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.
Who it is 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.
It suits new managers moving into their first leadership role as well as experienced managers who want structured tools to lead more effectively.
Leadership and management skills covered
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.
Practical exercises
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.
Illustrative scenario: delegating without losing control
A newly promoted team leader of five is still producing the monthly performance report personally. Working through the delegation module, they hand the report to one team member with a short written brief: the outcome and deadline, the decisions the team member can make alone, the ones that need sign-off, and two agreed check-in points. They review the first draft against the brief instead of rewriting it. The first month takes longer; by the third, the report arrives complete and the manager has time back for coaching and planning. In the course you work through situations like this using your own team as the case, then leave with an action plan to apply at work.
A fuller worked example, with decision boundaries, check-ins, an escalation trigger and a 30/60/90-day plan you can copy, is in the delegation and action plan.
Delivery and schedule
| Live Online | Campus (London) | |
|---|---|---|
| Fee | £688 | £1,944 |
| Where you study | Live online, taught in UK time. Joining from India, the UAE or China? Admissions send the timetable converted to your timezone | Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HX |
| Duration | 2 to 6 weeks, depending on the format you choose | |
| Suits | New and developing managers, team leads, middle managers and senior leaders preparing for greater responsibility | |
| For teams | Corporate delivery for a group from one organisation is available. Ask admissions about dates and format | |
Fees and dates
Fees are £688 for the Live Online route and £1,944 for the Campus route in London, charged in pounds sterling. The course runs over 2 to 6 weeks, depending on the format you choose; admissions confirm the next dates when you enquire. Ask admissions for the session times and the study expected between sessions, so you can plan the course around your work. For a group from one organisation, ask about corporate delivery.
Outcomes
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.
Guides for new and developing managers
Practical reading that pairs well with the course:
- How to delegate effectively without losing accountability
- Team goals vs individual goals: examples for managers
- Why leadership training fails, and how to apply what you learn
- Your first 90 days as a new manager: a practical plan
For the whole decision in order, read the leadership and management subject guide: entry, workload, cost, the choices to compare and the questions to ask. When you are ready, ask admissions a question.
