Emerging Leaders Programme Outline

Welcome Day

Taking place in person in Central London, the Welcome Day will offer you an opportunity to meet your fellow participants and programme facilitators; find out more about what to expect from Emerging Leaders; and start thinking about your personal objectives for the programme.

Workshops

The aim of this programme is to offer you the opportunity to explore, reflect and develop your knowledge and skills, so that you may move beyond the processes required to be a competent manager, to become an effective leader.

Expand your understanding of how you think and process so that you can communicate more effectively with others.
Explore what a great leader in the homelessness sector looks like, including behaviours and skills.
Understand the relationship between culture and climate.
Consider the difference between managing and leading, including approaches and styles.
Strengthen your approach to providing feedback to support and develop
Consider how to engage, inspire and motivate.
Explore team development and team dynamics.
Understand the importance of creating a learning environment for development and growth.
Develop a personal action plan to support your on-going development.

Module 1: Leading you

Understand who you are as a leader, set clear and realistic objectives that will be nurtured during the life of the programme.

Your personal objective for the workshops
Understanding your communication style and behaviour
How to adapt and flex for better outcomes
Creating the right climate to improve performance
Action planning.

Module 2: Leading others

An opportunity to dig into what a successful leader looks like and what that means for you and your organisation.

Progress and reflections
What makes a great leader in the homelessness sector
Leadership vs. management inc. approaches and styles
Leading by example and the Trust Equation ®
Action planning.

Module 3: Leading mindsets

Taking your leadership to the next level, understanding what values led leadership looks like, thinking beyond the obvious leadership traits and getting to grips with how to be a collaborative and creative leader.

Progress and reflections
Leading from the inside out
Communication essentials for leaders
Giving and receiving feedback
Action planning.

Module 4: leading growth

Your organisation is the people who work in it, ensuring they are supported, inspired and encouraged is key to the success of your organisation.

Progress and reflections
Developing people
Creating a learning organisation
Coaching for leaders and practice sets
Action planning.

Module 5: Leading teams

How you get the best out of your teams, including during the difficult times when additional support is often needed.

Progress and reflections
Team challenge identification
Team dynamics and development
Supporting teams through dysfunction and difficulty
Action planning.

Module 6: leading performance

Digging in to some of the trickier aspects of leadership, and starting to reflect on learnings from the programme.

Progress and reflections
Leading peoples’ performance
Difficult conversations and practice sets
Programme takeaways
Action planning to support theory into practice.

Action Learning Sets

Action Learning is a powerful tool for developing critical-thinking, problem-solving, creative solutions and innovative practice. Action Learning Sets are a simple way to learn from each other, using the combined wisdom and skills of a diverse group of people to work through real situations faced in the workplace.

You will meet four times in groups of eight, with a trained facilitator.

Celebration Day

We round off the programme with a Celebration Day in central London - an opportunity to reflect on our own and each other's successes over the duration of the programme, think through next steps and understand how participants can continue to work together and support each other.

Facilitators

Syane Findlay
Syane has a passion to support and empower organisations, teams, and individuals to experience positive transformation and achieve goals through mindset, behaviour change and leadership development. Prior to becoming a Homeless Link Associate, Syane worked for five years as a Coach/Trainer for two London-based homelessness charities. In 2014 she became an independent consultant and has since developed and facilitated numerous group and 1:1 coaching/training sessions in the UK and internationally for a range of people from apprentices to c-suite, working across the public, private, corporate and third sector. Syane is a skilled and engaging facilitator and coach, and she creates a supportive and encouraging environment where people can learn and grow.
Amanda Tooth
Amanda has over thirty years’ experience of working in the criminal justice and homelessness field, both operationally and strategically. This includes the criminal justice system in the UK, and the Republic of Ireland. Her most recent role was a senior strategic management role at London Probation as the Partnership Manager for Housing and Homelessness (with responsibility for 16 London boroughs as well as the national lead in key areas). Since May 2008, Amanda has been independent, working across the UK as well as internationally. Over the years she has developed her areas of specialism and expertise to focus on supporting organisations to develop genuinely person-centred, trauma-informed services with strong leadership.
Jennie Blake
Jennie brings over 28 years of experience across the youth and homelessness sectors. Her journey began as a volunteer and progressed to senior management positions. Four years ago, Jennie founded a training and consultancy business, where she now specialises in facilitating organisational learning and development. She provides support and training in areas such as management and leadership, resilience and wellbeing, and core skills for support workers.
Daniela Corallo
Daniela is an ICF accredited career coach with extensive experience as a learning and development professional. She specialises in facilitating action learning sets for diverse groups, including emerging leaders in the homeless sector, new and established managers in public sector organisations, individuals approaching retirement, and new starters. As an action learning set facilitator, Daniela excels at creating inclusive environments where every member feels valued and able to contribute. Her facilitation style is both structured and adaptive, ensuring that group dynamics remain constructive and focused while fostering trust and mutual support among members.
Sonali Kumarakulasinghe
Sonali, an Action Learning Set facilitator and Leadership Coach with 20+ years in HR and governance, uses an informal, focused style. Passionate about fostering courageous, empathetic leadership, she excels in culture change, leadership development, and promoting employee engagement for transformative results.