-level module 1 content

• Module 1 The Personal Foundations of Leadership
  Self-awareness and developmental processes
  focusing on
• Self awareness, self leadership, identity
• Understanding others - personality differences,
  role preferences, characteristics and values
• Action-inquiry learning to learn to lead
• The leadership development journey
• Reflective tools - leadership concepts, models
  and capabilities
• Raising the quality of thinking and conversation
• Emotional intelligence and competencies
• Peer-coaching
• Visiting leading expert speakers

15
Top-level module 2 content

• Module 2 Understanding and leading the key
  stakeholders raising your game focusing on
• Leadership styles, behaviour and 360 degree
  feedback
• Power and influence why should anybody follow
  you?
• Strategic relationship building partners and
  allies
• Advanced communication and dialogue processes,
• Reading organisations - metaphors, mindsets,
  leadership
• Conflict management skills and strategy
• Leading diverse stakeholders and beyond
  institutional boundaries,
• Collaborative leadership
• Consulting skills and processes
• Keynote speakers

16
Top-level module 3 content

• Module 3 The institutional challenges strategic
  leadership and culture change focussing on
• Institutional challenges and strategic leadership
  
• Myths, assumptions and theories of change
• Models of organisational change/ changing
  environments
• Organisational cultures and culture change
• Change agent skills and strategy
• Sitting in the fire - leading through risk and
  resistance
• Application to institutional projects
• Innovation in the evolving field of Knowledge
  Exchange
• Leading edge practitioners and expert speakers

17
Capstone day

• Project presentation, self and peer assessment
  focusing on
• Review and assessment of project reports
• Presentation and feedback on achievements and
  learning
• Celebration and close
• Self-organised follow on e.g. continuation of
  networks/ peer support, write up/ publication of
  learning, etc.

18
Questions and answers?
19
Reactions, comments, suggestions?
20
Programme dates 2009/10

• Deadline for Nominations Friday 19 December 2008
  
• Module 1 The Personal Foundations of Leadership
  Self-awareness and developmental processes 21
  24 April 2009
• Psychometrics debrief 2 hours on either 8. or
  9. June 2009
• Action Learning Set 10 June 2009
• Module 2 Understanding and leading the key
  stakeholders raising your game July 8 10 2009
• Action Learning Set Wednesday 9 September 2009
• Module 3 The institutional challenges strategic
  leadership and culture change 4 6 Nov. 2009
• Capstone Day Friday April 9 2010

21
Programme Administrator

• Applications completed with full reference to the
  selection criteria, should be posted or emailed
  to arrive by Friday December 19 2008 to
•  
• Louise Taylor
• Programme Administrator
• Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
• Kingfisher House
• 90 Rockingham Street
• Sheffield S1 4EB
• E louise.taylor_at_lfhe.ac.uk
• T 0114 270 0188
• www.lfhe.ac.uk

22
Contacts

• 88 Kingsway
• London
• WC2B 6AA
• T 020 7841 2822
• F 020 7681 6219
• E info_at_lfhe.ac.uk
• www.lfhe.ac.uk

• Programme Director
• John Mulligan
• Breakthrough Consultancy
• Ashtown
• Roundwood
• Co. Wicklow,
• Ireland
• tel [phone]
• fax [phone]
• mobile [phone]
• email info_at_breakthrough.ie
• web www.breakthrough.ie