TRANSFORMING LEADERS

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BRC Contact: Vicki Young
Start Date: 08/06/2022
Delivery: Hybrid
Duration: 8 Weeks
Price(from): £2,995
Hotel Included: Y
Bespoke Options: Y
Weekly Commitment: 5 Hrs
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What does it mean to be a leader in retail? We all know that the future of retail is sustainable, inclusive and purpose driven. As a leader, you know you need to respond to this shift. But how?

Sustainability, inclusion and purpose are more than just buzzwords. They are complex topics that require real investment and expertise to understand and implement in your business. But where do you start? You can’t just read an article or attend a seminar and suddenly become the kind of leader the future requires. It takes time, commitment, ongoing learning and support.

That’s why we’ve created our Transforming Leaders programme: built on the prestigious heritage of OSS Retail and informed with current insight direct from the BRC, giving you the knowledge and skills to lead your organisation into the future of retail.

Those already in a leadership role who may be looking to progress within the next 12-18 months
Those looking to enhance their ability within their current role / refresh perspective on how they carry out their current role

Please note: this is not an exhaustive list but an example, we understand that company structures can vary, contact us for advice.

Blended learning with a residential aspect at the start and end of the programme (8th - 10th June and 27th - 28th July)
BRC direct insight, knowledge, and connections
Action centred learning outcomes
Group work in your subgroups with a dedicated coach
E-Learning element with access up to 9 months after the programme ends
Strong alumni network
Rich heritage built on the OSS Retail
Targeting the megatrends within retail at that time
Bespoke neurotech self-assessment tool
Expo that includes experiential exposure to the content and workshops

Develop an alternative way of thinking, one that is ready to push beyond boundaries and is wider than your normal perspective
Using our bespoke neurotech self-assessment tool, you will receive an individual report that will help to build your own self-awareness
and conscious leadership
You can practice, learn and experiment in a psychologically safe environment, use this as a place to build the workplace self that you aspire to be
Intense relationship building within your subgroup, and the wider delegation, building confidence and proven to build lifelong connections/network 
Leave the programme with a blend of tools that can be used to continue your growth and reflections as a leader

Building confident and conscious leaders with a much-expanded skillset
With a deeper understanding of insight and data that drives the operation of an organisation, delegates will be able to apply this learning within their day-to-day role and make more informed decisions  
Developing internal talent who will be better equipped to make business decisions that consider sustainable profit, inclusive cultures and climate change
Developing leaders who have an eagerness to get involved in aspects that sit outside of their day-to-day role within the organisation alongside the ability to spearhead change on issues that impact the
Depending on the cohort size, a summary report from the self-assessment tool, providing a flavour of leadership awareness within the organisation to build upon

MEET OUR PROGRAMME TEAM

Vicki Young

BRC LEarning

Vicki is the programme lead for the BRC Leaders Summer School and works to deliver a disruptive and challenging school for retail leaders.

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Rob Husband

Space2think

Rob works with the BRC and retail leaders to develop and deliver the Summer School Programmes.

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Sam Redman

sam redman consulting

Sam works with the BRC and retail leaders to develop and deliver the Summer School Programmes.

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Emma Cushing

the centre for Inclusive leadership

Emma is the Programme Lead for the Transforming Leaders Programme. Sam leads for the Group Coaches for Transforming Leaders.

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Sam Mancey

Sam Mancey Coaching & Consulting

Sam is the Programme Lead for the Emerging Leaders Programme. Sam leads for the Group Coaches for Emerging Leaders.
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MEET OUR KEY CONTRIBUTORS

Centre for Alternative Technology CAT

Paul allen & Amanda Smith

CAT is an educational charity dedicated to researching and communicating positive solutions for environmental change.
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Cliff Lee

Retail trust

Cliff is a health and wellbeing specialist, with over ten years’ experience in both the development of specialist employee wellbeing services and the implementation of highly effective employee wellbeing strategies across a range of sectors, including retail and social care.
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Danny & Tenesia Pascal

Earth to earth organics

Danny and Tenesia are the owners and co-founders of vegan skincare brand Earth to Earth Organics. They will be supporting the planet programme lens.
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Erinch Sahan

Doughnut Economics Action lab

Erinch is the business and enterprise lead at the Doughnut Economics Action Lab. Until recently, he was the chief executive of the World Fair Trade Organization.

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Evelina Dzimanaviciute

ELITE MIND

Evelina Dzimanavičiūtė is an Organisational Wellbeing Consultant and speaker providing individuals and organisations with insights and neuroscience-based solutions for Leadership Development.
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Jagz Doheley

ribbons Consultants

Jagz Doheley is an Energy Management Coach and leader, helping people and businesses with neuroscience and mindfulness techniques, to help create more time, boost productivity, and break burnout cycles.
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Kyle Soo

B LAB UK

Kyle Soo is the Partnerships & Product Manager at B Lab UK and is helping to support the growth of the B Corp community.

