WHY THIS MATTERS RIGHT NOW

The business case for management development

Poor management is still the number one reason people leave their jobs, and while that’s not a new insight, what’s changed is the environment around it. A tight labour market makes every resignation more expensive. Rising employee expectations mean poor experiences get noticed and shared and the volume of new employment law changes means gaps in management knowledge carry consequences they didn’t a few years ago.

Gallup research consistently shows that managers account for up to 70% of the variance in employee engagement, which tells you something important: all the culture work, employer branding and wellbeing initiatives in the world will only go so far if the people running your teams aren’t equipped to lead well.

Research shows that investing in management development delivers significant returns through reduced turnover, fewer formal people issues and stronger team performance.

ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

Built from real experience

Your Management Toolkit has been developed using our years of experience training, coaching and supporting managers and leaders across a wide range of organisations, combined with our expert HR knowledge from helping resolve real employee issues every day. That combination is what makes this programme different from a generic off-the-shelf course.

You’ll get the exact skills and toolkit your managers need for modern, effective people management, grounded in what actually works in practice and designed to help your organisation achieve its goals. And because we’ve seen first-hand what happens when those skills are missing, every module is built around the real situations your managers face.

What your managers will cover

Each session covers one of the things managers most commonly struggle with. No fluff, no theory for theory’s sake. Just practical tools they can use straight away.

Programme details:

• 12 live virtual sessions
• 2 hours every fortnight
• 6 months starting 11 September 2026 (9am–11am)
• IoL accredited
• Cohort learning
• Sessions recorded
• Payment plans available

HOW IT WORKS

Designed to fit around the day job

We know how hard it is to take managers out of the business for extended periods, so we’ve deliberately designed this programme to work around real working life. Each session is two hours, delivered every fortnight, with a small amount of pre and post work between sessions that’s kept light enough to fit comfortably into a busy week without becoming another pressure.

It’s twelve sessions and the fortnightly rhythm means your managers have time to put things into practice between sessions, which is where the real learning happens.

COHORT LEARNING

Learn alongside other local leaders

Each cohort has 10 places and delegates join alongside managers and leaders from other local organisations in Worcestershire and across the UK. We’ve deliberately built the sessions around peer learning and open conversation, because some of the most valuable insights come from hearing how someone in a completely different organisation is dealing with the same challenge you are.

Working alongside people from outside your business gives you a kind of honest, outside perspective that’s hard to get any other way, and that tends to be where the real lightbulb moments happen.

ACCREDITATION

Quality you can trust

Your Management Toolkit is accredited by The Institute of Leadership, the UK’s professional body for management and leadership development, which has assessed our programme as contemporary, engaging and focused on improving practice in the real world. So when you’re investing in your managers’ development, you can be confident you’re investing in something that genuinely delivers.

The Institute of Leadership

Every delegate who completes the programme receives letters after their name, a certificate and 12 months membership to the Institute of Leadership, which opens up a huge range of webinars, e-learning and continuous professional development resources they can draw on throughout their career.