Leadership development
ILM Assured programmes, coaching and workshops for people who lead other people.
Leadership is not a rank. It is what happens to the people around you.
Most leadership training teaches models. Ours starts with the person doing the leading how they land in a room, where their confidence goes under pressure, and what their team actually experiences on a Tuesday afternoon. Then it builds the skill on top.
We work with executive teams, first-time managers, boards and high-potential cohorts, across corporate, public sector and elite sport.
outstanding women — ILM Assured
A leadership programme designed around the challenges women actually report: being heard in rooms that talk over them, negotiating for themselves as effectively as they negotiate for others, sponsorship rather than mentorship, and building authority without borrowing someone else’s style.
Delivered as a cohort so participants leave with a network, not just a certificate.
- For : first-line managers to senior leaders
- Format : Online and or F2F workshops, e-learning, 1-1 coaching, cohort sizes of 5+
- Duration : 12 weeks
- Certification : ILM Assured, with digital badging
ILM Assured Leadership PROGRAMME
Our core leadership development programme, quality assured by the Institute of Leadership & Management. Built for managers navigating real organisational complexity — competing priorities, hybrid teams, change fatigue and the gap between what leaders intend and what their people receive.
- For : first-line managers to senior leaders
- Format : Online and or F2F workshops, e-learning, 1-1 coaching, cohort sizes of 5+
- Duration : 12 weeks
- Certification : ILM Assured, with digital badging
Inclusive Leadership Workshops
Practical sessions on leading a team where people are not all like you — neurodiversity, culture, background, working pattern and communication style. Focused on the decisions leaders make about who gets the stretch project, who gets the benefit of the doubt, and who gets asked.
Team Discovery Workshops
For teams that work hard and still misfire. We surface how the team actually operates — where trust is thin, where decisions get stuck, and what each person needs from the others — then rebuild the working agreement in the room.
Immersive Discovery Sessions
Experiential learning through simulation and real scenarios, so leaders practise under pressure rather than discussing pressure in the abstract.
1-1 Executive Coaching
Confidential coaching for senior leaders and those stepping up into a role that is bigger than the one they have done before. Matched to a coach by need, not by availability.
Guest Speakers
Leaders from elite sport, business and the public sector who have done the thing they are talking about. Used to open a programme, mark a graduation or anchor a conference.
who delivers it
You should know who will be in the room before you commission anything. Our leadership faculty includes:
- Scott Ward — CEO & Founder. MBA, CCMI, fCMgr. Former professional footballer; designed the first global athlete personal development programme of its kind.
- Simon Blake OBE — Executive Coach. CCMI, trained at Henley Business School.
- Serena Kersten MBE — Head of People & Performance. Former England Roses netball captain.
- Emily Ward – Director & Founder Prosci certified.
- Faye Hanks – Career Transition and Role Development Coaching
- Dr Matt Hutt — Workplace Psychology.
Every programme has one named lead who is accountable for design, delivery and quality. You will meet them before you commission.
how we work with you
- Discover
A scoping conversation and, where useful, a short diagnostic. We want to know what has already been tried and why it did not stick. - Design
We co-design the programme against your outcomes rather than selling you a fixed curriculum. Our ILM and City & Guilds frameworks allow bespoke content without losing the assurance. - Deliver
Workshops, coaching and digital learning, delivered by named people you have met. - Evidence
Certification and digital badging for participants, and reporting you can take to a board — participation, progression and the outcome measures we agreed at the start.
