Introducing Future Leaders 2025: Your Path to Leadership Excellence
This comprehensive offering comprises:
- A blended four-part programme: Two in-person conference events, one live webinar, and on-demand CPD modules.
- Learning from industry leaders: Comprehensive introduction to leadership from an experienced coach, communication experts, and leading UK architects.
- Interactive learning environment: Engaging live sessions, workshops, and discussions with live business actors, exercises, and polls to apply knowledge effectively.
Learning outcomes
- Gain confidence in their own potential and capacity to be leaders
- Clear understanding in the key skills needed to be an effective leader
- Valuable insights in how experienced practitioners tackle a range of relevant challenges
- Understanding challenges of running a successful architectural business and tactics used to overcome them
Who is the course for?
- Early year career professionals: Relevant for individuals who are looking to advance in their careers.
- Smaller practices: Enhance leadership skills and accelerate your professional development, ultimately contributing to the success and growth of your practices.
- Larger practices: Make meaningful contributions to your organisation’s success and resilience in a dynamic and competitive industry landscape.
Take advantage of our early bird prices for up to 20% off, available until 20 January 2025: Member £275+Vat, Non-Member £350+Vat (Reduced prices will be visible at checkout)
Programme
Opening Workshop
10am to 1:30pm on Wednesday 26 March 2025
Location: Florence Hall, 66 Portland Pl, London W1B 1AD
Speakers: Debra Stevens (Leadership Coach), Lucy Tilley (Adjaye Associates)
Kickstart your leadership journey with interactive workshop with business actors and insightful discussions led by industry experts. Explore the key themes and topics such as leadership fundamentals and goal setting in a dynamic learning environment.
- Introduction and welcome by Debra Stevens, Leadership Coach
- Future Leaders Keynote by Lucy Tilley, Adjaye Associates
- Interactive workshop
- Interactive exercise – tower building
- Delegate input
- Scenario based exercise
- Reflection
- Networking drinks reception
On-demand CPD modules
Access online curated content from 26 March 2025 at your convenience. Divided into three themes, each include 1.5 hours of CPD learning, featuring expert insights and practical advice from industry leaders:
Learning to lead
- Self-Leadership as a Foundation to Authentic, Inclusive Leadership by Tracy Forsyth, Fast Track to Fearless
- Studio Culture by Anna Parker, Intervention Architecture
- The Emerging Leader Toolkit by Betty Owoo, Be First
- Before the Leading, be Led by Gurmeet Sian, Office Sian
Leading teams: Enhance your leadership style and boost team productivity, by encouraging thinking beyond your own experiences, and considering your teams; by evaluating personal behaviours to develop an effective and empathetic leadership style and creating positive culture that influences.
- Going from ‘Me’ to ‘We’ by Tracy Forsyth, Fast Track to Fearless
- Leading a Hybrid Team by Damion Burrows, DMBA Architecture & Interior Design
- How to Own Your Time Without Neglecting Your Team by Carlo Magni, EPR Architects
- Promoting personal development & Wellbeing by Tara Gbolade, Gbolade Design Studio
Leading business: Learn strategies to lead architectural practices effectively, and how to balance priorities to differentiate, grow and succeed.
- Leading Business - Leading an Organisation by Tracy Forsyth, Fast Track to Fearless
- Differentiating to stand out in a crowded market by Olaide Oboh, Socius
- Design and construction teams by Suzi Winstanley, Turner Works
- Successful award submissions by Rebecca Ball, HLM Architects
Reflections webinar
12:30 to 2pm on Wednesday 16 April 2025
Location: Online
Speakers: Debra Stevens, Leadership Coach
The Future Leaders live Reflections webinar is an opportunity for delegates to meet and discuss their learning to date and to discuss and workshop their additional learning activity which will be set at the Opening event.
Debra will discuss the five key elements to positive team leadership and will explore the messages and themes from the on-demand modules.
Closing workshop and speed mentoring
2 to 7pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025
Location: Florence Hall, 66 Portland Pl, London W1B 1AD
Speakers: Debra Stevens, Leadership Coach and RIBA Future Leaders CPD contributors
Wrap up your learning journey with group collaboration through interactive workshops with business actors, panel discussions, and speed mentoring sessions, helping to expand your thinking to encourage a proactive change in your day to day lives. Opportunity to gain personalised advice from industry mentors who share insights from their lived experiences; and expand your professional network during our networking drinks reception.
- Introduction and welcome
- Future Leaders keynote
- Interactive workshop
- Delegate input and workshop
- Leadership scenarios
- Reflection
- CPD speaker panel discussion
- Reflection
- Networking drinks reception
Please note that each on-demand video will expire 12 months after enrolling onto the module.
For more information on this course, or if there are no places available, please email us, or call +44 (0)20 7307 5355 to talk to a member of the team.
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