Overview
Course overview
This leadership and management short course is designed for professionals who want to lead with greater confidence, clarity and impact. Covering adaptive leadership styles, team motivation, performance culture, delegation and change management, the programme is built around real-world application. Learners work through structured frameworks, case discussions and practical exercises that translate directly into the workplace. Delivered live online or on campus in London, this executive short course equips managers and leaders with a toolkit they can apply from day one.
What you will study
Examine the principal leadership styles, from transformational and servant leadership to situational and directive approaches. Develop the self-awareness to identify your natural style and the flexibility to adapt it to your team, context and the challenge at hand.
Build a structured framework for making confident, well-reasoned decisions under pressure. Learn how to gather the right information, weigh competing options, manage risk and communicate decisions clearly so your team understands and supports the path forward.
Explore the psychological drivers of motivation and learn practical techniques for energising your team, addressing disengagement early and sustaining high levels of commitment and effort over time. Apply motivation theory directly to the people you lead.
Understand what distinguishes high-performance teams from average ones and learn the management behaviours, norms and structures that build a culture of accountability, quality and continuous improvement within your team or department.
Master the art of effective delegation: how to match tasks to capability, set clear expectations, maintain appropriate oversight without micromanaging and use delegation as a development tool that grows the people around you.
Translate learning into a structured, realistic personal action plan. Identify the specific leadership behaviours you will change, the goals you will pursue and the milestones you will use to measure your own development over the weeks and months ahead.
Learn how to lead your organisation or team through change without losing momentum or damaging culture. Covers change communication, managing resistance, maintaining trust during uncertainty and sustaining energy throughout the transition.
Develop the four core components of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy and social skill. Understand how emotional intelligence directly affects leadership effectiveness, team dynamics and the quality of workplace relationships.
Build the gravitas, credibility and composure that characterise effective senior leaders. Learn how to project confidence in high-stakes situations, command attention in meetings and boardrooms, and communicate authority without authority.
Develop the skills to influence decisions and drive outcomes across an organisation, including sideways and upwards. Covers stakeholder mapping, coalition building, persuasion techniques and how to make your case compellingly without relying on formal authority.
Who is this for?
Designed for middle managers, senior leaders, team leads and ambitious professionals preparing for greater leadership responsibility. Suitable for those in corporate, public sector and entrepreneurial environments who want to develop stronger management capability.
Learning outcome
Graduates leave with a stronger personal leadership framework, the ability to motivate and develop high-performing teams, and a clear action plan for applying leadership and management principles in their organisation.
Assessment and delivery style
Teaching is designed to be interactive, applied and professionally relevant. Activities may include case discussion, guided exercises, workplace examples, short presentations, reflective planning and tutor-led feedback.
