LIFT

LIFT

LIFT stands for 'Leading Ireland's Future Together'.

About Leadership

Across a range of programmes NUI Galway staff have opportunities to develop leadership skills and enhance their personal development with communities of fellow staff. 

About LIFT

LIFT is an 8-12 week programme, about 30-40 minutes a week where participants engage in a small roundtable group either online or blended and complete the values below:

1. Listening​
2. Honesty and Integrity​
3. Respect​
4. Positive Attitude​
5. Competence​
6. Dedication and Determination​
7. Accountability​
8. Empathy and Understanding
9. Resilience
10. Innovation

Link to Sign Up

Click here on this form to sign up to a LIFT group. 

LIFT Contact

Email ‌lift.staff@universityofgalway.ie for further information. 

Role of a LIFT Facilitator

As a facilitator staff are trained in the LIFT programme, through a 4 hour training session. Facilitators then lead their own roundtable group for 10 weeks as volunteers and contribute to the reflection and development of LIFT at NUI Galway.

Benefit from being trained as a LIFT Facilitator in many ways:

• Completion of the Facilitation training will earn you the LIFT Facilitation Certificate in recognition. 
• Completion of the 10 week programme you will earn the LIFT Participant Certificate in recognition.

Why be a LIFT Facilitator?

• You get to focus on your leadership & facilitation skills and develop them over 10 weeks.
• You will have a practical way to practice leadership in a virtual world!
• You get to meet new people that are also interested in building their leadership skills.
• You will be exposed to new experiences, opportunities and fresh ideas.
• Staff embody the 10 areas of leadership furthering community values and impacting society. 
• You can add this as evidence of improving your leadership skills on your CV.
• A wide range of personal and professional benefits. 

How to be a LIFT Facilitator?

The brilliant aspect of LIFT is that being a facilitator is really well supported! The programme comes with a workbook with step-by-step instructions and the entire programme is scripted. This means that your role as Facilitator is a great opportunity to build practice and confidence in facilitating a group, in a safe, structured and guided way. You do not need to come up with group content, or manage a group - instead, you get to focus on the experience. 

So if you are thinking "I am not sure I can do it" we know you can - we believe in you. The programme is powerful and uses plain and simple approaches and languages to be accessible to all.