We recognise that colleagues lead and manage in many ways at Oxford. Perhaps you manage or lead a team? Maybe you have very few or no direct reports, but are responsible for delivering complex projects or programmes or are a thought leader in your field? Whatever your role, you may find it helpful to consider this leadership framework, which describes the kinds of leadership activities and behaviours that colleagues across the University, in all roles, say are vital to success.
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Managing people
Online course
I am:
an aspiring manager managing one person supervising temporary staff occasionally short of time and looking to refresh my management skills
Introduction to management skills at Oxford (IMSO)
Face to face 1 day
new to managing a team or group managing a team or group and looking to refresh my management skills (Likely to be at G5 and above)
Team Leader/Supervisor Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship
Interested? Find out more about all management apprenticeships.
Any questions? Email wld@admin.ox.ac.uk
Complete your application form here
managing my first team (likely to be grade 5 or 6). an employee of the University, in post between 6 and 18 months an employee of the University, in post for at least the next 15-18 months (and therefore in a position to complete the course) able to commit to a minimum of ten days face to face training over a year and further on the job learning
Developing management skills at Oxford (DMSO)
Face to face 3 days
a manager with at least a year’s experience of managing a team or group (likely to be at G6 and above)
Developing leadership and management practice (DLMP)
Face to face 6 days
in my first leadership role, with no previous leadership development (likely to be at G8 and above) an experienced leader looking to refresh my skills in a role with significant reach and responsibility but no line management
Have you considered?
Managing research staff: an introduction
A postdoc aiming to become a PI A postdoc doing some line management or occasional management in my group
Research group leadership: leading a productive research group
A new PI, about to lead a research group A PI with some experience of leading a group, and wanting to refresh my leadership skills
Academic leadership development programme
Face to face 4 days
Likely to be an Associate Professor, or a Senior Research Fellow or holding a senior academic role in a college Interested in taking on an academic leadership role
Heads of Department/Faculty Board Chairs
Face to face 8 short (2 hour) sessions
I am a new or incoming:
Head of an academic department or faculty Head of an administrative department Head of House Head of a sub-unit/large research institute Deputy head of an academic department or faculty in a role with significant reach and responsibility but no line management
• Using the leadership framework, try a self-assessment exercise and work out what you believe you do well and one thing you think you could improve • Ask a critical friend or colleague for their views to aid objectivity • Consider asking for a 360 review • Think about taking this information into your PDR for discussion with your reviewer
• A project management course • A management qualification in the Work, Learn, Develop scheme • Coaching or mentoring • Developing Myself toolkit • Developing Others toolkit • PDR • Self directed learning on Molly.com • Course listing • Support for researchers
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