Teesside University teams up with major employers for leadership course

Teesside University has teamed up with leading employers to design a course to help future leaders of industry realise their potential.

The Leadership Accelerator Programme will help talented graduates develop their managerial skills to allow them to achieve their personal and career goals.

The two year course has been designed in collaboration with several leading industry partners including Lotte Chemical, Sembcorp, Huntsman, Cordell Group and GrowHow.

Participants will spend two days per quarter on the programme and undertake a variety of specially tailored modules in subjects such as self-management, human resources and performance management, communication and critical thinking.

Spaces are still available on the course which starts next Spring. Dr Amy Smith, Corporate Programmes Manager for Teesside University Business School, said the course had been designed for graduates in the engineering and manufacturing sector who may have degrees in a related discipline but no formal management training.

She said: 'We wanted to design a course which will help train the business leaders of tomorrow to ensure continuity in the region’s key industries.

'Many of our staff have experience in industry which they can draw upon and working with the companies to design the course ensures that everything they teach is relevant.

'Each participant will also be assigned a company mentor and the courses are contextualised for the sector that they work in.'

Stephen Trillo, Human Resources & Organisation Development Director, at Lotte Chemical, added: 'Lotte Chemical believes in a continuous learning and development culture and we are always seeking new and innovative ways of providing our employees with new opportunities to develop and progress their careers. 'We firmly believe that learning should be a journey not a destination and we recognise how important it is to develop new, existing and future talent within the company.'

He added: 'The new and innovative Leadership Accelerator Programme from Teesside University Business School does exactly that and we are proud to be associated with the programme.

'We are enthusiasts for the programme because it has been designed in close partnership with industry to ensure that graduates and middle managers acquire skills, knowledge and experience to fully develop their potential within their company.

'The flexible learning, delivered in short sessions over a two year programme, is supported by workplace mentors to ensure the benefits of the training don't just stay in the classroom, they get fully implemented in the business so everyone gets a great return on the investment.

'I firmly believe it stands out from the more traditional development programmes and will meet the needs of businesses across the manufacturing sector.”

The first course starts in Spring 2014 and the closing date for registration is 30 November, 2013. For more information contact Dr Amy Smith on 01642-342868 or email amy.smith@tees.ac.uk.

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