Greater Manchester Leaders Plus: Proposals for Greater Manchester
Catch up on the first round of innovative Proposals for Greater Manchester from the GM Leaders Plus Round 1 candidates.
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Catch up on the first round of innovative Proposals for Greater Manchester from the GM Leaders Plus Round 1 candidates.
Need some New Year’s inspiration? Try this City Bites interview with Urbancanda’s Miffa Salter, including great tips on leading and learning virtually, plus a snapshot at how FoL took its Leaders programmes online.
On Wednesday 1 July Leaders Plus candidates presented their Proposals for London in webinar format on the theme of resilience. A virtual audience of sponsors, mentors, nominators, course contributors and alumni tuned in to cast their votes from home and engaged in lively Q&A.
Spotlight by Leaders Plus alumna Rebecca Lee of PTE, whose growing obsession with better, more collaborative digital mapping led her and FoL’s Lisa Taylor to organise the 9th Dec #MapLondon conference.
Leaders Plus Round 6 wrapped up on 25 June 2019 with their Proposals for London, a series of ambitious presentations in which candidates made a personal ‘pitch’ for London. Candidates used their combined knowledge, experience, passion and presentation skills to deliver a persuasive case for change under the theme of … Read more
Leaders Plus round 5 wrapped up on 11 July with ‘Proposals for London’ based on the programme theme of “Overcoming Barriers.” Read about the winning proposals here.
Leaders Plus Round 4 wrapped up on 12 July with ‘Proposals for London’, a series of ground-breaking interventions inspired by the cohort’s case study: Deptford, LB Lewisham. The final task before graduation, the presentations combined original research with out-of-the-box thinking and personal experience. The audience included mentors, FoL board members, … Read more
After an appropriate nine months of bespoke professional development, candidates from Leaders Plus Round 3 delivered a series of thought-provoking ‘Proposals for London’ on 12th July as their final task before graduation. The fast-paced pitches included an estate regeneration mediation service; a public-public joint venture model; an area investment framework pilot … Read more
Leaders Plus 3 launched Sept 30th, with a new case study of Hackney Wick & Fish Island and ramped-up expectations for the programme and the candidates.
This autumn, we added a new session to our Leaders career development programmes: a guided drawing exercise.