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Leaders Online Lab Pt 1:
Elevate Your Leadership Impact

Five live online labs for established managers to lead with purpose, apply emotional intelligence, coach for performance, influence without authority and build a culture of accountability.

Leadership asks you to make decisions, support people and deliver results — sometimes all in the same conversation. You may be the person everyone looks to while still working out your own next step. Having developed hundreds of leaders across the UK, US and EMEA, we understand those competing demands. The Lab is space to think clearly, practise honestly and grow the confidence to lead in your own way.

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Duration

5 × 2.5-hour live online sessions (12.5 hours)

Group size

Maximum 8 participants

Format

Live online

Price — Online

From £6,500 per group

+ VAT

where understanding becomes useful —

Why this course matters

Leadership isn't about having all the answers.

What you’ll explore in the Lab

It's about creating the environment where people, teams and ideas can thrive. Leaders Online Lab Part 1 is a practical, interactive leadership development experience for established managers and experienced leaders who want to strengthen their influence, develop high-performing teams and lead with confidence.

Across five live online sessions, leaders define their personal leadership philosophy, put emotional intelligence into action, move from giving answers to coaching independent thinking, build influence beyond their own team and create a culture of ownership rather than dependence. Every session includes a practical application — from a leadership impact assessment to a team accountability action plan — with workplace challenges between sessions so learning becomes everyday leadership.

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Your 5 live sessions

Develop the self-awareness, emotional intelligence, coaching capability and influencing skills needed to lead people and performance more effectively.

2.5 hours per session · 12.5 hours in total · Maximum 8 participants

Lead with purpose. Inspire performance. Create impact.

Complete programme (Pt 1 & 2): Leaders Online Lab

From £11,750 per groupSave £1,250+ VAT

Both development series · 10 live online sessions · 25 hours of facilitated development · Up to 8 participants

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a real challenge. a purposeful response.

The challenges this addresses

  • Experienced managers relying on habits that once worked but no longer inspire performance
  • Emotional triggers and pressure shaping decisions and relationships more than leaders realise
  • Leaders who default to giving answers, so teams wait to be told rather than think independently
  • Influence that stops at the edge of the team, leaving cross-functional priorities stuck
  • Accountability gaps tolerated or micromanaged rather than addressed with clear standards

What this can change at work

Help established leaders move from managing performance to inspiring it. The series connects self-awareness, emotional intelligence, coaching, influence and accountability, so each session strengthens the next and leaders apply what they practise between sessions. Teams gain leaders who ask better questions, set clearer expectations and address gaps early and fairly. The business gains a shared leadership language across managers and heads of department, stronger working relationships beyond reporting lines and a culture where ownership becomes the norm — without promising particular performance figures.

Coaching built into everyday conversations

Leaders ask, listen and challenge so team members bring options and solutions, not just problems.

Influence across the organisation

Leaders map stakeholder priorities before key conversations and gain commitment through collaboration rather than authority.

Clear ownership in the team

Expectations, standards and team routines are agreed openly, and accountability gaps are raised early without micromanaging.

Inside the workshop

Less theory. More application. Better leadership. Delivered live online for a maximum of 8 participants, the Leaders Online Lab is designed to create genuine behaviour change, not simply deliver information. Every session combines small-group learning with real-world leadership scenarios relevant to participants' workplaces, breakout discussions to share experiences and challenge thinking, and live skills practice in coaching, influencing and difficult conversations. Individual reflection, practical feedback and leadership action plans personalise each leader's development, while workplace challenges between sessions turn knowledge into action. A pre-programme needs assessment and a final sponsor review keep the programme aligned with your business, within the agreed programme scope.

Make Leaders Online Lab Pt 1: Elevate Your Leadership Impact relevant to your business

Tell us where you want to make progress with the modern leader: lead with purpose and define your leadership philosophy. We can discuss suitable workplace examples, priorities and access needs before agreeing the scope. This course is delivered live online for people in the UK and Europe, with timings agreed around participants.

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What the training covers

The scope below sets out the subjects covered. Workplace examples and practice are shaped around your team within the booked format.

  • The Modern Leader: lead with purpose and define your leadership philosophy
  • Emotional Intelligence in Action: self-awareness, regulation and empathy
  • Coaching for High Performance: questioning, listening and accountability
  • Influence Without Authority: stakeholders, credibility and commitment
  • Creating a Culture of Accountability: ownership, standards and team routines

What’s included in your booking

Your booked time and format
5 × 2.5-hour live online sessions (12.5 hours) · Live online · Maximum 8 participants.
Included in every course
  • Interactive, facilitator-led learningLive, hands-on sessions built around practice and participation.
  • Group discussionsShared conversations about real situations, so people learn from each other as well as the facilitator.
  • Breakout exercisesSmall-group practice, role-play and problem-solving, online or in the room.
  • Take-away materialsCourse materials, tools and templates to use back at work.
Facilitated learning and practical application
The subject coverage, exercises and facilitator feedback described above, with space to connect the learning to relevant workplace situations. The workshop description sets out the specific plans, prompts or tools developed in this course.

