InsideOUT

What is InsideOUT?

A leadership course for established leaders from all sectors and backgrounds based in distinct places that often encircle a metropolitan area. InsideOut allows participants to craft a local, regional and metropolitan experience to suit their needs.

Participants examine their locality and the world that surrounds it. They explore a range of real-life leadership challenges - based in anything from a prison to a casualty unit; a trading floor to a production plant; a rehab centre to a radio station - in small groups learning constantly from each other, the contributors and the experience of operating in very unfamiliar situations.

The result is that participants develop an understanding of how their local area - and the wider area it operates in - really works, the impact of their decisions and become more effective leaders, at work and in wider society.

Participants can expect to:

• become more accustomed to going outside of their familiar environment and better able to adapt to new situations.
• develop lasting working relationships with people they would almost certainly never have met otherwise.
• learn how to lead in situations where they have no authority and how to become the kinds of people who can build and lead collaborations when required.
• become responsible leaders who understand their local surroundings - in the national and international context - and the impact of their decisions.
• discover how their own language, behaviour and biases can get in their way as leaders.
• find out when and how they can make their own contribution in society.

What is the course format?

InsideOUT is an eight-day course that typically spans a four to six month period. There will typically be between two and four InsideOUT groups starting simultaneously in different places within a region. Some of the course days will gather participants as one group all together, some will be separate in each location and some will link with the Meridian course serving the metropolitan area in the region.

Together they work on real-life challenges, collaborate with their peers from different sectors, attend site visits, quiz experts, explore solutions with panel discussions and throughout expose themselves to different approaches to leadership.

Where are InsideOUT courses held?

InsideOUT is based in distinct places that often encircle a Metropolitan area.

InsideOUT is currently run in the North West, South West and South East of England and will be launching shortly in many other areas.

What is the cost to attend InsideOUT?

The course fee is £3,500  + VAT.

How can I apply to attend InsideOUT?

Complete the online application form at right and choose the date and location you want.

You can also download the Course Application Form and Equal Opportunities Form and send both by post or fax to your local Common Purpose office.

For more about the overall application process, please visit the application page.

"I live in Kent, work all round the South East and travel in and out of London four or five times a month. I lose count of the number of county borders I cross and local authority "patches" I encounter in my daily life. Anything that can help to bring it all together and make sense of it all has got to be good."

Adrian Wenn, Regional Director, Clydesdale Bank plc