Most leaders suffer from imposter syndrome. Most leaders want to feel more confident, and to be better at leading, but they don’t have the time, or are not quite sure how to go about it. And all leaders wish it were easier. So what are the trade secrets, and how do you learn them?

Using insights gained at Ashridge Business School about how leaders really learn, Leadersmithing guides leaders through the process of becoming more precisely job-ready and more effectively resourced for the challenges they face. The result is a more confident leader, more aware of their vocation and mandate, and more able to curate their own leadership development journey for the roles they want, so they can be the change they want to see in the world.

The workshop will be a mixture of theory and practical exercises, led by Canon Eve Poole OBE, the author of Leadersmithing, who has also held senior leadership roles where she has implemented this approach.

Canon Dr Eve Poole OBE has a BA from Durham, an MBA from Edinburgh, and a PhD in theology and capitalism from Cambridge. She has written several books, including Robot Souls and Leadersmithing, which was Highly Commended in the 2018 Business Book Awards. For 15 years she taught leadership at Ashridge Business School, pioneering a new approach to the neurobiological development of leaders. Before Ashridge, she worked for the Church Commissioners and for Deloitte Consulting, where she specialised in change management for the Financial Services sector. She was Interim CEO of the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland in 2023-2023, Interim CEO of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2022, Third Church Estates Commissioner from 2018-2021, and Chairman of Gordonstoun from 2015-2021. She is a lay canon at York Minster; and you can follow her on twitter @evepoole and at http://evepoole.com/

Make this part of a Leadership Retreat

An opportunity to spend some time at Sarum College reflecting on leadership in the twenty-first century world and church, as well as honing your own leadership practice.

The retreat package includes the Collaborative Leadership Study Day with Nick Shepherd and Katy Lyne on Monday 18 November, the Leading in Practice Fireside Chat with the Bishop of Salisbury and Eve Poole OBE on the evening of Monday 18 November and the Leadersmithing Study Day with Eve Poole OBE on Tuesday 19 November. This stay will also include space for personal reflection and the opportunity to wander over to Salisbury Cathedral for Morning Prayer and Eucharist.

Price £225