Developing Personal Assertiveness
The session is ideal for delegates who want to learn how to stand their ground gracefully and who want to feel more in control of their own destiny.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland Event
Personal and organisational development
Resources and training opportunities for building personal skills and developing effective organisations
Members
Confronting the elephant in the room: Organisational risk management for beginners and improvers
This briefing explores how taking a five-stage approach to organisational risk management can help leaders plot a route through periods of uncertainty, ensuring that all significant ‘elephants in the room’ are discussed when considering organisational risk.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland Briefing
Online Training: Working effectively with Officers: For Elected Members
This 2-hour online workshop is an opportunity for Members to develop their understanding of the relationship, the ways in which they can develop their own working relationships with officers and consider how their Council as a whole can move forward.
Event
Online Training: Local Government Finance Series
Every elected councillor is responsible for ensuring that their council has effective financial governance, yet local government finance is viewed by many as difficult to get to grips with. These online training sessions are designed to provide elected councillors with a thorough grounding in the key elements of local government finance and funding.
England & Wales Event
LGIU Fortnightly: Work and play
This time Jen Glover and Ingrid Koehler discuss the future of work and play in a Post-Covid world. As we wrap up our summer holidays (in whatever form they may have taken), we spoke to Cllr Robert Francis-Davies from the City and County of Swansea about tourism emerging from lockdown. And, as we start thinking…
England & Wales, Global Podcast Blog
Stepping into Leadership – how to improve your personal leadership skills
Dr Jenny Peachey, Senior Policy and Development Officer at Carnegie UK Trust, fills us in on ‘Stepping into Leadership’, a new, freely available online course seeking to support individuals in improving their personal leadership skills – noting that leadership is not confined to those at the ‘top’ of organisations.
England & Wales, Ireland, Scotland Blog Post Blog
Online Training: Social Media Masterclass Series
This course consists of three modules of 2-hours each which cover the basics of using social media effectively, planning and managing your social media and using video effectively.
England & Wales, Ireland, Scotland Event
Online Training: Recruiting Effectively Online
Whilst the lockdown may be easing the way local government, like all organisations, will operate in the future is still uncertain. At least in the short term, there is likely to be a continued emphasis on home working and using online platforms to communicate ‘face to face’. So, what about how we interview and recruit…
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland Event
Online Training: Report Writing
The aim of the session is for delegates to develop confidence and skills in their writing skills and to make the whole process easier and quicker.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland Event
Online Training: Memory Skills and Mind Mapping
This is a highly interactive session that has been developed for Councillors and Officers who want to improve their ability to store and retain information.
England & Wales, Global, Ireland, Scotland Event