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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Is your leadership pipeline future-ready?
Today's senior leaders are navigating complexity, driving transformation, and shaping strategy. But many organisations face persistent challenges:
A widening skills gap in board-ready talent
High-potential leaders are missing out on meaningful development
Unspent L&D budgets that risk going to waste
Pressure to show ESG and social value outcomes
Leadership attrition due to disengagement or lack of opportunity
Overreliance on flagship programmes that can't scale
HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU
We support HR, Talent and Leadership Development Teams by:
Offering a practical, low-lift, high-impact solution that complements your existing talent strategy using immersive, experiential learning
Delivering a fully managed, turnkey leadership programme - we take care of onboarding, delivery, mentoring, coaching, logistics, and impact reporting.
Providing a meaningful use for unspent L&D budgets, with high-impact results delivered through small, focused cohorts of 6–10 participants.
White-labelling seamlessly into your existing leadership frameworks or flagship development pathways.
Creating a development route for high-potential talent who haven’t yet joined your flagship programmes - ensuring no leader is left behind.
Tangible ESG/social impact reporting tied to SME economic growth and mentoring.
We do this by giving your leaders the chance to apply their skills in real-world environments by supporting live SMEs (small-medium enterprises) through advisory boards.

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100%
of participants felt positive about their employer supporting this programme. -
98%
attendance and engagement across sessions. -
9 in 10
said this experience and learnt insights have actively benefited their work -
£501m+
GVA uplift to the UK economy produced from Be the Business programmes like this
Would you like to know more?
Book a consultation call with our specialist team
Give your leaders the experience, confidence, and perspective they need, and deliver impact that resonates across your organisation and the UK economy.

Inspiring Leaders Programme in more detail

Advisory board experience
Your leader will join a small business advisory board. This experience allows them to apply their skills in real-world situations, and learn how their peers respond to the challenge.
They will be supporting two different small businesses for six months each - taking part in their advisory boards, and eventually chairing meetings and mentoring one of the business leaders.

Cohort reflection sessions
They will get together with their peer learning group three times over the year - to share experiences, reflect on what they’ve learned and strategise how they’d tackle situations in the future.
From start to finish, we ensure that every aspect of the programme contributes to your organisation’s leadership development goals.

E-learning
In addition to hands-on experiences, they can access the online self-paced learning and materials.
Carefully curated bite-size content, each lesson designed for only 5-10 minutes a day, that complements their learning journey and provides them with the flexibility to expand your knowledge on their terms.
Don’t just take our word for it…
“The rewards are brilliant, quite frankly, and it’s a thoroughly enjoyable activity to be involved in.”
Pete Boddy, Head of Engineering, Air Service, at BAE Systems
“I have this desire to help companies be successful, by getting close to the real business problems.”
Bhavna Saraf, Head of Trade product at Lloyds Banking Group
“I get a kick out of learning about what these amazing companies are doing, and how innovative they are.”
Lori Vokes – Director M&A at Neom
Is this right for your organisation?
This programme is ideal if you:
Need to allocate L&D budget quickly and effectively
Are designing or expanding your leadership development pathways
Want to engage overlooked high-potential leaders in meaningful growth
Seek to enhance ESG reporting with real, measurable impact stories
Are looking for a hands-off, fully-managed solution with clear ROI
