Developing as a Leader

This module focuses on you, your environment, your wellbeing, and your future development.

The Early Talent module is for existing and aspiring leaders with line management and/or operational oversight responsibilities for a team or service area.

The Established Leader module is for those in or aspiring to strategic roles and/or responsible for large business units within their area of work.

Key Dates

Thriving in Leadership (Early Talent) Module: Monday 2nd - Friday 27th November 2026. £420 or £320 with scholarship*

Early Talent Webinars: 5th, 12th, 19th November 2026 19:00-20:30. £45 each or £100 for the full series

Navigating Leadership (Established Leader) Module: Monday 1st - Friday 26th February 2027. £560 or £485 with scholarship*

* Terms and conditions apply

Thriving in Leadership
(Early Talent)

This module puts you at the heart of effective leadership exploring your work context and culture, your own professional identity and values, preferred ways of working, and aspirations.

Structured learning and facilitation occurs over 4 weeks, with learning packages released online each week . The following topics will be explored and applied to you and your area of work as part of this module:

Strategic drivers and priorities across the sector and own organisation
Leadership styles, preferences and positionality
Effective communication and creating a positive culture
Prioritising and managing competing demands
Wellbeing, authenticity and how to thrive in leadership

Please see below for the accompanying scheduled webinar/ tutorial details:

Webinar 1: 05/11/2026 19:00-20:30. Exploring organisation and environment, strategy and values. Identifying stakeholders and analysing their and your own positionality

Webinar 2: 12/11/2026 19:00-20:30. Understanding self: your professional identity, ways of working, aspirations.

Webinar 3: 19/11/2026 19:00-20:30. Creating psychological safety and maintaining wellbeing as a leader.

Tutorial 4: 26/11/2026 19:00-20:30. Strategies for workload prioritisation and maintaining own wellbeing.

On completion of the module you will be able to:

Critically reflect on and synthesise your professional identity, values, leadership approach and preferred ways of working; and identify your future development needs.
Critically analyse and contextualise your leadership positionality within your own organisation, applying key organisational and sector strategic priorities to your role/service.

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Navigating Leadership (Established Leader)

This module enables you to critically evaluate sector and organisational strategy, culture, and staff engagement. You will critically reflect on your leadership approach and identify future development needs and opportunities .

Strategic drivers and priorities and organisational culture
Leadership approach and 360 feedback
Effective communication within and across settings
Prioritising and managing competing demands
Wellbeing, authenticity and how to thrive in leadership

Please see below for the accompanying scheduled webinar/ tutorial details:

Webinar 1: 03/02/2027 19:00-20:30. Strategic priorities within your work context, organisational culture, and values; and how you can influence them.

Webinar 2: 10/02/2027 19:00-20:30. Action Learning - focus on wellbeing and navigating complex scenarios

Webinar 3: 17/02/2027 19:00-20:30 Professional identity, values and creating an environment for others to be their authentic selves.

Individual Tutorial (online): w/c 22/02/2027. 360 appraisal feedback review and reflection

On completion of the module you will be able to:

Critically reflect on and synthesise your professional identity, values, leadership approach and preferred ways of working; and identify your future development needs.
Critically analyse and contextualise your leadership positionality within your own organisation, applying key organisational and sector strategic priorities to your role/service.

Enquire/Apply about this module