Scotland
Many programmes are also accredited by ILM, with qualifications assessed through work-based practice.
1 day (in person or online)
For anyone seeking an introduction to leadership
Overview: Take time to develop your understanding of what leadership is and gain clarity on how you want to develop as a leader.
A general introduction to the concept of leadership and an opportunity for you to start thinking about its relevance to your work and life.
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6-day programme (in person or online)
For newer or aspiring managers
Qualification: ILM level 5
Overview:
Become a more self-aware and confident leader so you can have a greater impact on your work
Build the skills required to engage and lead people in your organisation so you can all contribute and thrive professionally
Be more prepared for the opportunities and challenges that being a leader presents
For people who currently have, or are soon to move into leadership roles with line-management responsibilities.
It specifically benefits newer or aspiring managers who would like to increase their confidence to step up as a leader in their organisation.
| Leading and Understanding Myself | Leading and Understanding Others | Leading in Your Organisation |
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10 -12 days (in person or online)
3 modules, each 3 – 4 days taking place over a number of months
For experienced leaders and managers
Qualification: ILM level 5
Overview:
Build on current skills and experience to gain greater clarity and insight into your leadership style and strengths
Enhance key senior leadership skills so you can meet the challenge of growing an organisation and increasing your impact
Build confidence in internal leadership, in becoming more externally focused, and in working in partnership and collaboration to develop your organisation
For people who have been in a leadership role for some time and have or are soon to move into a more senior role.
It specifically benefits managers who need to balance their day-to-day operational responsibilities with prioritising their strategic and external role as a leader.
Leading & Understanding Myself |
Leading & Understanding Others |
Leading in Your Organisation |
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1 or 2 days (in person or online)
For all level
Overview:
Gain a clear understanding of what it means to be enterprising and how to develop an enterprising mindset
Start to explore a range of enterprising ideas and possibilities
This introductory programme aims to support leaders to become more deliberately enterprising to enable organisations to become more self-sustaining and self-reliant.
It helps to develop growth mindsets and draws on entrepreneurial theory and approaches to start participants thinking about what it means to be enterprising.
Exploring Mindsets |
Exploring Ideas |
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6 days
2 days per module with a 1-2 month gap between modules
For anyone interested in developing enterprising ideas
Overview:
Gain a clear understanding of what it means to be enterprising and how to develop an enterprising mindset
Explore key concepts and considerations to help build long term sustainability for your organisation
Identify how to bring others with you and create a more enterprising culture
This longer programme provides an opportunity to build your enterprising approach to leadership and create a more enterprising mind-set and culture in your organisation through developing and testing ideas
| What is Enterprising Leadership? | How can we be more enterprising as leaders? | Taking people with you |
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Online only
3x 2hour online facilitated sessions, plus 7 hours of self-directed learning
For those leading or managing change
Overview: Take time to explore the essential skills of a change leader, enhance the resilience of your team and organisation and identify key ways to bring people with you.
This online programme has been designed for people in a leadership position of socially focussed organisations in a time of change.
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Online only
3x 2hour online facilitated sessions, plus 7 hours of self-directed learning
For those leading or managing teams working remotely
Overview:
Assess the leadership styles and competencies required to lead dispersed teams
Analyse the role of trust and explore how to actively build it at all levels
Understand what motivates you and your team
Explore different ways to delegate to empower and develop team members
This online programme has been designed for leaders in organisations whose teams are geographically dispersed.
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1 day (in person or online)
For anyone with an interest in social enterprise
Overview:
Gain a clear overview of social enterprise
Define the values and purpose of a social enterprise to better understand where it sits in relation to the corporate and voluntary sector
Connect with other learners to discuss real-life examples to deepen your understanding of the nature of social enterprise
Explore the different sources of income for social enterprises
Experience how social enterprises balance their social and economic mission
A high-level introduction to the ideas and concepts of social enterprise and their potential use. Ideal for people that are new to the model.
Exploring Social Enterprise |
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2 days (in person or online)
For anyone with an interest in social enterprise
Qualification: ILM Level 5 Award
Overview:
Gain a greater understanding of the social enterprise model and approach and how it fits in relation to corporate and voluntary organisations
Explore different sources of income for social enterprises
Understand why it’s important to measure social impact and key considerations for how to do this
Connect with other learners to discuss real-life examples of social enterprises
Experience how social enterprises balance their social and economic mission
Identify local sources of support for social enterprises
An exploration of the different types of social enterprises, as well as a practical look at how a more enterprising approach could benefit individuals, organisations and their communities.
Introduction & Overview |
Social Enterprise in Practice |
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10 days (in person or online)
2 days per module with a 1 - 2 month gap in between
For anyone looking to develop a new social enterprise
Qualification: ILM Level 5 Award
Overview:
Gain skills in a range of business tools and skills that help to establish sustainable and thriving social enterprises
Create a business model to articulate how your idea will work in practice
Gain clarity on the impact you want to make and the value and impact you’re delivering for both customers and beneficiaries
Engage more confidently with others to support you in developing your social enterprise
Gain confidence in how to pitch an idea for a social enterprise and receive feedback and input
A highly practical, immersive programme that provides all the essentials for individuals and organisations starting a new social enterprise.
Ideal for anyone who has got a social enterprise idea that they want to take forward.
Preparing to change the world | Creating an offer to change the world | Generating income to change the world |
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Working with others to change the world | Influencing to change the world | |
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10-day programme
2 days per module with a 1 - 2 month gap in between
For anyone wanting to use social enterprise as an alternative or additional revenue source to grant and donor funding
Qualification: ILM level 5 in Understanding Social Enterprise
Overview:
Explore the skills, mind-sets and behaviours needed to be an enterprising and innovative leader.
