The leadership playbook that worked a decade ago is running into limits fast — business environments move too quickly for command-and-control habits, and teams increasingly expect leaders who can adapt, not just direct. This training course pushes leaders to question inherited models and build the transformational, adaptive, and strategically-aware leadership that current environments actually demand.

Delivered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, the programme covers design thinking, agile and collaborative leadership, and the emotional intelligence needed to manage diverse, high-performing teams and make sound decisions in complicated situations.

Attendees also work on building an innovation culture, leading change effectively, and preparing organisations for what comes next — with real-world scenarios and case studies used throughout to build resilient, crisis-ready leadership and practical confidence, not just theory.

Who Should Attend?

• Senior Executives, Directors, and Team Leaders
• Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
• Change Managers and Innovation Officers
• HR Professionals, Leadership Development Specialists, and High-Potential Employees

By the end of the course, attendees will be able to:

• Understand what works in leadership today and explain it to others, moving past outdated ideas — especially when leading talented people.
• Demonstrate the critical behaviours of a leader in action and practise them in everyday work.
• Complete a self-analysis of their own leadership style, with a concrete plan for improvement.
• Read other people's styles quickly and use that insight for the organisation's benefit.
• Develop ways to balance the needs of others at work using a proven, self-diagnostic process.
• Build self-confidence in these newer leadership methods through practice and feedback on real results.

Module 1: What Makes a Leader Today

• The difference between managers and leaders
• How artificial intelligence is reshaping the traditional manager's role
• Who the great leaders are, and why unlikely leaders still succeed
• Does personality really play a part in leadership?

Module 2: Style, Culture and Working in Harmony

• The key leadership behaviours and why style matters — using a leadership-style profiler
• Predominant leadership styles across different cultures
• Recognising other people's styles and working in harmony to build excellent teams
• Handling conflict with a leadership approach that actually works

Module 3: Organising for Excellence

• How to organise and execute excellence in daily work
• The Task, Team, and Individual approach in action
• The process approach: can anyone really become a leader?

Module 4: Leadership in Action — Motivating, Deciding, Delivering

• Behaviours behind effective decision-making
• Techniques for motivating others that produce measurable results
• Getting work done through others, and driving commitment at performance appraisal time
• Using the "leadership baton" to create excellence in everything, plus a personal review and action plan