Inspired to Lead is a powerful two-day programme that will equip you to lead effectively and bring about sustained, transformational change.

Drawing on the experience of outstanding Senior Leaders, Headteachers and Business Leaders, Inspired to Lead will enable you to overcome the barriers and challenges you face to ensure that you will achieve your goals.

We explore the key skills and attributes of leadership, including communication, team-building and motivation. This programme will help you to:

• Bring about positive change and overcome the barriers to leading a successful school.
• Consider how to ensure others work for and with you to achieve your vision by creating a team that it positive and empowered.
• Understand a variety of proven leadership models and approaches.
• Discover your natural leadership style and explore how to adapt and communicate effectively in different situations.
• Consider how best to delegate leadership throughout your team and build your leadership capacity and vision.
• Improve the performance of staff in your school

The course is based on the principle of creating leaders at every level and is suitable for all Headteachers, Deputies, Assistant Headteachers, Middle Leaders, and those aspiring to leadership positions.  

The programme runs over two non-consecutive days, with a gap in between. This allows time to apply the new ideas from day one in your own school, and bring your experiences to the second day of the course.

Day 1 objectives include:

• The qualities of inspirational leadership
• Effective communication at every level
• Bringing about change for success
• Managing yourself & others effectively
• How to ensure others work for and with you to achieve your vision
• How to create a culture and climate in which people want to work and are eager to contribute to success
• The importance of vision & values

Day 2 objectives include:

• Development of your leadership style
• The human impact of change and leading change successfully
• Knowing and using your Strengths
• Developing emotional intelligence
• Coaching for performance
• Why change initiatives sometimes fail
• Inspirational leadership toolkit

Audience

• Headteachers
• Senior Leadership Team
• Middle Leaders with aspirations to senior leadership

“It has been brilliant to share experiences and get some advice on real situations. Lots of very useful tips!”
Lisa Doda, Assistant Principal, St. Thomas More School, Kidlington

“Very reflective and useful. This course has completely refreshed my thinking and attitude as a leader!”
Increase Eko, Headteacher, Adamsrill Primary School

“Excellent delivery and thought provoking process. Makes you consider your own impact and how to bring about positive change. Inspired To Lead makes you think about how to be a better leader – how to give and get the best.”
Shirley Thompson, Year 3 &4 Phase Leader, Castleview Primary School, Slough

“This programme is outstanding and has the potential to be a huge catalyst for change.”
Paula Montie, Polehampton Junior School, Wokingham

“The course offered really interesting, exciting and useful information and tools that I will be able to implement in my day to day practice”
Rian Ehlers, Subject Coordinator, Spa School, London

As a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic we are now livestreaming all of our courses. Please see livestream dates below. 

We anticipate resuming in-venue courses after Easter 2021.