Senior Leadership Development Programme

Our Leadership & Management courses range from developing individual skills and techniques to introducing your new roles and responsibilities. Whatever your position or ambitions, Kent Trainers have the experience to enhance your leadership style and improve your business outcomes.

Leadership & management is about more than just decision-making. The best business leaders arm themselves with the information they need to make good decisions. Whether it’s meetings, interviews or team dynamics, there’s always something to learn, and somewhere to improve.

Several of our Leadership & Management courses offer Institute of Leadership accreditation. Our certified courses provide an unparalleled depth of content based on the latest and best research and are seen as a benchmark for high-quality training.

Why book this course?

• Reaching the top of your profession shouldn’t mean that you’ve learnt it all. The best leaders continue to develop and improve, both in a personal and professional capacity. By learning new skills and techniques, you can make iterative changes within your organisation, and communicate your vision to others.
• Our two-day Senior Leadership Development Programme will help you to identify your personal leadership strengths, and complement them by improving your weaknesses. By engaging with our trainers, you’ll learn how to better manage change within your organisation, and run your department in a way that inspires your team. 

Who is the course for?

• The Senior Leadership Development Programme is ideal for all Senior Managers, Directors and Heads of Department, as well as anyone who has experience in a senior management role. 
• Candidates should be open to expanding their expertise, sharing their experiences and accepting feedback in order to develop their leadership skills.

What content will the course cover?
Day One

• The role of the leader
• What leadership means
• Leadership role models
• The leadership challenge - why should they follow you?
• Personal goal setting – understanding your strengths
• Identifying the impact of your personal actions and behaviours on your team
• Inspiring loyalty, respect and confidence.

Day Two

• Getting the balance right – avoiding “burn out” 
• Staying resilient 
• Leading change 
• Creating a vision and communicating the message
• Effective delegation and empowering others 
• Influencing and persuading
• Leading with emotional intelligence.

What will I get out of the training?

• By exploring different motivators, drivers and challenges as they relate to your business, you will enhance your confidence in setting the strategic direction for your team, communicating your message, and creating successful outcomes through clear and effective leadership. 
• Kent Trainers are proud of our bespoke approach to training, taking the needs of every learner into account. By engaging with you on a one-to-one basis, we’ll help you to identify what your business needs, helping you to better motivate your employees and increase the effectiveness of your leadership.

What is the duration of this course?
This is a 2-day course.

The timings and format for our courses are as follows:

• In-house & bespoke courses, held virtually or at a venue of your choice
• For all in-house training courses, we will adapt the timings and format for each day around the needs of your organisation and team. Please get in touch with us to discuss your requirements.

Scheduled training courses held at one of our venues

• Courses commence at 9:30am and finish at approximately 4:30pm. A hot and cold buffet lunch is included on all our scheduled courses, and refreshments are provided throughout the day.

Scheduled training courses held virtually

• Unless specified, courses commence at 9:30am and finish at approximately 4:00pm.  The day is broken up into modules, both online and offline to ensure engagement and interaction.  We also ensure that there are plenty of comfort breaks throughout the day.

Who is this accredited by?

• Our Senior Leadership Development Programme is accredited by The Institute of Leadership & Management and aligns to their 'Professional' Member status, which is equivalent to the ILM Level 6 qualification
• On our Scheduled courses you will now be automatically registered to become Members with The Institute for 1-year, providing access to all their brilliant online resources, and you can also use letters after your name (MInstLM). 
• Upon successful completion of this programme, you will also receive a formal certificate from The Institute of Leadership and Management.