The Pacific Fisheries Leadership Programme (PFLP)

PFLP workshop group photo

""
0
0

PFLP offers a unique customized programme for current and emerging Pacific fisheries leaders to develop additional skills relevant to mobilizing change on national and regional fisheries priorities.

It is envisaged 125 participants, will enjoy learning through workshops, workplace experiences, coaching and resources relevant and applicable to their daily work. The study programme is fully virtual and is offered in a series of short modules that accommodates participants’ schedules and allows them to apply concepts and tools in their everyday life or in the workplace.

The Pacific Fisheries Leadership Programme (PFLP) funded by the New Zealand Government, is implemented by a consortium led by the Pacific Community (SPC) with the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA), University of Queensland (UQ), and the Centre for Adaptive Leadership (CLA).

Selected participants will engage in online modules and workshops to complete Leadership for EffectivenessLeadership for ChangeLeadership in Times of UncertaintyContextualised Mini Workshops and Personalised Coaching Support to enhance learning.

The Leadership for Effectiveness component contains two areas of coursework; Leading and Managing People and Inclusive Strategic Leadership. The coursework includes activities that can be counted for assessment. To be eligible to receive one or two course credits towards selected University of Queensland (UQ) Business School postgraduate programs, all items of assessment for each area of coursework must be satisfactorily completed. Modules for this component provide tools and techniques to diagnose challenges and work more effectively; to apply models and new knowledge to the management of people and leadership of team; to examine your own behaviour and a leader and identify and evaluate strategies for developing high performing teams; as well as provides an opportunity to learn and apply key concepts, ideas and strategies immediately to your leadership practice.

The Leadership for Change component offers participants a unique opportunity to strengthen their leadership skills in the fisheries sector by providing diagnostic, strategic, and practical tools for leading change. It is based on real world issues and experience and will be adapted to the context and needs of participants. Each 3-day module includes three live large group virtual sessions, three small group consultations, and individual coaching to support participants’ learning. Sessions enable participants to analyse their real-time challenges to develop a framework for leading change relevant to their contexts.

The Leadership in Times of Uncertainty component recognizes that leading in the midst of change and uncertainty is difficult work.  Challenging the status quo can be destabilising to people.  It's especially risky during and after a crisis.  Leading in times of uncertainty demands reflection, strategic intervention, and flexibility to navigate changes in the environment.  It also requires learning from mistakes in real time.  Those that lead during uncertainty need to manage risk effectively and leverage learning and innovation.

Contextualised Mini Workshops are focussed and concise one-off sessions on specific topics that have been raised by participants in their coaching sessions or through module evaluations as areas of interest for a deeper dive. These are more practical approaches that offer a “how to” exercise leadership in targeted situations. Examples of specific topics include influencing, managing upwards, difficult conversations, collaboration and partnerships, problem driven iterative adaptation, decision-making, and working remotely.

The Personalised Coaching Support offers confidential dialogue to individuals to allow them to make sense of the concepts, models and tools offered during modules and to link these to the situations and circumstances they find themselves in both personally and professionally. More importantly, the sessions offer participants a chance for insight and learning whereby they can challenge themselves in order to develop their skills to exercise leadership both with and without authority. It is a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires participants to their potential and achieve their goals through enhanced performance for greater success.

Expected long term outcomes for the fisheries sector includes improved quality and diversity of leadership and management in priority sectoral areas and increased cooperation between relevant participants and their institutions. These objectives conform to progressing implementation of the “Regional Roadmap for Sustainable Pacific Fisheries.”

PFLP is a significant investment by New Zealand and by the members of the consortium. As such, PFLP wants to attract not only the most relevant, but the most committed and interested participants possible.

PFLP partners banner
0
0
1

Author(s)