Description
The Leaders’ Professional Workshop is a seven-day summer training for practicing school principals. Practical, real-world, and no unnecessary detours. We break down conflict resolution and leadership communication, try out coaching-based leadership techniques, and focus on how to maintain sanity amidst change. Every day brings something immediately useful. No empty talk—just focus, humor, and professional recharge.
Leading an educational institution in 2026? It’s like juggling a Rubik’s cube—expectations from above, expectations from below, all while maintaining calm, control, and a sense of humor. The Leaders’ Professional Workshop is a seven-days summer training designed for experienced school leaders—real leaders, dealing with real situations.
This is not a series of lectures where you jot down clever quotes about change management. It’s a dynamic, interactive workshop where we tackle typical (and typically exhausting) leadership scenarios. We start from real school experiences—not Harvard case studies. You’ll work through situations, sharpen your conflict resolution skills, explore the practical side of coaching-based leadership, and learn how to give feedback that doesn’t get lost in misunderstandings or resistance.
Expect small-group work, structured discussions, role-playing, and action-based learning—with something useful every single day. No forced personal sharing, no psychodrama—just pace, humor, and plenty of „aha” moments.
Aims and objectives
This course is designed for leaders who have sat through dozens of trainings but struggled to apply them.
The goal is not to expand your glossary—but to reflect, practice, and reframe through your own leadership experiences.
By the end, participants will:
- Identify roadblocks in their leadership toolbox and gain fresh techniques to resolve them.
- Take home fast, effective strategies: 7 days = 7+1 new leadership reflexes or routines that you won’t need to postpone anymore.
- Collaborate with leaders who navigate the same system and understand the same challenges.
- Recharge and reflect on leadership—without turning the experience into therapyIt’s okay if you’re not the most open sharer—that’s not the requirement here. You can start as an observer and grow more engaged along the way. The pace is leader-friendly, the material is instantly adaptable, and the experience won’t be „just another training.”
Learning outcomes
By the end of the training, participants will:
✅ Confidently apply at least three new conflict resolution techniques—especially in situations involving colleagues and parents.
✅ Be able to adjust leadership strategies based on context, rather than relying on a single style.
✅ Understand and practice the basics of coaching-based leadership in real conversations.
✅ Master quick interventions with lasting impact—to save energy in everyday leadership challenges.
✅ Build a custom, instantly usable „leadership reset kit”—to regain focus when the academic year’s chaos threatens to pull them off track.
And perhaps most importantly—they won’t feel alone.
Target groups:
- Headmasters, Depute Principal, Principals
Minimum level of language: English, B1/B2
Location: Rovinj (Croatia),
Duration of training: 35 lessons, 7 days
Dates:
- 19-25 July 2026 Confirmed
- 18-24 July 2027 Planned
The final confirmation of the course is subject to reaching the minimum number of participants.
Price:
Rovinj: EUR 560 + EUR 50 registration fee
This price includes the course, certificate, Erasmus+ documentation (if needed), welcome lunch or dinner and farewell cultural program
Prices are NET. VAT: 0% for organisations with a valid EU VAT number; in all other cases VAT may apply – please contact us for details.
Applicable funds: As part of the Erasmus+ Key Action 1 (KA1), all costs for mobility /travel expenses, course fees, accommodation, subsistence fee/ are covered by the fund.
Planned program
Day 1: Sunday: Arrival, introduction of the course and the location, introduction of the participants
Registration during the day
14.30 – 15.00: Familiarisation with the site, health and safety briefing
15.00 – 17.30: Introduction of the course and trainer, introduction of the participants – 5 minutes for each participant to introduce themselves and their institution and the objectives they wish to achieve by completing the course
18.00 – 19.30: Informal get-together with the course participants over dinner.
Day 2: Monday – Introduction and professional foundations
- Course opening, team-building, introduction to leadership concepts.
- Tasks: Orientation and group contract (expectations, working style), Interactive session on the challenges of 21st-century school leadership, Introduction to the key concepts of proactive leadership and responsibility, Reflection exercise: “What does effective leadership mean in my school?”
Day 3: Tuesday –Self-awareness and leadership style
- Activities: Introduction to leadership styles through the DISC model.
- Tasks: Self-assessment, individual DISC profile analysis, group discussion on strengths and development areas.
Day 4: Wednesday–Vision and mission
- Activities: Exploring personal motivation and leadership vision.
- Tasks: Completion of Ikigai exercise, writing of individual leadership mission statement, group reflection on common values
Day 5: Thursday – Priorities and time management
- Activities: Developing effective time and priority management strategies.
- Tasks: Using Covey’s time-management matrix with own tasks, simulation of a school leader’s daily schedule, creation of a personal weekly plan.
Day 6: Friday –Collaboration and Communication
- Activities: Practising win-win negotiation, empathy, and teamwork
- Tasks: Case studies on conflict resolution, role plays for active listening, group project planning exercise to apply synergy in practice.
Day 7: Saturday: End of the course – cultural programme
8.30 – 10.00: What did I learn this week? Preparing for dissemination – 5 minute presentation from each participant
10.00-10.15- Break
10.15-11.00:
- Evaluation and feedback of the course
- Certificates, attendance certificates
- Certificate issue – photography
11.30-16.00: Cultural programme – boat trip
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