Programme outline and content

We recognise that to make an informed decision, it is important to understand the key areas we will be exploring together. Below we have provided an indication of the development themes and example activities, however we do so cautiously with the consideration of our strong development philosophy that focuses on:

Learning leadership with and through experiences (not just learning about leadership);
Learning from peers and one's own experiences (not just learning only from leadership experts and facilitators);
Being flexible and responsive to the emerging needs of a specific group and global research/insights into leadership (as opposed to putting people through a pre-determined process).

Development Themes and Indicative Content Areas

The key development themes for the previous Hillary Leadership Programme are outlined below as a guideline.

We expect that the nature and sequencing of the content areas will shift for future Hillary Programmes to best meet the specific needs of participants and to incorporate key insights from our own and international leadership research.

Development Themes	Key Development Questions	Indicative Development Experiences
Challenging your leadership mindset	What is my perspective on leadership and how is it shaping the impact I'm having? What are my aspirations for my leadership?	Building self awareness through reflective practice Interview a leader you admire about their leadership 360° Feedback through the Global Executive Leadership Inventory
Leadership Conversations for Depth of Change	What is the quality of your relationships and how are they affecting your leadership impact? How do you have conversations that bring about a depth of change? What role does conflict play in leadership?	Experiencing dialogue Relationship mapping and creating strategies to achieve desired team relationships and culture.
Engaging People in the Future	What is the leadership role in engaging people with the future? How do you stimulate perspectives about the future to ensure new and innovative thinking? How do you create a shared perspective of the future that people are committed to?	Futuring and scenario planning. Engaging people in thinking afresh about the future.
Building Capacity for the Future	What is required to build leadership capacity throughout your organisation? How do you get a handle on your organisation's/ team's culture?	Using key "moments" and "stories" to identify and shape the culture of an organisation. Accessing underlying culture through visual methods.
Audacious Leadership Action	What are the actions I will take to release the greatest potential within my organisation? How can we work collaboratively to increase our leadership impact?	Site visits to other Hillary participant organisations Peer feedback on leadership action planning and implementation

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