Domain:
Leadership Middle Manager
Remark:
From FY2025, the EMLP will be replaced by a new programme,
Bridges. This programme is targeted at all middle managers regardless of their
scheme of service. For more information on Bridges, please click here.
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Minimum Service Period (MSP) will apply for this programme so that you can
apply your learning and contribute to your organisation. Please check with your
sponsoring agency/HR department for more details.
For
more details and dates on Empowered to Lead Programme, click here to download the prospectus.
You can also access the Leaders’ Growth Guide here.
Nominations for all FY2024 runs are closed due to oversubscription. This programme is discontinued in FY2025.
Refer to the respective Programme Placement Letter of each run for more details. Please note that only shortlisted nominees will receive a Programme Placement Letter.
Programme
Fee: $5024.90 (including 9% GST)
Ministries, Statutory Boards and Organs of State pay $3,641.90 per participant (inclusive of GST) as PSD subsidises $1,383.00 of the course fee before GST. The training subsidy for this programme is valid from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
Participants will need to complete the programme to qualify for the training subsidy.
Note: The nomination and withdrawal policies have been updated from the 36th EMLP onwards. Please refer to the respective nomination form of each run for more details.
Note:
To complete the programme and receive the full training hours, learners need to
achieve 100% attendance for all check-ins, complete online learning and submit
all required learning assignments.
Who Should Attend:
You are a newly-appointed middle manager who is within your first 3 years of being in a middle management role and has prior experience leading teams (i.e., you are not new manager).
Your work requires you to lead teams through transformation work and/or to work across boundaries.
Depending on your agency, as a middle manager, you may be a Grade MX11A to 10 officer, or their equivalent, holding the designation of Assistant Director, Senior Assistant Director, or Deputy Director.
You should not attend this programme if you have attended or will be attending the following programmes within the next 2 years: Management Development Course (MDC), E.M.M.A Experience, Directors' Developmental Experience (DDE) or the Senior Management Programme (SMP).
Programme Overview
Having recently become a middle manager, how do you ensure you are effective in your new role? How might you lead your team in implementing strategies and producing results?
The Empowered to Lead Programme is designed to support your transition into a middle management role. Through the programme, you will gain a better appreciation of your leadership role and the key skills you need to better perform your role at work. You will also gain an appreciation of how the operating context and priorities of the Public Service shape the work of your teams, and receive timely support to help you lead and build effective teams.
Learning Outcomes
- Learn how your work might change in response to emerging trends
- Discuss how you can build your team's capability to manage the shifts in their work
- Discuss how you can collaborate with stakeholders within and outside of the Public Service to tackle cross-cutting issues
- Gain clarity on how you can align your team(s) to the values and purpose of the Public Service
- Gain practical insights and skills to enhance your effectiveness in leading yourself, teams, and within organisations
Last updated:
The EMLP is a 7-week blended learning experience that combines synchronous check-ins with asynchronous self-directed learning.
The 3 check-ins are on weeks 1, 4, and 7. Between check-ins, you will have the opportunity to practise what you have learnt back at work, before returning to the programme to unpack your experiences. You will earn a total of 78 training hours by the end of the programme.
What past participants said about EMLP:
“Good mix of technology and online learning that allows learning to
take place while away from the course. The spreading out of the course works
well.”
“The online reflections forced me to think deeply about the materials I
was seeing, hearing and reading. It was useful to also read the posts of fellow
participants, and the comments of the facilitator.”
"I got real insights into the different aspects of leadership. The policy and governance part was also very important and should be shared with all staff."
“I really appreciate my learning group members and facilitator for
going through the journey with me. It was useful support for my learning.”