Supporting the Leadership and Management Advisory Panel
Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) & Learning and Skills Council (LSC)

CFE provided support to the Leadership and Management Advisory Panel from 2006 to 2008.

The Leadership and Management Advisory Panel was established to offer strategic advice to Government Ministers, the Boards of Non-Departmental Public Bodies and other major agencies to improve the quality of leadership and management across the UK’s private, public and voluntary sectors.

CFE provided a secretariat role and acted in a facilitative capacity, supporting the development of the Panel’s wide programme of work.

CFE’s specific activities largely related to the advancement of workplan proposals including;

  • Presenting a series of recommendations in a submission for the Leitch Review of Skills which were directly mentioned in the final Leitch report
  • Developing a comprehensive workplan to encompass the implementation of Leitch's recommendations
  • Supporting a research project investigating SMEs access to Leadership & Management training and development within Higher Education
  • Overseeing the scoping phase and feasibility study for a new Leadership Award programme
  • Drawing up guiding principles for an LSC led Leadership & Management Programme
  • Producing concise case studies to represent leadership and management good practice
The final Panel meeting was held in June 2008 and was attended by David Lammy, Secretary of State for Skills and Chris Humphries, CEO of the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES).

CFE developed a Key Messages paper on behalf of the Panel members which outlined the Panel’s vision of inspirational leadership and effective management.

The Panel sees leadership skills at the core of unlocking the high skills, and high value added economy that the UK aspires to and at the meeting David Lammy gave his commitment to driving forward the Panel’s agenda, to be championed by the UKCES.

For more information and a copy of the Key Messages paper please see here or contact Liz Walkley on 0116 229 3300.