2015-16 RFU Leadership Academy Review
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This document summarizes feedback from the 2015-16 Rugby Football Union Leadership Academy program. It provides statistics on the 83 candidates and 19 mentors who participated. 94% of candidates said they would recommend the program to others. The top 5 training needs identified were legal and financial compliance, risk assessment, governance structures, generating commercial revenue, and business process monitoring. Candidate and mentor experience ratings were mostly positive. The document outlines progression and new roles attained by some alumni and proposes areas for improvement in the next cycle.
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2015-16 RFU Leadership Academy Review
- 1. 2015-16 Review Feedback from 83 candidates and 19 mentors August 2016
- 2. Would you recommend the RFU Leadership to others? 94% yes possibly no 4% Recommend I have and will continue to promote this course to colleagues in rugby. It has been an excellent and rewarding experience. Yes, but I would be careful who I suggest it to. Great programme, will recommend to others in the future. I will tell all key players in my club about this. Thoroughly recommended course for any aspiring club leaders. 2014-15: Recommend? 81% yes. 19% possibly.
- 3. 2015-16 Growth 76increase in the number of candidates % 757candidates have participated in the Academy from 2005-2016
- 4. Candidates academy groups across 10 Constituent Bodies 13 2014-15: 5 academy groups across 11 Constituent Bodies 2005-2015 16% candidates female 53 123 30% of candidates are female CompletedDropped out 17622 89%
- 5. 17 Cheshire 9 Surrey 13 Staffordshire 8 Somerset 5 Northumberland 17 NLD 18 Middlesex 15 Hampshire 17 Gloucestershire 25 Eastern Counties 11 Durham 13 Dorset & Wilts 20 Devon 5 Locations
- 6. Training Needs The top five training needs identified Ensure compliance with legal, tax, regulatory, ethical & social requirements Develop & implement a risk assessment plan Understand governance structures including being incorporated or unincorporated Generate Commercial Revenues for your club Monitor and review business processes ! 贈
- 7. Fully met Mostly met Partially met Not at all Overview Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Poor 59% 61% 52% 52% 54% 17% 30% 32% 43% 42% 32% 26% 10% 5% 5% 6% 14% 30% 1% 1% 20% 7% Support & Challenge Groups Mentors Leadership Workshops Management Workshops ILM Membership 1% Candidate Experience 22% 88% 18% 82% 6% 40% Objectives met Fully Partially Mostly Not at all 1 83% 12% Raising awareness of leadership in rugby Identifying the next generation of rugby leaders Investing in future leaders to help them develop Sharing good practice in rugby leadership & management 16% 54%
- 8. be able to describe the key qualities of effective leaders 8.6 be able to establish a purpose & strategy to guide your club 8.2 practice key leadership skills including questioning & listening 8.7 describe Belbin team roles & understand how this relates to your leadership style 8.8 create an ongoing personal action plan to develop your skills 8.3 Leadership Workshop 10 = Excellent How effective was the Leadership Workshop in helping you to 1 = Poor
- 9. confidence planning risk landscape networking strategy recruitment delegation organisation governance RFU revenue volunteeringfundingknowledgestructure sponsorshipsuccession club CB Development Where has the academy helped to meet specific personal development needs? Larger the text size, the more frequent the word
- 10. |||||| |||||| ||||| || Excellent Very good Good Satisfactiry Poor Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Poor 42% 37% 16% 37% 47% 42% 21% 16% 11% Mentor Training Mentor support Candidate selection/ nomination Mentor Experience Mentors 32% 89% yes possibly no 11% Would you volunteer as a mentor again? mentors 55 2014-15: 29 mentors
- 11. On-line support 262 223 40% 60% Did you activate your ILM Membership? Yes No
- 12. Alumni attendance ILM endorsed Oxon, Bucks & Berks 5 Cornwall & Devon 6 Kent 9 East Midlands & Leicestershire 12 Lancashire CANCELLED 0 32%
