Future People Leaders
Developing future people leaders at the start of their leadership journey.
‘Frances gave me space to reflect, encouraged me when opportunities didn’t work out, and helped me see that growth isn’t always vertical, sometimes it’s about broadening your experience. The lessons you learn about influence, confidence and self-awareness are transformative, they don’t just prepare you for leadership, they prepare you for life.'
-Stephanie Ebohon, Head of People and Culture and previous mentee
Supporting the leaders of the future
Our Future People Leaders programme supports people professionals who are starting out on their leadership journey and are facing barriers to their progression – whether through a protected characteristic lens or more broadly including things like caring responsibilities. It matches 12 people with a senior-level mentor (Head of HR or equivalent/higher).
Who can apply
To take part in this programme, you’ll need to:
- Be based in the UK
- Be employed as a HR Manager or another role at a similar level
- Tell us about the barriers to progression you’re facing – there will be space to include these in your application
- Be a CIPD member
- Commit to the programme for a six month period. You will need to take part in one learning interaction (webinar) per month in a group setting, and a minimum of one session a month with your mentor.
The group completes six learning interactions together over a six month period, structured as follows:
Module 1: Values and strengths
Module 2: Powerful conversations
Module 3: Stakeholder mapping
Module 4: Positive climate and culture
Module 5: Environmental scanning
Module 6: Reflection
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