About the experience
Designed for those in the most senior leadership roles, Experienced Plus blends aspects of our tried and tested programme experience with one-to-one coaching style support.
The mix of group sessions and personal one-to-one time with the chair ensures highly tailored outcomes. In addition, the continuing nature of the group enables the cultivation of a supportive peer environment, where members give and receive feedback on real-time leadership challenges, testing their ideas or thoughts with like-minded leaders.
Aiming to support group members as they navigate the day-to-day challenges of leadership, the experience helps participants explore how they can effectively develop themselves, their teams and their organisation for the better.
How does it work?
Each Experienced Plus group is chaired under Chatham House Rule by a highly skilled Windsor Leadership coach, providing eight sessions a year, split into quarters. Benefits of each quarter include an in-person group meeting, and a personal one-to-one session with the chair.
Members can join at any point in the year and are asked to make an initial commitment of one year. We run several Experienced Plus groups which vary in size from 8-12 members, representing different sectors. Such is the ongoing power and support, that many members renew on a rolling basis.
Who is it for?
Experienced Plus is open to senior alumni only – typically those with 10 plus years of strategic leadership experience.
Why join?
Experienced Plus provides participants with a coherent way of continuing their leadership development.
Areas for discussion are tailored to participant challenges, but may include:
- Negotiating complex relationships e.g. Chair/Board/NEDs
- Preparing for new roles
- Handling redundancy, merger or change programmes
- Navigating the pressures of leading in the media spotlight
- Creating and communicating vision
- Diversifying services within an organisation
- Expanding NED portfolios
- Leading in the ‘Grey Zone’
- Succession planning and legacy - building the calibre of those who could succeed you
FURTHER DETAILS
Dates: This is an ongoing experience; new members may join at any point in the year and are asked to make an initial commitment of one year.
Format: There are eight sessions a year, with half the sessions consisting of in-person group meetings, and the other half comprising of online one-to-one sessions with the chair.
Location: In-person meetings take place at the workplaces of members on a rotating basis, if there is access to a meeting space. One-to-ones with the chair generally take place online.
Price: £4,000
Bursaries: We have a number of bursaries available to support applicants from not-for-profit sectors. Please contact us for more information.
Enquiries: Please call us on 01753 839734 or email Liz Ward, Alumni Relations Manager for further information.
Testing ideas and thoughts against a standard
ALASDAIR HENDERSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | BAM IRELAND
When I think about the things we're trying to do within the business, to transform, to change, to engage, and to lead, I often find myself asking what the others in this group would say about the view or approach I'm taking. So it's a really interesting checkpoint about understanding other people’s views at this level and being able to test your ideas and thoughts against that standard.