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Laura Crawford

Mama Bamboo

Laura established Mama Bamboo when she spotted a hole in the market for a high performance eco-sustainable nappy and wipe range.
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Linda Campbell

body shop

Linda as our most experienced retail leader, has taken the important new role of Global Retail Director, working with our Brand team to describe what the future of retail should look like at The Body Shop and lead a much needed executional 'reset' as we emerge from the pandemic.
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Louise Stonier

pets at home

Louise has been with the business since joining in 2004, originally as group legal director and company secretary of the Plc Board before moving into the role of chief people and legal officer in 2017.

Matt Manning

Currys

Matt is the Group Carbon & Environment Manager for Currys. Matt has worked in the sustainability and environmental sector for over 10 years.

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Nicola Ryan

One+All

As director of colleague support for One+All schoolwear, Nicola Ryan led the transformation from a business with low morale and engagement to one where colleagues are high performing and genuinely care for their work, colleagues, customers and suppliers.
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Paul Anderson-Walsh

THe centre for inclusive leadership

Paul is the Co-founder of The Centre for Inclusive Leadership. He is an L&D Practitioner, Author, Broadcaster, Speaker and Life Coach.

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Rob Sutton

Trueplace consulting

True Place Consulting is a training partner of BRC Learning, specialising in strategic and creative thinking. Rob was a founding partner of the company in 2013, following

a 20-year career in category management and sales with General Electric, Novartis,

Kerry Group and Coca-Cola.
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The Very Group

Vicky Ferrier

We’re The Very Group – home to Very.co.uk and a 3,250-strong team of super talented people, all passionate about making good things easily accessible to more people so they can live life well.
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WHAT OUR LEARNERS SAY

CARRIE MORRIS | BOOKA BOOKSHOP

EMMA GAW | WICKES K & B HOME DELIVERY NETWORK

AMY PETTINGALE | CENTRAL ENGLAND COOPERATIVE ENGLAND LIMITED

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The Summer School is split into two cohorts - Emerging Leaders and Transforming Leaders. The Emerging Leaders programme is aimed at those either new to a leadership role or identified as having high potential to step into a leadership role within the next 12-18 months. In addition, we have a number of delegates attend who are from support functions as the course helps to develop self-awareness and understanding of the wider retail industry. The Transforming Leaders programme is aimed at established, evolving retail leaders and support managers, those already in a leadership role with a proven track record of experience and influence. We believe that leadership is something that everyone can do and is not necessarily limited to those who have people management responsibility. It is also useful to accept that many may be in differing places on their leadership journey and will benefit from different development opportunities.

Our 2022 Summer School will be a blended approach, starting on the 8th June 2022 with a 3-day residential programme followed by weekly sessions (2-3 hours) which will involve a mix of live virtual plenaries, group work and specific content release via our learning platform. The School will culminate in a final 2 day residential from the 27th to 28th July 2022 where learners will regroup, reflect, and focus on the future.

The Summer School will provide an unrivalled deep dive into the four megatrends of People, Profit, Purpose and Planet through thought leadership, social learning, and self-led modular content. Supported by experts, retailers and organisations that will stretch delegates thinking by looking outside of what they ‘think’ they know, bringing insight and foresight back to the organisation. The blend of residential and virtual over the course of the 8 weeks provides attendees the opportunity to put into practice what they are learning and explore this within the safety of their groups during the programme. Our course will bring to life the lenses, developing truly conscious leaders within retail for now and the future. There is no other programme like the Leaders’ Summer School!

We are proud that our residential home for 2022 will be Ashridge House Estate in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. With the changes in the School being more future focused and inclusive it is important to us that our residential home reflects similar values.

Our earlybird offer has now closed. The standard price for BRC Members starts from £3,225 for the Emerging Leaders Programme and £3,350 for the Transforming Leaders Programme. This is variable dependent BRC Membership. Group and individual discounts may be applied by discretion with our Head of Leadership Programmes, please contact vicki.young@brc.org.uk to explore this further.

The cost includes all accommodation and food for the duration of the residential elements of the course (8th to 10th June 2022 and 27th to 28th July 2022). Any additional soft or alcoholic drinks required during the residential element are to be paid for by delegates, some will be provided with the evening meals. Please note that Ashridge is a cashless venue and any purchases outside of the core offering should be settled immediately with the venue.

There is plenty of parking available however we are conscious of our own carbon footprint and would encourage delegates to either car share or arrive by train to Berkhamsted station. A free shuttle bus will be available to take delegates to the venue on the day of arrival and departure, timetable is below.

Arrival to the first residential will be between 8am – 10am, giving delegates enough time to check in and familiarise themselves, the School will formally start at 10.30am. Departure will be from 3.00pm on the 10th June. For the second residential the arrival time will be the same on the 27th July but the departure time will be from 4.30pm on the 28th July.

