Before LEAD™ and now
100%
say LEAD™ helped them understand their leadership style and its impact on others
91%
say it has helped their personal life as well as their work
We plan and review business performance well+71 points
Before
Now
11%
82%
We have a clear, documented business plan+68 points
Before
Now
16%
84%
We make good strategic decisions+49 points
Before
Now
29%
78%
LEAD™ graduates answering a clear “yes”, before the programme and now.
You, your people and your business
YOU
Become a more confident and effective leader
Understand yourself as a leader, question your assumptions and become clearer about the leader your business needs.
YOUR PEOPLE
Create the conditions for your people to perform
Lead, delegate and encourage others, so your team takes more ownership and builds its own capability.
YOUR BUSINESS
Turn thinking into action
Make time to think strategically, test where the business is heading and put what you learn into practice straight away.
LEAD™ was life-changing for me. Our business wouldn’t be anything like it is now without it. If people really want to be more successful and be open to different ways of doing things, then LEAD™ is a great way of doing that. If it was mandatory in business, what a great country we’d have.
Chris Creed, CEO, Creed Foodservice
How LEAD™ works
November 2026 to October 2027, around two days a month
Opens with the two-day Overnight Experiential
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Then GOLD™ (optional)
Two-day overnight experiential
Masterclasses, coaching, Action Learning, Shadowing and Exchanges
Masterclasses
Fresh thinking on leadership and business from expert speakers.
One-to-one coaching
Dedicated time to focus on you, your leadership and the challenges in front of you.
Action Learning
Work through real issues in a small group of fellow business leaders.
Business Shadowing
Partner with a peer to shadow them inside their organisation and give unbiased feedback; then welcome them into your organisation to receive trusted feedback from their ‘fresh pair of eyes’.
Business Exchange
Carry out senior-level consultancy projects in a peer’s organisation to hear directly from their people, and have the same carried out in your organisation.
Your LEAD™ cohort
A network that carries on after you graduate. Cohort 1 has met every year since 2012.
COHORT 28 MASTERCLASS SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Professor Steve Kempster, Dan Hodgson, Professor Ruth Bender, Dan Hunt, Dr Stewart Barnes, Jo Draper, Dr Jutta Tobias-Mortlock, Chris Butterworth and Paula Broadbent.
It’s so much more than a leadership course, if you go into it with an open mind it can be genuinely life changing.
Mark Stewart, CEO, Stewart Golf
What LEAD™ graduates tell us
IMPACT SURVEY 2026
100%
feel more confident and more effective in their role
100%
still use the practical tools LEAD™ gave them
91%
rate their overall return as Excellent or Exceptional
+82
Net Promoter Score, where +70 is world class
AVERAGE GROWTH IN THE YEAR AFTER LEAD™
+34%
Employee numbers
+56%
Sales
+63%
Productivity
+192%
Profit
Growth figures are averages reported by LEAD™ organisations over 15 years.
Ready to lead your business forward?
We would welcome the opportunity to speak with you to better understand your development needs. Please contact Jo Draper, Director:
COHORT 28 AT A GLANCE
Starts5–6 November 2026
Opens withOvernight Experiential
RunsNov 2026 to Oct 2027
TimeAround two days a month
Investment£15,000 + VAT