Trustee Programme – Monthly

This programme will cover:

• Organisational Culture
• Leadership Presence
• Leadership Impact on your Organisation
• Leading an Organisation Vision, Purpose and Action
• Board Dynamics – Working in Sync
• Leading in Change and Uncertainty

Start Date: 14th September 2021
Duration: Workshops run monthly, 4:00pm-7:00pm
Eligibility Criteria: Trustee or CEO of a VCSE Organisation in Leicestershire
Price: Free at present!
Format: Face-to-Face

Our workshops run on a monthly basis; at present we have 6 workshops available. This is a great opportunity to meet other Trustees and expand your network whilst reflecting on your own leadership style and impact as a team and individual. Board members are key to aligning vision and purpose, and demonstrating authentic leadership to create a positive organisational culture. Great leadership not only motivates the people within the organisation, but also impacts those that use the organisations services. To achieve growth and a more sustainable organisation we need to reflect, re-evaluate and realign with our vision, our people, and our goals to achieve the results we need. This is a great opportunity for development, reflection or re-discovery based on where you are on your leadership journey. To attend any of these workshops, you must register for a space via Eventbrite – dates, times, and links to book can be found below.

Please note: The first run of workshops (dated below) are FREE to attend. From the second run onward, there may be a charge. So make the most of the brilliant offer whilst it’s still free!

Monthly Workshops

The Trustee as a Leader?	Leading the Organisation: Vision and Purpose The Role of the Trustee	Organisational Culture
What do we believe about leadership and how it is exercised? – What is the leadership role of a Trustee? – Exploration of personal mental models and influences of leadership. – Different styles of leadership? – What type of leadership is required of our Board?	The symbolic role of the Board as holder of the Vision Connecting with Vision and purpose: – Personally – as a Trustee – As a Board – Across the organisation Aligning vision and action: – Personally – as a Trustee – As a Board – Across the organisation Understanding boundary, authority, role and task: – Across the organisation	What do we mean by culture? The role of the Trustee is building and supporting organisational culture? Supporting individual and collective wellbeing and resilience
Trustee Presence: Influencing with Impact	Board Dynamics: Working Well Together	Being a Trustee in Times of Change and Uncertainty
Influencing with impact: Engagement with workers and volunteers within the organisation Representing the organisation externally Being political	Exploring the beneath the surface dynamics that can shape above the surface behaviours. Issues of role, power, authority, anxiety Building trust Developing strategy Making decisions Working with the CEO, other board members, the organisation	Working in complex systems Endings, transitions, new beginnings Developing negative capability: being with not knowing

The Trustee as a Leader?

Leading the Organisation:
Vision and Purpose
The Role of the Trustee

Organisational Culture

What do we believe about leadership and how it is exercised?
– What is the leadership role of a Trustee?
– Exploration of personal mental models and influences of leadership.
– Different styles of leadership?
– What type of leadership is required of our Board?

The symbolic role of the Board as holder of the Vision

Connecting with Vision and purpose:
– Personally – as a Trustee
– As a Board
– Across the organisation

Aligning vision and action:
– Personally – as a Trustee
– As a Board
– Across the organisation

Understanding boundary, authority, role and task:
– Across the organisation

What do we mean by culture?

The role of the Trustee is building and supporting organisational culture?

Supporting individual and collective wellbeing and resilience

Trustee Presence: Influencing with Impact

Board Dynamics: Working Well Together

Being a Trustee in Times of Change and Uncertainty

Influencing with impact:

Engagement with workers and volunteers within the organisation

Representing the organisation externally

Being political

Exploring the beneath the surface dynamics that can shape above the surface behaviours. Issues of role, power, authority, anxiety

Building trust

Developing strategy

Making decisions

Working with the CEO, other board members, the organisation

Working in complex systems

Endings, transitions, new beginnings

Developing negative capability: being with not knowing

Dates and Times

The Trustee as a Leader?	Tuesday, 14th September 2021	4:00pm-7:00pm	Click here to book
The Role of the Trustee: Leading the Organisation, Vision & Purpose	Tuesday, 26th October 2021	4:00pm-7:00pm	Click here to book
Organisational Culture	Tuesday, 23rd November 2021	4:00pm-7:00pm	Click here to book
Trustee Presence: Influencing with Impact	Tuesday, 25th January 2022	4:00pm-7:00pm	Click here to book
Board Dynamics: Working Well Together	Tuesday, 22nd February 2022	4:00pm-7:00pm	Click here to book
Being a Trustee in Times of Change and Uncertainty	Tuesday, 22nd March 2022	4:00pm-7:00pm	Click here to book

Feedback
Our programme is Lottery Funded and this is the reason we are able to offer elements of our programme for free or at a discounted rate. For evaluation purposes you will be asked to provide feedback so that we can not only make improvements to future offerings but to also measure the impact of the programmes we run as part of the Leading in Leicester and Leicestershire Project. We would appreciate your support in providing feedback when requested, this could be after a workshop or at intervals during the bespoke interventions. If you would like further information please contact Shim Gooch.