Leadership Career Accelerator - Autumn 2025

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• Explore the Experience Impact Model (EIM) to frame outcomes clearly

• Use Skills-in-Action to showcase capability through evidence

• Apply ELEVATE to align your CV to target roles

• Optional peer review: feedback on clarity and authenticity

•        Analyse ideal roles to identify recurring skills, values, and leadership outcomes

•        Build your personal keyword and competency bank

•        Understand how role research supports CV tailoring and interview preparation

• Structure letters around motivation, organisational values, and measurable impact

• Use outcome-based evidence to demonstrate fit

• Practical exercise: craft a letter for a real or aspirational opportunity

• Break down the STAR model and its variations for senior panels

• Use EIM + STAR to connect achievements with outcomes

• Practise concise, evidence-based responses

• Decode frameworks such as NHS Leadership Qualities Framework and Civil Service Behaviours

• Map your experience and values to assessed competencies

• Create a set of examples ready for use in applications and interviews

• Understand what senior panels are really assessing

• Prepare strategically: role research, stakeholder mapping, and framing key messages

• Manage nerves and build professional gravitas in high-stakes settings

• Approach exploratory conversations with recruiters, Chairs, and senior contacts

• Navigate pre-interview meetings with authenticity

• Live role-play and debrief discussion

• Understand the purpose and tone of stakeholder sessions in recruitment processes

• Build confidence in relationship-driven selection formats

• Develop strategies for building rapport and demonstrating alignment

• Design and deliver presentations for assessment panels or Board interviews

• Structure persuasive narratives and visuals that convey leadership thinking

• Practice: five-minute pitch and feedback session

• Reflect on progress, celebrate achievements, and consolidate learning

• Set post-programme goals for continued development

• Optional peer feedback and accountability planning