- 13. Progression New role as Executive Committee Adviser County Young Official Development Officer Appointed Director of Rugby and Coaching Coordinator Joined County coaching team Taken over lead of Website/GMS Vice chair of mini & youth Became a Club Director Progressed from Youth Chair to Director of Rugby and club coaching coordinator Have any 2015-16 candidates already progressed? /
- 14. Progression Mini & Junior Chair Tim Dyer Stoke-on-Trent RUFC Club Chair + Leadership Academy Mentor Coaching Coordinator + coach Nick Page Lewes RFC Club Chair + Director Committee Member Gary Vaughan Cornwall Referees Society Chair Committee member at Huntington RFC Jonathan Hutton East Midlands Referees Executive committee member Mini & Junior Chair Nigel Busby Camp Hill RFC Chief Operating Officer Coach Russell English Deal & Betteshanger RFC Director of Youth Rugby Volunteer Coordinator
- 15. Progression Women & girls contact Barry Waterfield Devonport Services RFC Fixture Secretary + Coach + Devon Schools Rugby Secretary Club Captain David Carson White Hartlepool RFC Club Captain + County Representative Eccleshall RUFC Club Mini & Junior Chair Becky Davies Staffordshire RFU President/ Chair (first female) + Leadership Academy Mentor West Bridgeford RFC Committee Member + Referee Rob Linthwaite West Bridgeford RFC Hon Sec Nottinghamshire RFU President (youngest) NLD RFU Volunteer Coordinator
- 16. Leadership in Union 48% 11 out of 23 candidates 20 out of 32 applications Leadership Academy Alumni 63%
- 17. It was a pleasure to be with such motivated and committed Rugby volunteers. The future really is in safe hands! Thank you to everyone that organised the Leadership Academy. So much info and an unbelievable amount of support. This is the best course Ive done, (including several with work). Well done for providing such a positive experience and engaging syllabus. Ivan Torpey RDO, Hampshire Feedback Congratulations to all the students for your hard work, the mentors for looking after the students so well, and the organisers both RFU and Middlesex for the whole programme. It was a privilege to present the awards. Brian East President, Middlesex RFU Ian Kerr President, Hampshire RFU Lisa Murfin Candidate Mike Killeen Luton RFC After mentoring this group, I can honestly say that we are very lucky to have such quality volunteers in Gloucestershire. Rez Aminnia Mentor, Gloucestershire RFU The candidates learned loads and understand the RFU and CB far better. Tim Dwyer Mentor, Staffordshire
- 18. Programme Management Key challenges in 2015-16 Late set-up of some Academies resulted in insufficient time to recruit suitable candidates. ILM Membership administration failed to meet candidates expectations. Poor attendance at Alumni workshops. Not all candidates completed a Personal Development Plan. Progress from 2014-15 Engaged CBs and Area Managers. Successfully doubled delivery. Implemented two-year cycle. Majority of groups run across one CB. New Rugby Landscape module & support material delivered 13 times with positive feedback. 55 mentors trained using revised modules including case studies. 19 mentors retained. Candidate sign up support from Leeds Beckett University.
- 19. Improve the administration of the ILM membership. Enable access to the Leadership in Union support tool: Virtual Ashridge. On-line support Better explain the PDP process. Emphasize flexible format and evolving content. Encourage mentors to gather and review PDPs from all candidates. Personal Development Plans Proposals ILM endorsed Further engage Constituent Bodies and RFU Area Managers in the nomination and selection of appropriate candidates. Improve the pre-course information for candidates, for example using a welcome video. Candidate identification Introduce a new business planning module. Be realistic about amount of content delivered in the Training Needs workshop. Continue joint delivery of the Rugby Landscape module by the CB/RDO Module Development Form a Leadership Development group. Review, synergise and develop leadership and mentoring programmes. Integrate with the RFU Volunteer Recruitment and Leadership pathway. P 3 a r Strategy