RMIT-3: RM Crossroads – Expert, Strategist, Leader is a 3-day intensive training course for experienced research managers navigating senior role transitions.
At some point in your career, the question becomes unavoidable:
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Do I remain an expert?
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Do I become a strategist?
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Do I become a leader?
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Can I be a blend of these?
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And what does it take?
RMIT-3 is designed for experienced research managers who:
- Have recently taken on a senior role with leadership or strategic responsibilities;
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Are considering stepping into a strategist or leadership role;
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Are expected to operate at a more senior level, often without formal authority;
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Feel tension between expertise, strategic influence, leadership responsibility and organisational expectations.
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RMIT-3 is not a generic leadership course: It is a structured, case-based, and reflective intensive training focused on your real organisational context.
The training course
Over three days (lunch-to-lunch), participants work through three stages:
Stage 1 – Looking Back
Clarifying identity, values, and motivation.
What kind of expert, strategist or leader do I want – and not want – to be?
Stage 2 – Exploring Roles in Context
Understanding the real conditions and demands of being:
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A deep expert
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A strategist
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A leader
Including:
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Team leadership under pressure
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Power without authority
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Interpersonal behaviour and communication
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Organisational culture
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Gender in leadership dynamics
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Positioning yourself in your senior role
Stage 3 – Choosing Forward
Developing a concrete positioning and action plan for the next 3–12 months.
Throughout the programme:
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Participants work on their own real leadership or strategic role dilemmas
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Structured intervision groups provide deep peer learning
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Practical tools are introduced only when they help solve real cases
Trainers
Ellen Schenk and Olaf Svenningsen: meet them here...
