The course is designed with a focus on action learning. It consists of two modules, made up of blocks of six half-day sessions, with a mixture of formal staff input, small and large groups and experiential exercises. The modules constitute an integrated package, and both must be attended.

There will be 12 workshops (42 learning hours in total).

This cohort is now CLOSED. Please use the “register your interest” button to be added to the list to be the first to hear about future cohorts, the next of which is likely to start in Autumn 2023. Applications will open a few months in advance.

During the course there will be the opportunity to bring a management task or activity that you are engaged in and discuss it in a facilitated coaching conversation with other course members and tutors.

This course will be delivered remotely using Zoom.

You will need a device with a microphone and camera together with a suitably fast internet connection. Although mobile devices and tablets can be used, we recommend the use of a laptop or desktop PC for the best experience. Some devices provided by employers may have restrictions in place. Please use this Zoom test link to check your set up before booking.

You will be sent the necessary login link about a week before the course start date. Should you have any concerns about the accessibility of remote delivery please contact us to discuss how we can best help you.

Module one: a systemic leadership and management task

In this module, you’ll cover the following areas:

• theoretical overview, drawing from a range of systemic ideas including a whole systems approach, coordinated management of meaning, social constructionism and narrative ideas
• understanding your and other participants’ organisations and positions within these. You’ll be able to observe and reflect on ways of communicating and the range of possibilities available to in your practice
• the task of leadership and different leadership styles

Module two: focusing on leading and managing services

In this module, you’ll cover the following areas:

• leadership – throughout the course, you’ll develop skills in taking up an ‘observer position’ in relation to your own behaviour and actions and those of others to effect change
• the political and social context and organisational culture – systemic ideas are used to help make sense of the contradictions and complexities that occur in a variety of organisational cultures both within and between these and external environments
• management of change – the challenge for leadership is how to manage and lead organisations that will survive but maintain their core values and identities within new contexts
• application of systemic thinking via skills practice with opportunities to apply systemic ideas to work situations and receive systemic coaching and feedback

You will be expected to have some basic knowledge of systemic ideas which you’ll be asked to outline on the pre-application background form.

Library membership

Included in your course fee, you will receive online membership to the Tavistock’s internationally-renowned library for the duration of your course.

Our friendly and knowledgeable library team will help to support you through your specialist CPD course, whatever your level of professional or academic experience. You will have access to an extensive range of eBooks, online journals, all the relevant key databases and our specialist audio-visual collection, plus reference access to all our print books.

Our information skills trainer has made lots of material available on Moodle to help you navigate our comprehensive electronic collections. PCs and photocopiers are available for your use (charges apply for printing and copying), as well as various online resources including audio/video playlists.

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Between the modules, one session will be devoted to facilitated consultations where delegates will be able to practice using the tools learnt in the first sessions to the resolution of a workplace dilemma relevant to their setting.