Accelerated Development Programme

• Climb to new career heights
  Develop your strategic capabilities to shape and execute business strategy while honing your leadership and people management skills to engage and inspire teams across your organisation.
• Strategy and innovation
  Develop a general management perspective by shifting your thinking from ‘functional expert’ to ‘strategic leader’. Learn to identify opportunities for value creation, delivery and capture, and put in place the processes, structure and culture that will enable innovation to flourish.
• Leading people and managing organisational change
  Strategy alone cannot create or sustain value. To effectively execute and manage the change process, you need to use both negotiation and influencing skills. Discover what makes your people tick, implement change management systems in line with your organisational structure, avoid common pitfalls and use your strengths to lead your organisation to sustained success.
• Effective decision making
  One of the greatest challenges' managers face is making decisions through uncertainty. Hone tested techniques that support your decision making by tapping into the collective experience and intuition of your team and organisation. Learn how to manage the technical and commercial risks of your business with the latest tools and frameworks.
• Deliver customer value
  The long-term success of your organisation is often determined by its ability to create and deliver customer value. Analyse your customer needs in order to define your product strategy and maintain and enhance a powerful brand.
• The financial equation
  When stepping up to a senior management role and aligning financial resources and strategy, adopting the latest business thinking is essential. Understand the foundations of finance and organisational performance to make strategic decisions that maximise value.
• A journey of self-awareness
  We begin by challenging you to understand your contribution as a leader, both now and in the future. Heighten your self-awareness by examining diverse leadership in multiple contexts that will challenge your thinking and help you develop a more global perspective.

Pre-programme

Consider the impact you are currently having and want to deliver through a 360-degree review and the 5 STeP psychometric personality questionnaire.

Module 1

• Develop leadership capabilities with intensive 360-degree feedback and action planning
• Learn with an exceptional group of peers from all over the world through group exercises and social learning.

• Focus on strategy formulation, evaluating and managing organisational performance, managing risk and leading change
• Scope and refine your business challenge with an action plan and objectives for the inter-modular break.

Back in the workplace (6-8 WEEKS)

• Apply your personal action plan and new classroom concepts in your workplace
• Receive support from your group and coach.

Module 2

• Explore how to create and deliver customer value and raise your brand profile
• Focus on the dynamics of digital disruption, digital platforms and sustainability and how you can leverage these to achieve strategic advantage.

• Consider decision-making processes and practice – navigating change and creative analytical thinking
• Finalise your bespoke action plan for implementation.

Post-programme

Reinforce your learning post-programme through one-on-one and group coaching sessions and the opportunity to re-take your 360 survey after six months to measure your impact.

To further embed and enhance your learning, you will also have the option to complete an online strategy elective focusing on innovation, digital transformation or sustainability to drive further strategic advantage.

You can choose to do this between or after the face-to-face modules and can join any iteration up to 12 months after completion of the face-to-face modules. These online electives have five or six learning module weeks and are a combination of self-directed learning, live faculty teaching sessions, live learning manager sessions and virtual support – requiring three to five hours of work per learning module week.

• Challenge and develop your leadership skills and self-awareness through coaching, 360 surveys and peer group feedback.
• Build a tailored action plan with a clear focus for your return to work.
• Absorb years of commercial experience and academic prowess from world-renowned faculty, grounded in real-world practicality.
• Challenge yourself with exposure to your cohort’s wide range of diverse perspectives, unlocking your thinking and altering your approach to global business.
• Build a lifelong global network of supportive relationships from within your cohort as you move through your transformational journey together.
• Dive deeper into three critical areas of strategy by completing an optional online strategy elective in innovation, digital transformation or sustainability.
• Following the programme, benefit from check-ins with your executive coaches to track business impact in a real-life context.

• What is the application process?

You can apply to the programme of your choice online. Acceptance is not automatic and your application will be reviewed by our Admissions Committee to ensure the best fit between applicants and programmes. Spaces on our programmes can fill up quickly so we encourage you to apply early and ensure your submission is as comprehensive as possible.



• What does the programme fee cover?

It covers all required study materials, programme activities and excursions, as well as refreshments and most meals. It also includes single-occupancy, en-suite accommodation near campus and access to a well-appointed gym with a swimming pool.



• Do I need to obtain a visa if I’m coming from overseas?

Visa requirements vary depending on your nationality and country of residence. We encourage you to use the ‘check if you need a visa’ tool or to consult the UK consulate or embassy in your home country.