The residential elements are integral to the social learning element of the programme and therefore attendance is required at both. We do however recognise that there may be circumstances that arise which will impact their ability to attend, contingency measures will be put in place in this scenario, and we will record live sessions for delegates to watch. We cannot recreate the atmosphere and additional experience that they would no doubt benefit from being in the face-to-face learning environment.The residential elements are integral to the social learning element of the programme and therefore attendance is required at both. We do however recognise that there may be circumstances that arise which will impact their ability to attend, contingency measures will be put in place in this scenario, and we will record live sessions for delegates to watch. We cannot recreate the atmosphere and additional experience that they would no doubt benefit from being in the face-to-face learning environment.

You will be awarded a digital badge to recognise your participation in the programme which you can display on your website, CV or social media account. The badge will be available to download upon completion of the programme.

As with any blended learning opportunity commitment and engagement from delegates are what makes the learning happen. All content should be completed within the 8 weeks of the programme. Delegates will be expected to access all live events (or watch recordings) and access on demand content as it is released. There will be a project, or simulator, which will take place alongside the programme for each cohort.

Each delegate will be assigned to a coaching group made up of 8-10 learners and facilitated by a Group Coach, these sessions are essential to benefit from the social learning element of the programme. The relationship of the group with start to form at the residential and this will build as the course progresses, sessions will be arranged around the live virtual elements of the programme providing the groups with the opportunity to reflect on what they have heard, discuss, debate, and explore within a safe environment. The Group Coach is there to support in facilitating, coaching and being an independent confidante to delegates to nurture their learning.

Across the duration of the school, we anticipate that each learner will need to assign 3-4 hours per week to either a live event, group coach sessions, module work and self-reflection which would be on a Wednesday afternoon.

There is no final assessment and no pass or fail. However, delegates will be expected to commit to a continuing personal development plan at the end of the School. This will include how they will apply learning back into their organisation and a review against their initial learning intentions. As part of the project or simulator delegates will receive final feedback on their submissions and position against other groups at the end of the programme.

There will be a golden thread of “how can I apply this learning and how will it impact me, my team and my organisation.” This will be supported by a self-assessment tool completed by the learner at the start of the school, the tool has been built specifically for the programme using neuroscience and aims to dig beneath the surface of the conscious leader to bypass their individual bias. The results will continue to grow and evolve as delegates take their learnings back to the workplace and assess these against their original learning intentions.

All delegates will be part of a coaching group for the length of the schools where they will be supported by a ‘group coach.’ Delegates and their sending organisations will be encouraged to identify an inhouse sponsor/mentor who can support the application of delegates learning back into their workplace.

In the weeks leading up to the residential delegates will be sent their joining instructions. This will include a link to the Learning Platform which will be the main source of information for the duration, they will also be sent some pre-recorded videos to help set their mindset for the School - thought provoking views on the future of retail and some insights into what they can expect from the course. They will also be asked to complete a self-diagnostic development tool which will support their learning journey and personal growth in conscious leadership.

One of our primary values is inclusion, by being inclusive and allowing delegates, contributors, and guests to be their authentic selves will help to increase the diversity of all attendees. We encourage all organisations to consider when nominating delegates to ensure that their attendees are a representation of their workforce, and that an open and inclusive approach has been taken to selecting them.

We are in the process of developing a number of social spaces on the course aimed at independent businesses, not for profit organisations and underrepresented groups to apply for a scholarship space on the school. Our scholarship scheme will cover the costs of learning, but a minimal cost will apply for the residential programme. For further information please contact vicki.young@brc.org.uk.

TRANSFORMING LEADERS

Overview

Register Interest

Speakers

Who Should Attend

Programme Features

Benefits for You

Benefits for Your Business

MEET OUR PROGRAMME TEAM

Vicki Young

Rob Husband

Sam Redman

Emma Cushing

Sam Mancey

MEET OUR KEY CONTRIBUTORS

Centre for Alternative Technology CAT

Cliff Lee

Danny & Tenesia Pascal

Erinch Sahan

Evelina Dzimanaviciute

Jagz Doheley

Kyle Soo

Laura Crawford

Linda Campbell

Louise Stonier

Matt Manning

Nicola Ryan

Paul Anderson-Walsh

Rob Sutton

The Very Group

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TRANSFORMING LEADERS

Overview

Register Interest

Speakers

Who Should Attend

Programme Features

Benefits for You

Benefits for Your Business

MEET OUR PROGRAMME TEAM

Vicki Young

Rob Husband

Sam Redman

Emma Cushing

Sam Mancey

MEET OUR KEY CONTRIBUTORS

Centre for Alternative Technology CAT

Cliff Lee

Danny & Tenesia Pascal

Erinch Sahan

Evelina Dzimanaviciute

Jagz Doheley

Kyle Soo

Laura Crawford

Linda Campbell

Louise Stonier

Matt Manning

Nicola Ryan

Paul Anderson-Walsh

Rob Sutton

The Very Group

WHAT OUR LEARNERS SAY

OTHER COURSES FROM BRC LEARNING

LEVEL 5 LEADERS APPRENTICESHIP

MASTER NEGOTIATOR FOR RETAILERS

CUSTOMER METRICS FOR C-SUITE AND BOARDS

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