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Diploma in Organisational Development for Leaders and Consultants

The Diploma is a significant career and personal development opportunity for:

• Consultants and facilitators wishing to deepen their learning, develop skills and gain a professional qualification linked to the University of Glasgow's MSc in Organisational Leadership.
• Chief Executives or senior personnel seeking to develop their roles as leaders or internal consultants.
• Experienced individuals wishing to enter the field of consultancy or facilitation.

This Diploma Programme aims to support the development of organisational leaders, consultants and facilitators so that they can work effectively with groups, institutions and communities seeking to promote justice in the world.

"I have found myself wishing that I had undertaken it when I was a CEO, as the knowledge and insights it has afforded could have been deployed very usefully"

"I am excited about sharing different tools and concepts with organisations that are trying to make a positive difference in their communities"

It consists of 8 x 3 day modules and draws on a range of theories and approaches including systems thinking, organisational development and psychoanalysis. It also includes a strong emphasis on practical skills and learning from experience.

Previous participants have included independent facilitators and consultants and managers and directors of voluntary organisations, faith based groups and religious congregations. Their comments include:

"The Diploma has really helped me gain clarity about what I am for and begin to think about how I can take authentic action aligned with my beliefs"

"The learning style is supporting and challenging"

"A range of conceptual frameworks for looking at situations in organisations...powerful and useful"

"'Hands on' experience of consulting and facilitating in a safe environment"

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"As a graduate of the Craighead Diploma, I find myself now surfing the inevitable sea of troubles in organisations with positivity and creativity and not drowning in them! I have a tool box full of new ideas and practices to help steer emergent recovery organisations and myself in building what could be a left field social change movement of the 21st century. As a human, I feel so much clearer on what place my spiritual practice has in the organisational life of the services I run and am involved in. On a personal level, I am less frightened of myself, of being at odds with other views and practices, and much more accustomed to challenging my own assumptions. Coupled with a passion for systems theory, which was nurtured in the diploma, I am excited about possibilities and that for now is more than enough for me. Job done Craighead Diploma!!!"

For further information please contact Dawn Revie or Jo Kennedy on 0141 332 2733 or mail@craighead.org.uk