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  • What We Do
    • Our Services
    • Culture Development
    • Leadership Development
    • Team Development
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    • Human Skills Development
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Ignite

Leadership Fundamentals Programme

Equipping first-time managers and early-career leaders with the foundations to lead themselves and others with confidence. 

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We'd love to have a chat about how to set your leaders up for success.

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The Challenge

Stepping into leadership for the first time is tough

Your managers are suddenly responsible for other people's performance, wellbeing and development - often without the training, tools or support they need to do it well.


They're navigating difficult conversations, balancing competing priorities, managing team dynamics - all while figuring out their own leadership identity.


Ignite gives them the foundations they need to lead with clarity, confidence and emotional intelligence.

What It Covers

Ignite is a 3-day modular programme that equips managers with the core leadership skills, self-awareness and coaching behaviours they need to effectively lead.


There are 4 core modules, plus 2 additional modules of your choice to tailor the programme to your organisational context and development priorities.


Core Modules:

Fundamentals of Leadership

Understanding leadership identity, values and what it means to lead with purpose and accountability. 

Emotionally Intelligent Management

Developing self-awareness, empathy, resilience and the ability to regulate emotions under pressure. 

Coaching and Developing Others

Building coaching skills that enable managers to support, challenge and develop their team members. 

Courageous Conversations

Navigating difficult conversations with confidence, clarity and compassion. 

Plus: 2 additional modules of your choice

These will be tailored to your organisational context and development priorities. 

Optional Add-Ons

Insights Discovery

Facilitated Peer-to-Peer Coaching Circles

Virtual 1:1 Coaching Clinics

Helping participants understand their leadership style and impact on others 

Virtual 1:1 Coaching Clinics

Facilitated Peer-to-Peer Coaching Circles

Virtual 1:1 Coaching Clinics

 Individual coaching sessions with an ICF-certified Upwrd coach 

Facilitated Peer-to-Peer Coaching Circles

Facilitated Peer-to-Peer Coaching Circles

Facilitated Peer-to-Peer Coaching Circles

 Creating space for reflection, challenge and shared learning 

Additional Modules

Facilitated Peer-to-Peer Coaching Circles

Facilitated Peer-to-Peer Coaching Circles

Including:

  • Time Management & Prioritisation
  • Foundations of Leading Teams
  • Managing Performance
  • Motivating & Delegating

How It Works

Ignite can be delivered in-person or online across 3 days, with flexibility to shape the format and module mix to fit your needs.


We take a coaching-first approach - creating space for reflection, challenge and meaningful learning that goes beyond information delivery.


Participants leave with:

  • Greater self-awareness of their leadership identity, strengths and development areas
  • Practical skills they can apply immediately in their day-to-day leadership
  • Confidence to navigate the messy, human side of management
  • A clear development plan to continue their leadership growth

Who's It For?

Ignite is designed for:


  • First-time managers stepping into leadership
  • Early-career leaders building their leadership capability
  • Managers who've been "doing" leadership but haven't had formal development
  • Anyone responsible for leading a team who wants to strengthen their foundations

Looking for Advanced Leadership Development?

If your leaders are more experienced and need strategic leadership capability, explore our Elevate - Advanced Leadership Programme.


Explore Elevate

Want to know more?

We'd love to talk through how Ignite could work for your man
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