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Welcome to 2024!
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Senior Leadership Experience coaching
Are you interested in coaching on the Academi Wales Senior Leadership Experience?
You will need experience of coaching at a senior level, the time to support up to 20 participants over a 3-5 year period and be available to attend our training dates. To find out more and to complete an expression of interest by 1 February, please follow this link.
Upcoming events
One Welsh Public Service Leaders’ Winter School 2024
Forward Looking Leadership in a Complex World
27 February to 1 March 2024
For the top 2 levels of senior leadership from across the public and voluntary sector in Wales
Academi Wales is delighted that Winter School is returning to the beautiful location of Nant Gwrtheyrn for 2024.
Building on its success since 2011, this year’s programme is designed to meet the key development needs of Wales’s most senior leaders, specifically those working within the top two tiers of public and voluntary sector organisations.
Our aim for Winter School 2024 is to provide new, innovative approaches to, and the space for, public service leaders to solve real-world complex challenges. We are living in a world of complexity and systemic crises which creates challenges that can seem too big for leaders to find a way through.
Bring your challenge!
Leadership on Ice
This informative, interactive and energising workshop draws on the amazing and true story of Sir Ernest Shackleton and the remarkable Antarctic expedition of 1914.
Practicing Positive Psychology
Positive psychology is a useful tool for us maintain a good sense of mental wellbeing in everyday life, it becomes even more useful during times of uncertainty and adversity and can help us stay on the brighter side of things.
Leadership in a Nutshell
In an ever-changing and uncertain world, this workshop will also develop your self-awareness and help you achieve constancy as you strive to be an authentic and exemplary leader.
AWCIC - Learn and Share: Human Learning Systems
 We are excited to have the opportunity to run a series of webinar sessions on Human Learning Systems (HLS), which will introduce some of the key concepts around the approach, some ways this has been put into practice, and insights on how people across Wales have been responding to and exploring these insights in their own contexts. The sessions feature Toby Lowe, Ruth Ball Mandy Westcott and Des Brown.
The objectives of the webinar series are:
- Introduce HLS concepts to public sector audiences in Wales
- Share some practical tips for thinking about this in different contexts
- Share some reactions from the HLS Discovery Sessions and how different partners across Wales are exploring these concepts.
Coming soon - 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People programme is a transformational and highly enjoyable learning experience that will help you be the best that you can be.
This programme, based on proven principles of personal effectiveness, is facilitated in an online interactive workshop format and is offered to both individuals and teams.
More information coming soon
Learning resources
New podcast episode - Ian Bancroft - Conversations on Leadership
Ian Bancroft joined Wrexham County Council as the Chief Executive in 2018 and has been challenged with a number of things since joining from Covid-19 to A-list celebrities purchasing Wrexham’s football club. One thing that’s very clear is Ian has a vision for Wrexham and we explore in this episode how coloration and communication can be integral to creating a strong vision and how a vision can motivate and inspire people.
How can I use Welsh when I don't know any?
You are invited to pick one or a few words to practice whenever you can. Try a particular word for a while. Then add in another, as you wish.
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Secondment opportunity - ArWAP (Anti-racist Wales Action Plan) Programme Delivery Manager
Salary: £34,083 - £41,675
Location: Pan Wales
Duration: Fixed term for 2 years
Pattern: Full time
Closing date: 26 January 2024
Academi Wales are working in partnership with the Health and Social Services Group in Welsh Government to design and deliver an NHS Wales Aspiring Board Members Programme for those who may be interested in becoming an Independent Member (Non-Executive Board Member). The programme is a commitment outlined within the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan (ArWAP). The post-holder will be at the heart of delivering these actions and commitments.
The post will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to gain experience of working within Welsh Government. The post holder will take the lead within Academi Wales in co-ordinating the development and delivery of the Aspiring Board Members Programme to meet the commitments outlined in the ArWAP, and other key development interventions for NHS Wales.
We met our Llamau fundraising goal!
We started fundraising for Llamau in 2020, and have since raised over £5,000 for the very worthy cause! Thank you to everyone that supported and donated to our fundraising efforts.
Mindfulness Wales: Enhancing happiness and wellbeing in Wales and the World
 "Professor Lord Richard Layard explores how mindfulness can contribute best to our individual and national happiness and wellbeing"
Tuesday, February 6 - 19:00 - 20:30
Join Mindfulness Wales to hear from Professor Lord Richard Layard how we might further influence policy makers and take the initiative at community level to enhance the happiness and wellbeing of organisations and communities in Wales.
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