Leadership Development Guidance for Researchers at UCL
This tool provides guidance on developing leadership skills for researchers at UCL, focusing on four pillars of leadership: self-development, developing others, working together, and advancing knowledge. It helps in identifying your current role, assessing leadership emphasis, and utilizing available resources to enhance leadership capabilities at different career stages.
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Purpose of this Tool This tool is designed to provide guidance to you on how to develop your leadership skills in two ways: Context Leadership is an important part of the role of any researcher throughout their career. Building your leadership skills and capabilities will enable you to get the best out of yourself and the colleagues you work with, build your career and contribute to creating a positive research culture in UCL. How to Build Leadership Skills and Capabilities 1. By showing how leadership evolves at key stages in your career. 2. The resources that are available to you to build your leadership skills, and which are most relevant and appropriate at your stage in your research leadership journey. What is Leadership for a Researcher? We believe that leadership for a researcher has four distinct elements or pillars of leadership. These are: How to Use this Tool? Use Page 2 to pinpoint where you are on your leadership journey. Locate your current role and review the emphasis for leadership at that level. Some questions to ask yourself: Developing yourself Taking your own development, growth and wellbeing seriously. Does this reflect how you currently balance the different aspects of your role? Do you need to build your leadership skills or abilities in any of these aspects? Developing others Nurturing the development of others. Working together If the answer to the question above is yes , then Page 3 will help. Here we have shown the different leadership resources and tools that are available to you and relevant to your leadership career stage. Collaborating within and beyond UCL. Advancing knowledge Intellectual leadership in your field. These are not static, the emphasis on each pillar will change as you advance as a researcher and leader. If you would like to explore the topic of research leadership further, Page 4 provides links to additional resources and reading.
Where are you now? How the context evolves UCL Researcher Leadership Stages Leadership emphasis at each stage Doctoral researcher Individual research Developing yourself Working together Advancing knowledge Research Assistant G6 PGTA Team contributor Early career researcher Developing yourself Working together Developing others Advancing knowledge Research Fellow G7 Senior Research Fellow G8 Associate Lecturer G7 Lecturer G8 New Principal Investigator Leading a team Developing yourself Working together Developing others Advancing knowledge Senior Research Fellow G8 Associate Professor G9 Organisational leadership Experienced Principal Investigator Developing yourself Working together Developing others Advancing knowledge Principal Research Fellow G9 Professor G10 Head of Department Developing yourself Working together Developing others Advancing knowledge Principal Research Fellow G9 Professor G10
Support available to you **these programmes are open to women staff (including trans women and non binary people who are comfortable in a female-centred community). Receive 1 to 1 support and guidance UCL Researcher Leadership Stages Enrol on a Leadership Programme Enrol on a Leadership Programme Attend a short training course Access online recources Gain insights from experienced research leaders For researchers and academics For all UCL staff Doctoral researcher mentoring Learning to lead from Hult Ashridge lead at UCL online resource Personal Development training available from UCL OD Personal Development training available from UCL OD Mentoring Mentoring Doctoral Skills Development Programme Doctoral Skills Development Programme Learning to Lead from Hult Ashridge Learning to Lead from Hult Ashridge Lead at UCL Lead at UCL Personal Development training available from UCL OD Doctoral Skills Development Programme Learning to Lead from Hult Ashridge Research Assistant G6 PGTA Personal Development training available from UCL OD Doctoral Skills Development Programme Learning to Lead from Hult Ashridge Personal Development training available from UCL OD Women in research Women in Women in research research Early career researcher leadership in action advancing leaders programme Advancing Leaders Programme Advancing Leaders Programme Lab Leaders Series of videosLab Leaders Series of videos Lab Leaders Series of videos Leadership in action Leadership in action Advancing Leaders Programme Research Fellow G7 Senior Research Fellow G8 Research Staff Development Programme Research Staff Development Programme Research Staff Development Programme women in leadership Research Staff Development Programme Women in Leadership** Women in Leadership** Associate Lecturer G7 Lecturer G8 UCL internal coaching Internal coachingInternal coaching Internal coaching New Principal Investigator strategic leaders programme advancing PI People Management Essentials People Management Essentials Strategic Leaders Programme Strategic Leaders Programme Advancing PI s Advancing PI s People Management Essentials Strategic Leaders Programme Senior Research Fellow G8 Associate Professor G9 People Management Essentials Senior Women in Leadership** Senior Women in Leadership** Senior Women in Leadership** Experienced Principal Investigator Experienced PIs Experienced PI s Experienced PI s University Leaders Programme University Leaders Programme Principal Research Fellow G9 Professor G10 University Leaders Programme Experienced PI Sharepoint Experienced PI Sharepoint Head of Department HOD and senior leader programme external coaching HOD and Senior Leader ProgrammeHOD and Senior Leader Programme HOD and Senior Leader Programme External coaching External coaching Principal Research Fellow G9 Professor G10
UCL Resources: Reports on Research Leadership: Additional Resources Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers (2019) Flinders, Professor M (2023) Research Leadership Matters: Agility, Alignment, Ambition https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human- resources/sites/human-resources/files/ researcher-development-concordat_ sept2019.pdf https://www.hepi.ac.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2022/11/Research-Leadership- Matters-Agility-Alignment-Ambition.pdf For more information you can visit our website here. UCL Academic Careers Framework (2018) https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human- resources/sites/human-resources/files/ ucl-130418.pdf Email: od@ucl.ac.uk Social:@UCL_ODResearch Overlaet, Prof Bert (2022). A Pathway towards Multidimensional Academic Careers. A LERU Framework for the Assessment of Researchers . League of European Research Universities UCL Appraisal, Review and Development Scheme https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human- resources/ucl-appraisal-review-and- development-scheme https://www.leru.org/publications/a- pathway-towards-multidimensional- academic careers-a-leru-framework-for- the-assessment-of-researchers UCL Leadership Programmes Government Policies for Research Leadership: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human- resources/organisational-development/ training-inductions-and-leadership/ucl- leadership-programmes Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (July 2021). R&D People and Culture Strategy ADAPTResources https://assets.publishing.service.gov. uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/ attachment_data/file/1004685/r_d- people-culture-strategy.pdf https://www.ucl.ac.uk/school-life- medical-sciences/about-slms/office-vice- provost-health/academic-careers-office/ adapt
