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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Level Ups!
Ignite XP
1XP!
2XP!
3XP!
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge by identifying what leaders and managers do and giving examples of professional behaviour. Earners have explored strengths, values, and simple boundaries; followed a basic plan or checklist with support; tracked tasks in a simple way; and met a time rule or deadline. Earners have provided evidence and reflection on what went well and what to try next.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has understood leadership, management, and professional behaviour by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in leadership by identifying what leaders and managers do. They have gained awareness of management and learnt about professional behaviour.
- Earner has planned work, managed time, and coordinated tasks by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in adhering to deadlines by following a simple plan. They have gained awareness of working under pressure and learnt about administration and management.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organisation, reflection, and trying again by collecting simple evidence and reflecting. They have gained awareness of interviews, personal strengths, transferable skills, and learnt about a curriculum vitae (CV).
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge by explaining how leadership and management skills and roles support a team; why professional behaviour and boundaries matter; and how values and strengths shape leadership styles. Earners have produced and used a simple plan with tasks and timescales; prioritised and tracked progress; and used feedback and reflection to update a progression plan. Earners have organised evidence into a portfolio and summarised learning.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has understood leadership, management, and professional behaviour by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in leadership development by understanding leadership and management in practice. They have gained awareness of team leadership and learnt about people management.
- Earner has planned work, managed time, and coordinated tasks by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in setting objectives for others by creating and using a simple plan. They have gained awareness of resource management and learnt about adhering to deadlines.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organising evidence, using feedback, and reflection by organising evidence and summarising learning. They have gained awareness of their progress, next steps, transferable skills, and learnt about interviews, curriculum vitae (CV), and applications.
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge by analysing leadership approaches for different contexts; evaluating professional behaviour expectations and role modelling; and justifying a chosen approach using evidence and reflection. Earners have set priorities; milestones; coordinated tasks and resources across people; evaluated delivery with improvements; and curated a role-aligned portfolio with a reflective statement and clear next steps.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has understood leadership, management, and professional behaviour by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in adaptive leadership by analysing leadership and management approaches. They have gained awareness of change leadership and learnt about leading change.
- Earner has planned work, managed time, and coordinated tasks by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in team management by coordinating and reviewing work plans. They have gained awareness of resource management and learnt about team performance management.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in curriculum vitae (CV) writing, cover letter writing, job applications, and reflection by curating a progression-focussed portfolio. They have gained awareness of transferable skills, professionalism, and learnt about reflection, progress tracking, and interview skills.
About this activity:
- Level: Foundational
- Availability: Available by application only
- Cost: Free
- Duration: Hours
- Location: In-person and online
Ascend XP
1XP!
2XP!
3XP!
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led leadership and management challenge exploring what leaders and managers do and what professional behaviour looks like. They identified a simple time rule or deadline, followed a basic plan or checklist with support, and used a simple method to track tasks. They provided evidence from at least two activities and reflected on what went well and what to try next time.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has understood leadership, management, and professional behaviour by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in leadership, management, and being a role model by identifying what leaders and managers do. They have gained awareness of people management, organisational awareness, and learnt about team leadership and team management.
- Earner has planned work, managed time, and coordinated tasks by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in administration, management, resource management, and adhering to deadlines by following a simple plan. They have gained awareness of setting objectives for others, working under pressure, and learnt about delegation, administration, and management. (
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organisation, reflection, and trying again by collecting simple evidence and reflecting. They have gained awareness of interviews, personal strengths, transferable skills, and learnt about a curriculum vitae (CV).
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has understood leadership, management, and professional behaviour by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in leadership development, team leadership, and people management by understanding leadership and management in practice. They have gained awareness of team effectiveness, employee engagement, and learnt about adaptive leadership and coaching.
- Earner has planned work, managed time, and coordinated tasks by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in administration, management, resource management, and adhering to deadlines by creating and using a simple plan. They have gained awareness of setting objectives for others and working under pressure, and about learnt delegation and change agility.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in organising evidence, using feedback, and reflection by organising evidence and summarising learning. They have gained awareness of their progress, next steps, transferable skills, and learnt about interviews, curriculum vitae (CV), and applications.
Earners of this badge have completed an employer-led leadership and management challenge analysing leadership approaches for different contexts, evaluating professional behaviour expectations and role modelling, and justifying an approach using evidence and reflection. They used evidence to set priorities and milestones, coordinated tasks and resources across people, and evaluated delivery with improvements. They curated a role-aligned portfolio evidencing development over time and next steps.
Earning Criteria:
- Earner has understood leadership, management, and professional behaviour by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in adaptive leadership, leading change, and change leadership by analysing leadership and management approaches. They have gained awareness of organisational awareness, team effectiveness, and learnt about leadership development and educational leadership.
- Earner has planned work, managed time, and coordinated tasks by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in resource management, personnel resource management, and distributed team management by coordinating and reviewing work plans. They have gained awareness of team performance management, team effectiveness, and learnt about delegation, administration, and management.
- Earner has produced evidence of learning and progression by completing an employer-led, real-world leadership and management challenge. They have gained and demonstrated skills in curriculum vitae (CV) writing, cover letter writing, job applications, and reflection by curating a progression-focussed portfolio. They have gained awareness of transferable skills, professionalism, and learnt about reflection, progress tracking, and interview skills.