Organisational and Staff Development

Leadership development

Leadership development opportunities for Academic and Professional Support staff include:

Safety Training

Health and Safety legislation requires employers to provide adequate health and safety training.
The LDC provides comprehensive, generic training that is available to all staff and postgraduate students and works closely to support and advice on local training tailored to specific need.

Other Development Opportunities

Imperial Professional Development for Academic and Professional Support staff
Specific programmes for Academics
Staff Networks
Lynda.com – online training

Specific opportunities for Women:
Springboard Women’s Development Programme
Female Academics’ Development Centre

Coaching at Imperial

Working with a coach offers an in-depth confidential opportunity to explore work-based challenges with a trained coach from a different part of Imperial.
The coach supports the coachee’s thinking to help them identify goals, develop appropriate skills or strategies and feel empowered to take action. For managers it can help focus on ways of enhancing their ability to lead and communicate with others.

Mentoring at Imperial

Mentoring is a widely used development tool that has proved to have a beneficial impact in effectiveness, confidence and career advancement.
At the heart of mentoring is a relationship based on trust and mutual regard where one colleague uses their expertise and knowledge to support the development of another colleague.

Resolving differences and mediation

Difference and conflict at work can be positive – stimulating healthy debate and innovations. Sometimes it becomes negative leading to hostility, non-cooperation, loss of productivity and a stressful, atmosphere.
Training, team building and mediation (using a neutral third party) are all valuable approaches.

leadership safety and other opps