Key details
Mode of delivery: Classroom-based
Course code: HR28B
Duration: 8 days
Fee: £6,885.00 + VAT
CPD Hours: 48
Course Overview
This course delves into specialized areas of HR and organisational development. Participants will explore talent management, performance management, change management, and future trends in HR.
It also offers a comprehensive exploration of impactful leadership. The second week begins with identifying key characteristics of effective leaders, examining behaviours that build credibility, and comparing different leadership styles through real-world benchmarks. The programme then delves into essential traits and mindsets that enable leaders to navigate complex environments, emphasising mindset development and cognitive flexibility for adapting behaviour across various contexts. Finally, it focuses on self-regulation strategies, helping leaders to manage triggers, maintain stability, and stay focused and clear under pressure, ensuring confident and consistent leadership.
Agenda
Day — 1 Advanced Emotional Intelligence
- Emotional Intelligence
- Empathy and Resilience
- Practical EI Applications
Day — 2 Talent Acquisition and Management
- Strategic Talent Acquisition
- Talent Development
- Retention Strategies
Day — 3 Performance Management and Feedback
- Performance Management Systems
- Effective Feedback Techniques
- Performance Reviews
Day — 4 Change Management and Organisational Transformation
- Principles of Change Management
- Leading Change Initiatives
- Building a Culture of Adaptability
Day — 5 Weekly Review
- Summary and recap of key learning objectives
- Action Planning
Day — 6 Leading with Impact: Defining Your Leadership Edge
- Key characteristics of great leadership
- Behaviours and habits that create credibility and influence
- Comparing leadership styles using real-world benchmarks
Day — 7 Leadership Traits and Psychological Mindsets
- Core traits that distinguish effective leaders in complex environments
- Mindset development and its application
- Cognitive flexibility and its role in adapting leadership behaviour across contexts
Day — 8 Self-Regulation and Leadership Composure
- Regulation strategies for maintaining leadership stability
- Identification and management of personal leadership triggers
- Techniques to sustain focus, and clarity under pressure
Course Review
- Summary and recap of key learning objectives
- Action Planning
Post-Course
- Five (5) x hour-long Executive Coaching sessions at monthly intervals following Course Completion
Target Audience
This course is suitable for:
- HR professionals at all levels.
- Line managers seeking to enhance their people management skills.
- Organisational Development Consultants
- Senior Executives and C-level Leaders
- Leadership Coaches and Mentors
- Change Management Specialists
- Managers and Department Heads
- Business Unit Leaders
- Talent Development and Leadership Development Professionals
- Employee Engagement and Culture Managers
- Strategic Planners and Decision Makers
- Team Leaders and Supervisors involved in change initiatives.
- Organisational Psychologists and behavioural Experts
- Business Advisors
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be able to implement a successful strategy that enables you to:
- Explain advanced emotional intelligence concepts and their practical applications.
- Demonstrate the connection between empathy and resilience in leadership.
- Apply emotional intelligence techniques to resolve workplace conflict.
- Develop effective talent acquisition strategies to attract top talent.
- Implement talent development programmes to enhance employee skills and capabilities.
- Design and implement employee retention strategies to minimise turnover.
- Design and implement effective performance management systems.
- Apply effective feedback techniques to improve employee performance.
- Conduct performance reviews that drive employee development.
- Apply the principles of change management to organisational transformation.
- Lead change initiatives effectively, minimising resistance and maximising buy-in.
- Foster a culture of adaptability and resilience in the face of change.
- Identify and understand key characteristics of great leadership.
- Develop behaviours and habits that build credibility and influence.
- Analyse and evaluate leadership styles using real-world benchmarks.
- Recognise core traits that enable effective leadership in complex environments.
- Cultivate and apply growth-oriented mindsets.
- Adapt leadership behaviours through cognitive flexibility.
- Implement strategies to maintain leadership stability.
- Recognise and manage personal leadership triggers.
- Use techniques to sustain focus and clarity under pressure
- Strengthen key dimensions of executive presence: credibility, clarity, and composure.
- Ensure alignment between self-perception and external signals of leadership.
- utilise verbal and non-verbal techniques to enhance leadership impact.
Course dates
Feb 23, 2026 - Mar 4, 2026
Jul 6, 2026 - Jul 15, 2026
Oct 26, 2026 - Nov 4, 2026
