Being an effective executive/ departmental/ team leader

This transformative program is your gateway to confidence, competence, and courage in leadership. It's not just another dry management seminar - it's a powerful experience that will reshape your approach to leading others.

Are you struggling to inspire your team and drive results?

Through our unique blend of transformational, servant, and feminist leadership principles, you’ll discover how to authentically connect with your team, even under pressure. You’ll learn to balance people and performance for sustained success, and gain practical tools to boost your emotional intelligence and motivate others. By the end of this journey, you won’t just understand leadership – you’ll embody it.

Key takeaways

After this module, you will be able to:

  • Understand your leadership strengths and areas for growth 
  • Master a range of leadership styles to adapt to any situation 
  • Develop emotional intelligence to enhance team performance 
  • Learn effective delegation and empowerment techniques 
  • Create a personal leadership development plan 
  • Build the confidence to lead authentically under pressure 

Module agenda

Module 1 – Key Ingredients of Excellent Leadership  

  • Essential components, core principles and values that contribute to outstanding leadership and lead a high performing team  
  • Examination of the key qualities and characteristics exhibited by exceptional leaders.   

Module 2 – AIR: Actions, Interactions, Reactions & SLOW

  • AIR (Actions, Interactions, Reactions) in leadership 
  • Practical strategies for aligning actions, managing interactions, and responding effectively to various situations.  
  • SLOW (Stop, Listen, Observe, Wait) graphic and its relevance to leadership including guided exercises to practice mindful leadership using the SLOW approach.  

Module 3 – Goleman’s 6 Leadership Styles  

  • Daniel Goleman’s six leadership styles – case studies and examples illustrating each leadership style in action.  

Module 4 – Transformational, Servant and Feminist Leadership  

  • Exploration of underlying leadership theories and principles and their impact on organisational culture and performance.  

Module 5 – Leadership that Motivates, Delegates, and Empowers  

  • Strategies for motivating teams, delegating tasks, and empowering team members. Building Trust and psychological safety within a team.  

Module 6 – Reflective Practice   

Personal Leadership Development Plan 

This is one of 14 modules in our Modular Leadership Development Programme where you can pick and choose the subjects you most need to develop in your professional journey.