1. Leadership Programme 2013/2014
Session 3: Personal + Interpersonal
Skills

2. Homework for Session 3
• Self study: complete PLP
• Self study; look up Sir John Jones by Steve Bomford
on SoundCloud. Write your thoughts up in your LJ –
Lesley will send to you via email
• Home Group Task – share your thoughts on the
above clip
• Please email Abi and Lesley (abi.adam@wled.org.uk
/ lesley.henderson@westlothian.org.uk ) so that we
have your email addresses saved
• Coach Conversation (suggested): Evaluate your PLP
and discuss the implications

3. Check In
• How are you feeling?
• Share your thoughts with the group on the Sir
John Jones research. What did you learn from
this?
• Discuss any issues which came up from your
coaching conversation.
• If you haven’t yet sent your email address
could you please do ASAP?

4. Task 1
As a group read over the interpersonal skills section of
the Standard for Middle Leaders.
• Discuss how you are developing these skills through
your leadership project.
• Choose one that you feel comfortable with and one
you know you need to develop.
• Be prepared to share this with the wider group.

5. Task 2
Professional Reading and Reflection
“Leadership” from “People Skills” by Neil
Thompson (3rd Edition)
Personal and Interpersonal Skills
“Building Blocks”

6. Professional Reading
Articles:
• “Action Research” Valsa Koshy
• “Using Journal Writing to Enhance Reflective
Practice” by David Boud

7. Homework
• Write up a critical incident in your learning journal of an event
in which you realised the importance of using interpersonal
skills effectively in order to achieve a positive outcome.
• Home Group Task – do some research on different leadership
styles and share your thoughts with each other on this.
• Coach Conversation – share your self-evaluation with your
coach and from the group task discuss with your coach how
you are going to work on your area/s for development within
interpersonal skills. Remember it is you who sets the agenda
so if the above does not fit in with your development needs
then please feel free to focus your coaching session around
your own areas for development.