Senior Leadership Learning and Development

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Diocese of Gloucester

We provide ongoing training and development for senior clergy to flourish. We ensure that senior clergy are provided with tools for growth throughout their priesthood. We run and outsource programmes tailored for specific groups within senior leadership.

Core programmes

We support Bishops, Deans and Archdeacons to lead with collegiality, confidence and competence and to develop and equip a pool of candidates with the potential for wider leadership roles in the Church via the Strategic Leadership Development Programme (SLDP).

Bishops' Leadership Development Programme

This programme offers individually focused support including induction, 360 and transition coaching for Diocesan Bishops, Suffragan and/or Area Bishops. Our modules cover key leadership concepts such as Leading Change, Innovation, Public Square leadership, Dialogue, Retirement. We also run the Diocesan Bishops' Ministerial Development Review (MDR).

Deans' Leadership Development Programme

This programme offers focused support including induction meetings, an induction programme and transition coaching. Our modules cover key leadership concepts such as Leading Change, Financial Awareness, Dialogue, Retirement. We run Action Learning Sets and bespoke focused workshops e.g., for ‘Smaller’ Cathedrals, collaborating with Church Commissioners on implementation of Cathedrals Measure 2021.

Strategic Leadership Development Programme (SLDP)

This is a national leadership development programme designed to support clergy identified as having potential for taking on significantly wider responsibilities in the future. The programme is also an ongoing process of discernment, creating space and structure for participants to listen to the call of God in their ongoing ministerial development. Above all, the SLDP is a Learning Community - where participants journey together in their development through shared learning experiences, prayer and fellowship.

It is a 2.5 year programme for discerned cohorts of ordained ministers offering discussions of systems thinking and organisational and group dynamics, leadership seminars, workshops and events, simulations of key leadership scenarios, pilgrimage experience, cross church group project work, coaching 1:1 and small group work, theological reflection and contextual integration/application of all the above.

Archdeacons' Leadership Development Programme (Church of England and Church in Wales)

This programme offers focused support including individual and group induction, mentoring and coaching, sourcing and resourcing ongoing personal and skills development, resourcing the national and regional Archdeacons’ groups. Providing a link between Archdeacons and teams within the national churches, and with external bodies – for consultation and representation.

Learning Communities Learning Together

This programme offers support on covering current leadership issues for our senior leadership learning communities.

For queries on any of the above offerings, please contact [email protected].