Follow-up coaching, refresher sessions and additional delivery days are not automatic inclusions; any additions are agreed in your proposal. Travel, venue arrangements and any software licences are confirmed separately where relevant. Prices exclude VAT.

Outcomes

The capabilities delegates work towards through the training and practice:

  • Identify your leadership strengths, blind spots and impact, and define a personal leadership philosophy
  • Recognise emotional triggers and respond to challenging situations with greater confidence
  • Use advanced questioning, listening and coaching to develop independent thinking
  • Build a stakeholder influence map and lead persuasive, outcome-focused conversations
  • Create a team accountability action plan that empowers without micromanaging

the next conversation is where it counts —

Take it back to work.

Choose a real situation where you want to apply the learning. Use it to turn an outcome into a manageable first step, then reflect on what changes.

Choose

Start with one priority: Identify your leadership strengths, blind spots and impact, and define a personal leadership philosophy.

Apply

Try the approach in a relevant task or conversation. Note what felt useful and what you would adapt.

Review

Reflect on what happened, seek feedback where appropriate and choose your next step. Follow-up support can be discussed separately.

Bring this topic to your next event

We can discuss adapting Leaders Online Lab Pt 1: Elevate Your Leadership Impact into a keynote or large-group session, focusing on the themes most relevant to your audience. Depth, activities, timings and any follow-up depend on the format and package you choose; an event session is not a substitute for the full course.

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Leaders Online Lab Pt 2:
Lead Change. Shape the Future.

Five live online labs for experienced leaders to lead through change, think and decide strategically, lead diverse teams, develop future leaders and define the impact they want to leave.

5 × 2.5-hour live online sessions (12.5 hours)Maximum 8 participants

Course synopsis

The leaders people remember are the ones who brought them through change — and left them stronger, clearer and ready to lead themselves. Leaders Online Lab Part 2 strengthens strategic leadership, decision-making and change management capabilities while developing the next generation of talent. Across five live online sessions, experienced leaders communicate change with clarity and empathy, shift from operational priorities to strategic thinking, make decisions with incomplete information, adapt their approach for diverse and multigenerational teams, build talent development plans and define the leadership legacy they want to create. Each session closes with a practical application, finishing with a six-month leadership impact plan shared with the group.

5 live sessions · 2.5 hours each

Outcomes — you'll be able to

  • Develop a change communication and stakeholder engagement plan
  • Make and explain decisions with incomplete or ambiguous information
  • Connect team objectives to organisational goals in a strategic priorities map
  • Adapt leadership approaches to individual needs across diverse and hybrid teams
  • Build a talent development plan and a six-month leadership impact plan

Included in every course

  • Interactive, facilitator-led learning
  • Group discussions
  • Breakout exercises
  • Take-away materials

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The Modern Leader Lab

Two days to rethink how you lead: use AI thoughtfully, think strategically and build the accountability that helps your team perform through change.

2 days · 9:30am–5pm each day6–8 delegates

Course synopsis

Modern leadership asks you to connect fresh thinking with the everyday conditions that let people perform. Leadership today means making thoughtful decisions while technology, priorities and expectations keep moving. The Modern Leader Lab gives managers and senior leaders two practical days to step back from the daily demands and work on how they lead. Day one connects responsible AI use with strategic thinking and change leadership. Day two turns direction into team performance through clear ownership, psychological safety and a useful rhythm of accountability. Bring a real leadership challenge, test your thinking with peers and leave with a practical plan for your team — not a collection of ideas waiting to be used.

Key focus areas

  • AI: responsible use, human judgement and practical leadership applications
  • Strategic thinking: priorities, trade-offs and longer-term consequences
  • Change: communicating the why and involving your people
  • Accountability: clear ownership, expectations and follow-through
  • High performance: psychological safety, shared standards and marginal gains
  • Turning leadership priorities into a 90-day action plan

Outcomes — you'll be able to

  • Assess an AI use case and the safeguards it needs
  • Make a strategic choice with clear priorities and trade-offs
  • Explain change and invite constructive team involvement
  • Build an accountability rhythm without micromanaging
  • Create a practical plan for sustained team performance

Included in every course

  • Interactive, facilitator-led learning
  • Group discussions
  • Breakout exercises
  • Take-away materials

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