Leadership Academy Competencies
All of the statements you write in submission will relate to how your responsibilities, trainings, and projects have contributed to your own development in five of these 10 competency areas.
Listed below are the competencies and the workshops we have organised to help you to develop in these competencies. New Workshops are being added every day so please keep an eye out for new sessions.
n.b. Submitting a statement for the "Leadership" competency is mandatory for this programme. All other listed competencies are optional, but you must choose at least 4 others
Leadership
There are many attributes, skills and characteristics associated with leadership and if you want to become a great leader, it’s one of the things that’s best learned through experience and taking on a leadership responsibility. Key characteristics you should be able to demonstrate include taking responsibility, co-ordinating and delegating, motivating others, setting targets, making decisions and developing teams.
Building Relationships
Being open to new ways of thinking; Having a client focus and understanding customer needs; treating people well. This can be demonstrated through networking and partnership working.
Commercial Awareness
If you want to get a job with a particular employer, or in a particular field, it’s crucial that you are able to show that you have an understanding of the key issues that affect their field and what are the current political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors that might impact on it.
Communication
Though you might take it for granted, in work settings there are different forms of communication that are appropriate at different times, and it’s valuable to understand them and reflect on whether our communications are having the desired effect. You may want to break this down into different subsets of skills, such as: written communication, interpersonal verbal communication, active listening, public speaking etc.
Creative Problem-Solving
Analysing facts and circumstances to determine the cause of a problem and then identifying and implementing appropriate solutions using the resources available.
Enterprise
An enterprising approach can be about starting a business, project or charity, or it can be about using your initiative to come up with a new way of doing things.
Ethical Behaviour
Applying sustainable and safe solutions. Being transparent and following honest practices. This can be demonstrated through adherence to health and safety policies; behaving in accordance with personal and corporate values.
Personal & Professional Development
Being able to self-manage and take personal responsibility for one's own future is one of the most valuable things we can do for our careers. Effective self-management and development relies on the following skills: taking responsibility, using initiative, resilience, assertiveness, time management and flexibility.
Planning and Organisation
How well do you make use of your time? Can you demonstrate that you have thought ahead about a range of possible outcomes and taken steps to ensure the right outcome? How do you schedule tasks to ensure you reach your goals?
Teamwork
How well can you demonstrate your commitment to achieving a shared goal as part of a team? Teamwork can be broken down into the following skills: co-operating; contributing ideas; persuading and negotiating.
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