• To enable current and future leaders to explore their own faith and the faiths of others in order to create partnerships [that will make a difference] for the common good.
• To produce an alumni community of reflective leaders who can make a real difference to our society.
• To develop participants’ abilities to manage the multiple roles necessary for contemporary leadership.
• To better enable participants to take on leadership and consultative roles, both formally and informally at work, at home, and in the community.
• To help to develop participants’ self-awareness by encouraging them to understand their strengths and gifts as well as their weaknesses.
• To support participants’ communication skills in public speaking, reflective listening, dealing with the media, and during disagreement and negotiation.
• To encourage partnerships of difference between participants.
• To serve current and future faith leaders by offering hospitality and respecting religious needs.

The Senior Faith Leadership Programme requires that applicants give:

• Commitment to the entirety of the programme
• Commitment to give feedback throughout and after the programme

Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate:

• A record of leadership within a faith context, whether as a lay leader or member of the clergy or in some other capacity
• A desire to learn about leadership, and develop their own personal effectiveness in groups
• A desire to deepen their experience and understanding of other faiths
• A sustained commitment to their faith, including active involvement in a place of worship and/or interfaith work and/or social action in a faith context
• A willingness to honestly deal with differences between the faiths and backgrounds of others
• The ability to learn both as individuals and as part of a group
• Good verbal and written communications skills in English
• A commitment to develop personal aptitudes
• A capacity to respect differences
• The ability to see the connections between self-awareness, leadership development and community action

It would also be desirable if applicants can demonstrate:

• Good reasoning skills and the ability to inspire others through thought, word and deed
• The ability to think laterally
• The willingness to think beyond their own passions and empathise with others
• A commitment to professionalism
• The desire to be a more effective leader by increasing self-awareness