Academy
What do we offer?
We provide coaching and mentoring to suit your needs and requirements, whether as an individual or a group. All our programmes are bespoke and designed for those working in the international higher education context, no matter what stage of your career.
Our qualified Coaches and Mentors are senior professionals in internationalisation and global engagement within the higher education sector, which makes them highly aware and understanding of the challenges and opportunities you may be experiencing as a professional.
For leaders of internationalisation in academic or professional services roles, we also offer The IC Global’s International Higher Education Leadership Coaching and Mentoring Programme, developed specifically to support those in leadership positions.
Coaching vs Mentoring
Coaching is “partnering with Clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximise their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership.”
– International Coaching Federation.
Coaching serves a different role from mentoring in leadership development in that it typically focuses on improving performance or well-being at work through self awareness and learning, whereas the purpose of mentoring can vary from workplace socialisation for new leaders to the sharing of knowledge and expertise from a company/sector expert. It is common for senior leaders to benefit from both sorts of interventions.
Individual Coaching and Mentoring
You have worked your entire professional life to build your expertise – now is the time to focus it towards your clarity and career opportunity.
Through tailored one-to-one coaching, we help you:
- Realign your role and value proposition
- Strengthen your personal brand
- Clarify your career direction
- Make confident, strategic moves
- Achieve impactful outcomes without losing time
Your first session with us will be an extended 60 minutes. This includes a complimentary 30-minute introduction where we confidentially discuss your goals, explain our programme, and answer any questions. The remaining 30 minutes will be your first paid coaching session.
No preparation is needed for the coaching session.
International Higher Education Leadership Coaching and Mentoring Programme
Who is the programme for?
- Are you a Head, Director, Dean, PVC or senior academic working in or researching the area of internationalisation and global engagement?
- Does your role include or represent international recruitment, international partnerships, transnational education, global engagement or research links?
- Are you facing specific challenges that you’d like to work on, with the support of an unbiased, professional Coach or Mentor who understands the higher education sector and has experience in internationalisation and global engagement?
The programme provides personal and professional development tailored to your role specifically in the international higher education leadership context. It will also help to develop individual management and leadership brand and impact, drive peak performance, enhance cultural awareness and diplomacy, unlock capacity, achieve change, build confidence and support you with specific additional areas you wish to work on.
What does the programme include?
The Programme consists of 9 hours of virtual coaching, structured in blocks of 30 – 90 minutes, with flexibility to suit your needs. You can choose the focus of these sessions, which may include personal improvement, idea testing, change achievement, individual development aimed at organisational goals, internationalisation and global engagement policy, strategy and operational policies and processes. Clients will be carefully matched to a Lead Coach and have the option to work with other IC Global Coaches and Mentors.
Testimonials
”Becoming a PVCI was a direct attribute of the coaching programme."
”The insights gained continue to shape our strategic direction and behaviours as a leadership team. What stood out most through the coaching was the balance of challenge and support."
”The coaching programme enabled me to have clarity and confidence in my transitioning into a senior internal role."
”The programme sharpened my strategic focus while creating space for deep reflection on how best to lead initiatives."
Group Coaching
You’re also noticing internal changes, shifting strategic goals where your team’s achievements might be overlooked. It’s time to adapt your message, boost your clarity, and articulate your contributions in a way that truly resonates with the executive team.
You need clear goals, strategies, and expected outcomes, and you need them fast. While you could do this solo, time is crucial. You need the right language and latest insights to reconnect, reframe, and take charge of your responsibilities for everyone you serve your team, your institution, and the wider world.
- Undertake a needs analysis to identify your main challenges, pain points and opportunities.
- Develop an action plan tailored to your role and institution, with space to revise and refine as you progress.
- Address immediate concerns such as positioning your role, adapting to institutional change and communicating in the language of the top table.
- Build resilience and clarity by aligning your goals and your team’s goals with institutional strategy and external policy contexts.
- Strengthen your leadership impact and personal brand so your contribution is visible and recognised internally and externally.
- Enhance stakeholder engagement skills by growing allies and advocates internally and externally.
- Focus on growth and transformation by finding new ways to work within resource constraints while maximising your team’s and institution’s impact.
- Reconnect with purpose and confidence, reaffirming your commitment to internationalisation and global engagement and showing its value locally and globally.
You and your team will be supported by expert coaches, mentors, and fellow UK Directors, to rapidly gain the clarity and confidence you need. This is how you will strengthen your voice at the top table and reclaim your vital impact for your team and the global mission.
Get in touch to find out more
The IC Global Coaches & Mentors
We are professionally trained, have decades of internationalisation and global engagement experience and are leaders in higher education roles.