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Leadership development programmes

Leadership development

We work with organisations to co-design leadership development programmes for their leaders. Our programmes blend deep psychological insight with practical application, helping leaders deepen their understanding of themselves, others and the relationships that shape organisational life, so they can lead more effectively through complexity, change and uncertainty.

What is leadership development?

Leadership development creates space for leaders to step back from the immediate demands of organisational life, reflect with peers and develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their role and the organisational system in which they work.

This includes developing the capacity to see the bigger picture and work with aspects of organisational life that are not always immediately visible: group dynamics, patterns in relationships, experiences of authority, and the unconscious processes that can influence how people behave and work together.

This is the basis of a systems psychodynamic approach to leadership development. It brings together psychological insight with an understanding of organisations as interconnected systems, helping leaders make sense of what is happening beneath the surface as well as what is more readily seen.

Our approach

Our leadership development programmes combine experiential learning, psychological insight and practical application. Rather than treating leadership as a set of skills in isolation, participants work with their experience of leading in the context of their role, relationships, teams and organisation.

Programmes use work discussion and peer reflection to explore real leadership experiences and challenges. Participants examine the assumptions shaping their thinking, consider different perspectives and explore the dynamics of leadership and followership. This can bring new ways of understanding situations into view and open up different possibilities for action.

Learning is connected back to the workplace throughout, enabling participants to experiment with different ways of working and reflect on what happens. Depending on the programme, this may be supported through coaching, between-session learning and opportunities to engage with different parts of the organisation.

Leadership development programmes for your organisation

Our programmes can be designed for leaders at different stages of their development and around the particular challenges facing an organisation. This might include:

New and emerging leaders

Supporting people moving into leadership or taking on greater responsibility to develop confidence and authority in role, understand team dynamics and work effectively across organisational boundaries.

Senior and executive leaders

Supporting experienced leaders to explore how they take up their role and authority, work through relationships and connect their leadership to the wider purpose and direction of the organisation, particularly in the face of complexity, uncertainty and competing demands.

Inclusive leadership and working with difference

Working with difference, power and inclusion is integral to our leadership development programmes. Leaders are supported to consider how conscious and unconscious dynamics around difference can shape relationships, participation and authority, and how these dynamics play out within teams and the wider organisation.


We also co-design specialist leadership programmes where addressing inequality, under-representation or inclusion is a central organisational priority. Our Chief Nursing Fellowship Programme is one example, combining leadership development, individual coaching and peer learning to support global majority mental health nurses progressing in their leadership career.

How it works

Each programme is co-designed with you around your organisation’s context, what you want the programme to achieve, and the experience and seniority of the leaders taking part. We work with you to agree the purpose, learning objectives, intended outcomes and programme design before delivery begins.

Evaluation is built in from the outset, with success measures agreed as part of the co-design process. We consider participants’ experience and learning, how this is applied in their roles and, where appropriate, the wider impact for the organisation.

Who you could work with?

Our programmes are delivered by experienced organisational consultants and coaches, many of whom are EMCC-accredited and all with Masters or doctoral-level training in systems psychodynamics. Our practitioners bring experience of working with leaders, teams and organisations across a wide range of sectors, alongside diverse professional and personal perspectives. This breadth of experience enables them to work with both the practical challenges of leadership and the relational, emotional and systemic dynamics that shape organisational life.

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Impact

Leadership development can strengthen leaders’ capacity to:

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Whatever challenge, opportunity or development you’re facing, an enquiry call offers a chance to pause, reflect, and think it through together, without any obligation or pressure.

When you contact us, a member of our team will either address your enquiry directly (if you’re just looking for information) or let you know that a consultant will be in touch to arrange an initial online conversation.

If your enquiry is more urgent, please feel free to contact us on 020 8938 2475.

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