INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
In today’s dynamic business environment, organizations are actively identifying high-potential managers to lead the next generation of strategic growth. The Leadership Sprint training course is specifically designed to accelerate leadership development for emerging leaders who are ready to step into broader, more impactful roles.
This training course focuses on fast-tracking leadership readiness by equipping participants with advanced soft skills, emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, and a personal development roadmap. Delegates will explore their personal leadership style, enhance their ability to influence across functions, and prepare to engage confidently in senior-level conversations around change, innovation, and business performance.
This Leadership Sprint training course will highlight:
- Self-awareness and self-management for confident, resilient leadership
- Influence, collaboration, and communication across teams and functions
- Strategic awareness, adaptability, and organizational navigation
- Application of leadership styles and modern management techniques
- Career development and leadership growth planning
COURSE DETAILS
Objectives
By the end of the Leadership Sprint training course, participants will be able to:
- Recognize the importance of emotional intelligence and soft skills in leadership effectiveness
- Enhance productivity, self-leadership, and executive presence
- Confidently contribute to high-level discussions on business strategy and transformation
- Apply proven leadership methods to inspire and manage high-performing teams
- Design a personal career development plan aligned with long-term leadership goals
Training Methodology
This Leadership Sprint training course is designed for active participants who are willing and able to contribute to business debate and bring their own thoughts to discussions on challenges and opportunities in developing themselves and their organisations. This is a collegiate environment, mixing a relaxed atmosphere with challenging content, often around our behaviour and self-development. The training course will blend workshop formats that will stimulate and stretch participants, including (but not limited to); formal training course style presentations, structured discussions, informal debates, along with solo work and group exercises
Organisational Impact
Organizations that invest in their emerging leaders through this training course will benefit from:
- A pipeline of future-ready leaders equipped to take on greater strategic responsibilities
- Stronger leadership influence and collaboration across departments
- Enhanced contribution to strategic initiatives, planning, and change management
- Improved productivity and resilience among high-potential individuals
- A positive leadership culture driven by motivated, self-developing professionals
Personal Impact
Participants will gain:
- Greater confidence in their leadership capabilities and strategic contribution
- Improved personal productivity, emotional intelligence, and resilience
- Enhanced ability to lead, coach, and influence others
- Advanced communication and collaboration skills across organizational boundaries
- A personalized development plan to guide career progression and leadership growth
Who should Attend?
This training course is relevant for any manager or executive who is acknowledged as a future and valued leader within their organisation. Participants could attend from across departments, from operations, sales, marketing, finance, human resources or information technology.
This KC Academy Leadership Sprint training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Team Managers
- Project Managers
- Business Development Managers
- Sales and Commercial Managers
- PR and Communications Managers
- Financial Managers
- Operational Managers (Manufacturing, Logistics, Delivery)
DAILY AGENDA
Day 1: Knowing Yourself: Self-Management, Confidence, Resilience and Effectiveness.
- Introduction
- Great management Vs great leadership
- Self-awareness: Understanding our personality and our behaviour
- Dealing with challenges, building resilience and dealing with stress & ambiguity.
- Personal SWOT/TOWS and personal force field.
Day 2: Knowing Others: Personal Influence, Communication Skills, Collaboration & Networking
- The communication model: Understanding our messaging, channels, noise.
- Personal influence: Building trust and consistency, being persuasive.
- Self-management: Personal productivity and effectiveness.
- The power of collaboration
- The power of networking: Recognising and managing external ties.
Day 3: Knowing The Organisation: Strategic Awareness, Managing Change, Lean & Agile
- Entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship leadership
- Strategic thinking and environmental scanning tools
- Business planning and business cases
- Lean strategies and agile project methods
- Personal canvas 1: Knowing business model for you
Day 4: Knowing Your Management and Leadership Practice: Styles and Methods.
- Practical management essentials
- Adaptive leadership methods
- The learning organisation and systems thinking
- Leading others: Coaching & mentoring tools
- Leading organisational change
Day 5: Knowing Your Professional Development: Your Career and Improvement Plan
- Servant leadership
- Personal canvas 2: Forming a new business model for you
- Professional development plan
- From theory to practice: Turning ideas into action
- Final discussion
Certificate
- On successful completion of this training course, KC Academy Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.