Leadership Foundation Aurora - reflections from participating in the Aurora programme #LFAurora

Leadership Foundation Aurora - what I have learnt from participating in the programme, from background reading, from liaising with others and from reflecting.

• I have increased my knowledge of what it means to be a manager and a leader and the differences between the two roles as well as the complementary skills.
• It has enabled me to look at my professional identity and how I should develop
  
• Opportunities - be prepared to take them, don't take them all, choose carefully, don't self-sabotage

• Engage with others,  use their energy - make the most of people that you know - ask for help and advice
• Learn to manage difficult conversations 
• Try to establish a clarity of purpose, even if in reality there are inconsistencies and contradictions, and communicate it.
• Find a way of dealing with the negatives and be able to put them to one side.
• Quick wins and visibility - consider embracing these even if it's not your usual way of operating
• Power and politics - you have to realise that it's there, it's not possible to opt out