Group management is the Cinderella of training for the awards.  So much training is focused on the hard skills, navigation, movement over difficult ground, ropework and so on.  Even access and environment get dedicated CPD days.  Group management, on the other hand,  usually gets discussed as a background skill to some other topic.  Yet you can be deferred for poor group management.

So Peak Region have come up with a new idea for a workshop, and have trialled it behind the scenes.  The Leadership Skills event will devote a whole day to this, encouraging people who lead from the front to keep their attention focused as well on what is going on behind.

The route will be through glorious White Peak terrain, so the nav and walking will not be challenging.  The leadership skills, however, will be transferable to all sorts of other contexts.

We will be asking participants to engage in scenarios, and to take their turn in implementing strategies for dealing with anything from personality clashes to major incidents.  Expect the unexpected .....

Usual expedition info: bring food and drink, clothing appropriate for the expected conditions, and any meds you might need.  As this is a peer-led activity, you are responsible for your own well-being and safety; but it will help if you notify the instructors of any health issue which may affect your day among the White Peak hills.

And bring the map:  OL24, The Peak District, White Peak Area; and also a baseplate compass.

CANCELLATION

If you book on this, and find you can't make it, PLEASE use the cancellation system on this bookings page, to allow your place to be filled by someone on the waiting list. 

An email to me will also work.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE EVENT

Your CPD record - If you attend this event and it counts as CPD, your CPD point/s will automatically be added to your record in due course - you will not need to add it yourself.

Please allow up to 2 weeks for the workshop provider to complete the event in the system and assign you your CPD, thank you.

Start

10/08/2025 09:00

End

10/08/2025 16:00

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

8

Bookings

8

Venue

Square

Town

Hartington

County

Derbyshire

Postcode

SK17 0AL

Country

United Kingdom

Location

53.14090,-1.80987

Name

Mountain Training Association

Phone

07341 250428

Email