Discover tools that can enhance your sustainability creating more opportunity to achieve your mission and vision
Develop an action plan linked to your future vision for your organisation
Explore all the factors that will enable your organisation to move from donor dependency to financial sustainability and independence
Ideal for not for profit organisations that are looking to move towards a more enterprising business model.
| Enterprising Future | Building the Future | Connecting for the Future |
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| Leading for the future | Showing Impact for the future | |
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6 day programme (in person or online)
2 days per module with a 1 - 2 month gap in between
For anyone looking to develop a new or existing social enterprise
Qualification: ILM Endorsed
Overview:
Build a clear vision for the future of your organisation
Identify what sort of leader and mind-set you need to lead your social enterprise
Reviewed the current sustainability of your organisation
Explore growth models that could support your future vision
Identify key factors required to develop and progress ideas that support your social impact
Engage more confidently with the community and the individuals that you serve in your enterprise
Create a network of peer support to help you on your future journey
Develop an action plan linked to your future vision for your social enterprise
A highly practical, immersive programme for people who want to explore the impact they are currently making and the building blocks they need to develop sustainability or further growth for the future
It is highly adaptable and ideal for anyone who is running an existing social enterprise that is ready for the next step.
| Building blocks for changing the world | Developing a sustainable organisation to change the world | Working with others to change the world |
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Online only
3x 2hour online facilitated sessions, plus approx. 7 hours of self-directed learning
For leaders in organisations who are rethinking how they generate income
Overview:
Evaluate the assets your organisation has
Explore what it means to have an enterprising mind-set
Identify different sources of income for growth
Examine different growth tools and use ideation to generate new ideas
This online programme has been designed for leaders in organisations who are rethinking how they generate income or want to grow or become more sustainable through alternative income streams
| Introduction | Developing a sustainable organisation to change the world | Working with others to change the world |
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2 to 4 days (in person or online)
For all levels of people seeking facilitative approaches to problem solving
Overview:
Strengthen and develop listening and questioning techniques to increase the range of management and leadership skills used to deal with issues and challenges
Enhance your experience of facilitation, active listening, effective questioning and co-coaching
Action Learning is a process to help individuals or groups explore an important, sometimes difficult, issue and view it from different perspectives and thinking in order to progress it.
This programme equips learners with understanding and experience of Action Learning and ideas for using and embedding it in an organisation or meetings.
Introducing Action Learning |
Practicing Action Learning |
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2 – 3 day programme (in person or online)
For people looking to develop their coaching skills
Overview:
Increase your knowledge of coaching and your ability to identify when it’s appropriate to use
Develop a greater understanding of the benefits of a coaching approach within a people management role
Strengthen your listening and insightful questioning skills
Apply key coaching models to your leadership approach
Explore coaching models and build your skills.
A highly interactive and participative programme with the opportunity to practice the coaching approach
Introduction & Overview |
Coaching in Practice |
Workshops: Using Coaching |
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2 to 4 days (in person only)
For people with some previous experience and those seeking facilitative approaches to learning
Overview: Strengthen and develop your listening and questioning techniques to increase your range of management and leadership behaviours
A practical experience and insight into the theory, tools and techniques of facilitating learning between peers.
It builds on previous experience and encourages ongoing reflective practice to continue personal development.
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2 - 4 days (in person or online)
For people seeking to have meaningful conversations that bring about change
Overview:
Gain clarity on what it means to have Courageous Conversations and an understanding about what stops and enables you to have them
Develop your confidence and skill to increase the probability of a positive outcome for all parties
Practice difficult scenarios and observe and reflect on others having Courageous Conversations
Gain confidence in stepping up to the leadership challenge of managing successful courageous conversations.
Develop techniques to deal with differences of opinion or conflict, and engage effectively in dialogue with others.
Our Role in Courageous Conversations |
Preparing for the Courageous Conversation |
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4 days (in person or online)
2 days in module 1 followed by a single day in module 2 & 3 with 4-6 weeks gap in between each module
SCQF Level 9 Award in Developing Skills for a Coaching Culture, carrying 6 credit points
This programme has been designed to be delivered as an internal programme with learners from the same organisation, or as an open programmes involving multiple organisations.
Overview:
Develop an understanding of theories, skills and behaviours required to support a coaching culture
Explore different models and build your own skills to be able to apply a coaching approach in your organisation
Apply a coaching approach in a range of interactions to enhance performance and meet organisational values and goals
Explore how to apply a coaching approach to your day to day role and leadership.
Ideal for people wanting to develop a coaching culture in their team or organisation.
| Developing skills for a coaching approach | Applying tools for a coaching approach | Implementing a coaching approach |
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1 day (in person or online)
For anyone wanting an introduction to social impact measurement
Overview:
Understand the concepts and usefulness of measuring your organisation’s impact
Identify the reasons for and benefits of measuring your impact
Explore what activities you would like to measure and how best to demonstrate your organisation’s impact
At a time of decreased funding and resources, it is vital that organisations can demonstrate the social value they provide to communities.
This programme provides an overview of the concepts and importance of social impact.
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2 days (in person or online)
For all levels
Overview:
Understand the concepts and usefulness of measuring your organisation’s impact
Explore what activities you would like to measure and how best to demonstrate your organisation’s impact
Consider creative ways to articulate your impact and embed a culture of measurement
This programme provides an overview of the concepts and importance of social impact and the different approaches that can be implemented in organisations.
| Exploring Social Impact Measurement | Social Impact Measurement in my Organisation |
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© Social Enterprise Academy (Scotland) 2022
Social Enterprise Academy (Scotland) is a company limited by guarantee registered in Scotland No. 272855 and a Scottish Charity No. SC035936. Registered Office: 5 Rose Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PR.
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