BRONZE LEVEL

Build your foundations

Welcome to Bronze! These concise, high-impact sessions are designed to give you the core principles of effective management. 

Whether you're new to managing people or simply want to strengthen your foundation, Bronze Level sessions explore essential theories and make them practical, relatable, and immediately useful. 

Expect a blend of theory and hands-on learning to help you build confidence, apply practical management tools, strong relationships built on trust and understanding. 

You can complete these elements individually, at your own pace, or work through the full Bronze pathway to earn a certificate, accredited by The Institute of Leadership.  

To achieve the Bronze Level, you’ll need to complete the short enrolment form at the bottom of this page and attend the sessions listed below. These are the minimum requirement for accreditation. 

We also strongly encourage you to explore the on-demand resources available at this level. They’re designed to help you deepen your knowledge on the essential HR Policies and Procedures you need to be aware of, as a manager. 

Core Sessions

Duration: 1.5 hours / In-person or MS Teams 

Shifting your mindset and unlocking your potential 

Based on Carol Dweck’s Growth Mindset theory, this session helps you explore how your mindset influences your approach to challenges and how to apply these principles to support your team’s development, relationships and create a more collaborative work environment. 

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Duration: 1.5 hours / In-person or MS Teams 

Trust is the foundation of great management. 

Using the Trust Equation, this interactive workshop helps you understand how to build, maintain, and repair trust in your professional relationships, so your team can perform at your best. 

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Duration: 1.5 hours / In-person or MS Teams

Learn how to give feedback that builds trust and drives improvement. 

In this short workshop, you’ll explore a proven feedback model and practise techniques to deliver honest, constructive feedback that motivates and supports your team. 

Please note, if you have attended or are due to attend GLOW Conversations: Giving Effective Feedback, you do not need to attend this session. Your attendance at the GLOW training will count towards completion of the LMP Bronze Level. 

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Duration: 1.5 hours / In-person or MS Teams 

Explore creative ways to lead with curiosity, empowerment, and encouragement

This bitesize session helps you discover your management style and how to use it to help your team thrive, while avoiding common pitfalls that can hold people back. 

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Duration: 2 hours / In-person  

Creating objectives that inspire growth and deliver impact. 

This session helps managers develop meaningful objectives that align individual development and performance with team priorities and the University's strategic ambitions.

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Duration: 1.5 hours / In-person or MS Teams 

Understanding influence and its impact on workplace relationships. 

Drawing on French and Raven's theory of power, this session explores how power operates in the workplace. Participants will consider different sources of power, reflect on how they use their own influence, and examine how power dynamics can shape relationships, behaviours and team effectiveness.  

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Duration: 2 hours / In-person 

Creating space for your team to speak and thrive. 

This session introduces the concept of Psychological Safety and helps you identify behaviours and structures that support innovation, openness, and resilience. 

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Duration: 2 hours  /  In-person 

Support wellbeing by engaging in reflective and empathetic discussions. 

This session helps you recognise the factors that affect colleague’s wellbeing at work and gives you tools to have supportive conversations. You’ll also learn about the wellbeing resources provided by Loughborough. 

Note: If you have attended GLOW Conversations: Wellbeing Conversations, you do not need to attend this session. Your attendance at the GLOW training will count towards completion of the LMP Bronze Level. 

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Duration: 2 hours /  In-person or MS Teams 

Understanding what it means to be a manager at Loughborough 

This introductory session explores your role as a manager here at Loughborough. You'll gain an overview of compliance requirements, our duty of care, and the impact of role modelling our values in your day-to-day leadership. 

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Enrol on Bronze

Ready to work towards your certificate?  Complete the enrolment form below.   

We’ll track your progress and recognise your achievement when you’ve completed the required sessions. 

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Additional Bronze Level Learning

Build your confidence further with these online modules covering essential HR policies and procedures.  For each topic, watch the video and complete a short quiz:

  • Performance Management including capability  
  • Managing Sickness Absence & Wellbeing  
  • Family Leave   
  • Flexible Working   
  • Discipline   
  • Grievance (Dispute Resolution)   
  • Managing Probation