1. How our leaders are transforming LUU
03 July 2014

2. Who we are
Antonia Frezza, Director of People & Culture for Leeds University Union
Shirley Gaston, Managing Director, Azesta
Antonia, have been working in SUs for about 15 years in field of HR. Have also done extensive work on SUEI supporting Unions working towards the SUEI standard and latterly as an auditor.
Shirley has worked in training and education for over 15 years and her passion is finding creating and interactive solutions to organisations learning needs. Shirley is Yorkshire based but has worked with a whole range of clients across the country and supported LUU over a period of about 18 months co-delivering a leadership development programme.

3. What we did 360 degree feedback Bespoke programme
Key areas of activity
Emphasis on providing experiences
Responsibility of individuals to reflect and learn
What we had done previously in leadership development in LUU
In the past had done more typical programme of development with fixed modules covering core areas e.g. communications, teamwork, situational leadership.
Started with 360s identified emerging themes and developed a bespoke programme from there details in a minute
We wanted something different and whilst it was important to us that everyone share din the learning we wanted to provide a more unique experience for each learner.
We jointly developed a series of sessions with a very strong influence on self development, the level of variety of activities and resources meant that there was something for everyone including books, TED talks, self guided activities and more. There was a strong emphasis on experiential learning and we used a very wide range of activities to aid the learning. During the residential team leaders were given feedback on their abilities.
We also used Action Learning Sets throughout the programme to assist the self- learning, these were themed according to the current module.

4. The Model Excel Energise Explore Execute Values Trust Vision
Relationships
Energise
Clarity
Positivity
Envisioning
Influencing
Explore
Creativity
Future focus
Looking outward
Change
Execute
Planning
Pace
Problem solving
Coaching
Excel, leading with trust, values, vision and though great relationships
Energise, communicating with clarity and positivity, influencing others and envisioning
Explore, showing creativity, looking to the future, looking outwards and embracing change
Execute, delivering through great planning, pace problem solving and through coaching others
The final theme running through was Enjoy, individually and as a team to enjoy what we are doing. The course started and ended with a 24 hour residential to support team building and emphasise the enjoyment of the programme.

5. We wanted to give you the opportunity this afternoon to try out some of the exercises we used on the programme as a demonstration of experiential learning in action. Over to Shirley to explain what we are going to do.
Now your turn

6. Impact Managers inspired people as leaders
People got out of their comfort zone
Good reflections by individuals
More communication with teams
What worked well?
Getting people out of their comfort zones to do dangerous things, 5 minute vision was one of the best exercises for me.
Making leaders realise they had a key role to play in how they communicate with their people.
Inviting people to give a presentation at the end to explain their learning journey, this was a great reflective exercise and allowed everyone to really demonstrate how they have changed.
Story of Steve Keeble and the staff meeting
What didn’t work well/is hard
Keeping up the momentum
Tangible outcomes
Managers seeing their role as needing to inspire others and making positive changes in this area.
Turnover of individuals into new roles.