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Organisational Development Update: 14 October 2021

By: Lisette Whittaker

Last updated: Friday, 15 October 2021

Raising awareness of menopause in the workplace:

As part of World Menopause Day on 18 October, we are encouraging everyone to start talking about the menopause. Everyone knows someone affected by the menopause and it’s important to start having conversations in the workplace and challenge traditional taboos.

We have put together an exciting event schedule on Monday 18 October and invite you to join us and find out more, even if you can only spare half an hour or so. Please see details below to book.

Management and leadership apprenticeships:

Management and Leadership apprenticeships provide practical on the job skills for those moving into a management role or looking to improve their leadership skillset.

The Senior Leader Apprenticeship is an intensive and demanding course designed for those wanting to broaden and deepen their leadership knowledge in a range of situations.

Find out more about the Level 3 CMI accredited Team Leader/Supervisor and Level 5 CMI accredited Operations/Departmental Manager and Level 7 Senior Leader apprenticeships on 26 October (to register in advance, please book below. It is mandatory for all learners who would like to enrol to attend one of these sessions beforehand, but you do not have to enrol once you have attended.

OD newsletter:

We are excited to announce our new monthly OD Newsletter. You can view October’s here. Please contact us at od@sussex.ac.uk if you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive them.

OD timetable of events:

Date	Time	Event
Monday 18 October	11.30 am to 1.30 pm	Menopause Awareness event: This interesting and informative event will focus on raising Menopause awareness in the workplace as part of World Menopause Day. Book here
Tuesday 19 October	10.00 am to 11.30 am	Let’s have a conversation about Mental Health: Attend this workshop if you are a manager who would like to understand better the importance of having mental health conversations and how you can support your staff during difficult times. Last few spaces remaining! Book here
Wednesday 20 October	10.00 am to 11.30 am	Giving Effective Feedback: Managers will be introduced to some simple tools and techniques to support and motivate their staff and teams. Last few spaces remaining! Book here
Thursday 21 October	12.00 pm to 1.30 pm	Community of Practice. These workshops are designed to support Mentors. The theme is tbc. Book here
Tuesday 26 October	1.00 pm to 1.45 pm	Leadership and Management Apprenticeship: Level 3 and Level 5 Learner/Line Manager Briefing Register in advance for this meeting.
Tuesday 26^th October	2.00 pm to 2.45 pm	Senior Leader Apprenticeship: Level 7 Learner/Line Manager Briefing Register in advance for this meeting.

Please be aware that if a workshop has fewer than six places booked, we may need to cancel the session.

Our Autumn Term calendar is now available here