Leadership & Management Fundamentals
Helping new and emerging leaders and people managers to better understand themselves and their contexts and to deliver results through others. For those who’ve moved into a leadership role within the last three years and want to lead people, not just tasks.
3 months · 2 residential modules + virtual peer consulting
Cost: £3,500
Overview
This is an introduction to people management and is designed to build self-awareness and a deeper understanding of the practice of leadership.
The programme will help participants manage the transition into leadership roles, tackle key initial dilemmas and explore the contextual challenges of leadership.
It also features a series of leadership challenges to enable participants to practically apply key insights and approaches directly to their teams.
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Who is this course for?
This course is aimed at:
- People who have transitioned into a leadership role within the last three years
- Those seeking professional development in their leadership practice
- Those seeking to improve the way they lead people or functions in their organisation
Benefits
- Increase your levels of self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- Strengthen your ability to lead a team of people to deliver results
- Critically reflect on current leadership challenges
- Network and learn from other leaders across different industries
- Develop your confidence and competence as a leader
Organisations who employ or work with a participant who has taken part in the Leadership Fundamentals course are likely to see improvements in:
- Leaders who get more from their teams through critically reviewing their leadership practice.
- Leaders who are more effective in their people management
- Leaders who improve employee engagement and performance
- Leaders who achieve greater alignment with the organisation’s strategy
Key Learning Experiences
Understanding yourself as a leader
Developing self-awareness and emotional intelligence to understand how your style, values and behaviour affect others. Reflecting on your transition into leadership and the challenges of taking up authority.
Leading people and building effective teams
Strengthening your ability to motivate, support and manage performance. Practising how to set direction, give feedback and build trust to achieve results through others.
Managing the transition into leadership
Exploring the shift from individual contributor to people manager. Working with common early leadership dilemmas, identity challenges and role boundaries.
Influencing and managing upwards
Building confidence to influence across and above formal authority. Practising how to manage stakeholder relationships, navigate organisational expectations and communicate with impact.
Applying leadership in real work challenges
Working with live leadership challenges from your own context. Using structured reflection and peer learning to test ideas, refine your practice and build confidence.
Throughout the programme, learning is practical and reflective, combining leadership challenges, case work, peer learning and facilitated reflection to embed insight and build everyday leadership capability.
Launch and Pre-work (Virtual)
8 September 2026
Peer Consulting (Virtual)
6 October 2026
Arrival & check in
11 October 2026
Module One (Residential): Leading Yourself
12 – 13 October 2026
Peer Consulting (Virtual)
28 October 2026
Arrival & check in
16 November 2026
Module Two (Residential) : Leading Others
17 – 18 November 2026
Leadership Challenge Presentations (Virtual)
15 December 2026
Launch and Pre-work (Virtual)
10 November 2026
Arrival & check in
7 December 2026
Module One (Residential): Leading Yourself
8 – 9 December 2026
Peer Consulting (Virtual)
15 December 2026
Arrival & check in
18 January 2027
Module Two (Residential) : Leading Others
19 – 20 January 2027
Peer Consulting (Virtual)
2 February 2027
Leadership Challenge Presentations (Virtual)
16 February 2027
Timings: Virtual launch call 09:30 – 11:30. Virtual half-day sessions 09:30 – 13:00. Residential modules 09:00 – 17:00 Virtual peer consulting 9:00 – 17:00 ( 2 x 3.5 hours) All times are UK
Fees
Blended
Your fee includes everything you need to get the most from the programme:
- Two residential modules at Roffey Park, Horsham — all accommodation and meals included
- Arrival dinner the evening before each residential, from 6pm
- All programme materials
- Virtual peer consulting and launch sessions
- Access to MyRoffeyPark, our online learning platform
- Recorded virtual sessions available on request
We can also deliver this programme as either an in-house programme for teams or as part of a wider, tailored development programme. For more information please contact us.
*The price excludes VAT.
We offer a limited number of discounted places to registered charities, please contact our client services to find out more.