New Head of Unit: Sustainable Leadership Journey

• Deal effectively with the transition and lead with confidence
• Bring in the “new” and let go of the “old”
• Transition from stress to resilience for self and team
• Nurture a network of peers

1. Have a 45-min pre-course intake interview with the trainer to discuss your specific challenges, needs and expectations as well as the objectives and contents of the different parts of the programme.
2. Read the HBR article ‘From Purpose to Impact’: https://hbr.org/2014/05/from-purpose-to-impact
3. Create a “Cartography” drawing of your unit (link to instructions below): A major part of the first two days of the programme will be spent exploring your new role and the situation in your unit, i.e. how things are working in terms of your people, the processes, the resources, the stakeholders. The aim is to help you get a clear picture of your situation, your purpose and needs, the needs of your unit, and, consequently, what you need to focus on over the next few months. This task will help bring clarity to your role and purpose and to how you can add value.
   We ask you to take some time and space to reflect on this prior to the first session, i.e. to undertake a mini ‘audit’ and map out the results: How would you describe your unit to others right now?

Days 1 and 2, residential module: Being a resilient leader

• Exploring the current situation of your unit based on the “cartography” pre-work
• The role of the Head of Unit – defining the core responsibilities and priorities
• Understanding our sources of stress and exploring the Resilience Mattress Framework
• Dealing with challenging situations – sharing & exploring your own cases
• An interactive group discussion session with an experienced Head of Unit
• Exploring who you are as leader – which aspects of yourself and your leadership you wish to maintain, strengthen or develop

Interim work

• Individual Resilience Assessment (optional) plus individual debrief session (1h/participant, online in Zoom)
• “Radical Collaboration” asynchronous learning module

Facilitated Group Coaching Sessions (2h/group, online in Zoom)

Day 3 (9:00-17:00) at PLB: Developing resilient teams

• Reviewing progress since becoming Head of Unit – “Me as a Leader 2.0”
• Building collective resilience: psychological safety in teams and dealing with failure & mistakes
• Developing a tool to measure your team’s resilience
• Exploring collaborative decision-making and planning practices

Interim work

• Collaborative team project

Facilitated Group Coaching Sessions (2h/group, online in Zoom)

Closing Session (9:30 -12:30) online in Zoom

• Bringing it all together: sustainability moving forward
• Celebrating success