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Ten RMT women have
successfully completed a two-
year fully accredited course at
Northern College in leadership.
To celebrate 100 years of
women winning the vote, the
union teamed up with the
Institute of Leadership and
Management (ILM) to provide
training in leadership skills for
RMT women members in a trade
union context.
The course included four
residential modules and focused
on the key components of
leadership skills required at all
levels in a trade union
environment.
RMT education officer Andy
Gilchrist said that it was aimed
at motivating members and
teams, organising and leading
campaigns, developing
communication with members.
“These are all skills that can
be learned by building
leadership capabilities for the
union by empowering
individuals.
“Courses such as this can
greatly assist those members
from under-represented groups
within the union to learn the
skills and gain confidence to
progress within our movement
generally.
“The proof is already being
seen in the activities being
taken up by course members
and all acknowledged the course
had not only provided new
skills but also engendered a new
enthusiasm to work to
strengthen the union and
encourage more women
members to get involved.
“Courses like this open doors
to future leaders, by often
demystifying what it takes to
take up positions of leadership
and instil confidence to seek
election in the first place.
“This initial course was taken
up to see if the course would be
beneficial to future groups of
women members and if
WOMEN IN
LEADERSHIP
RMT women complete accredited leadership course in
leadership in conjunction with RMT education centre
WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP: left to right Nicki Sysum, Mary Jane
Herbison, Mick Cash, Nicoleta Popa and Jennifer Aggrfy-Fynn