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Leadership development covers structured programmes that build leadership and management capability, from first-time managers and emerging leaders through to the executive team. Delivery ranges from open courses and cohort programmes to fully bespoke in-house design, in person, virtual or blended.
Most corporate training spend goes on developing managers and leaders. Compare leadership and management development programmes across the UK by accreditation, programme type, seniority served, sector experience and independent ratings. For an overview of the types of leadership training company in the market, see our buying guide below.
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Global coaching and leadership development consultancy founded by Carol Wilson, delivering ILM-accredited coach training, executive coaching and coaching culture strategy for organisations in over 30 countries. Services include leadership development, team building and specialist training in areas such as neuroscience-based emotional intelligence and diversity and inclusion, delivered in person and by distance. Clients include IKEA, GE Healthcare, NHS trusts and Arts Council England.
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Cambridge Management and Leadership School is a UK independent provider of management, leadership and business qualifications, delivered online and in short-course formats to professionals in the UK and internationally. Its programmes are accredited by ASIC (Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities), at which it holds Premier status, and it is an approved centre of the awarding body Qualifi.
Talking Talent is a specialist coaching consultancy focused on inclusion, working parents and diverse talent, helping organisations retain and progress people through key career and life transitions. It delivers one-to-one and group coaching, parental-transition coaching, inclusive leadership programmes and consulting, through a global team of coaches, psychologists and behavioural specialists. It is a coaching-delivery firm working with organisations, not a coach training provider.
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Wavelength is a UK executive development firm built on the idea that leaders learn best from other leaders. It runs immersive programmes that take senior executives inside admired and innovative organisations, including a nine-month flagship programme for C-suite leaders, a masterclass subscription, and week-long global tours to business centres such as Silicon Valley, China and India, plus bespoke leadership programmes and access to a network of experienced leader-speakers. It works with organisations rather than coaching individuals.
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Henley Business School, part of the University of Reading, is one of the oldest business schools in Europe and holds triple accreditation (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS). Through its Henley Centre for Coaching it runs the Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching, described as the first triple-accredited coaching programme (ICF, AC and EMCC), and an MSc in Coaching for Behavioural Change, alongside executive education, leadership development and MBA programmes. It works mainly with organisations and with individuals training as executive coaches.
Inspirational Group is a global leadership development and human performance consultancy, originally founded as the Inspirational Development Group (IDG) in the late 1990s and rebranded as Inspirational Group in 2024. In 2023 it acquired The Forton Group, an ICF-accredited coaching training provider founded in 2002, whose Forton Coaching programmes remain accredited by the ICF and the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). The group now delivers leadership development, coaching, change leadership and organisational performance programmes to organisations worldwide, including bespoke and open coach training.
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MLP Training is a UK training provider with more than 30 years' experience, delivering sales, management and leadership training as open online courses and tailored in-house programmes. Its catalogue covers areas such as selling and negotiation, sales management, coaching, performance management, and leadership skills, and its clients include large corporate and public sector organisations.
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Make UK (formerly the EEF) is the trade body for UK manufacturers, and also a large training provider to the sector. Alongside policy representation and advice, it delivers apprenticeships, technical and engineering training, and leadership and management development from its national network of training centres and its Technology Hub. Its leadership training is aimed at manufacturers rather than a general audience.
t-three is a UK leadership consultancy focused on behaviour change, using its "Provoke, Plant and Practise" approach and the Facet5 personality profiling tool. It delivers leadership and management development, culture change, 360-degree feedback, assessment, team development and executive coaching for organisations, and as an ILM Recognised provider it offers ILM Level 3 and Level 5 coaching programmes. Its work is organisational rather than individual coaching.
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Common Purpose is a not-for-profit leadership development organisation that has run cross-sector, cross-boundary leadership programmes since 1989, bringing together participants from business, the public sector, and civil society. Its programmes, delivered in cities around the world, focus on the ability to lead beyond one's own authority and across differences of sector, culture and background. It is accredited as a CPD training provider.
The Oxford Group is a leadership and management development consultancy, part of the City & Guilds Group, working with organisations internationally. It delivers executive and leadership coaching through a global network of more than 200 coaches, alongside leadership programmes, management-skills training and "manager as coach" development, in multiple languages. It holds Cyber Essentials Plus certification. Its coaching is delivered to organisations rather than to individuals directly.
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MTD Training is a UK management and sales training company delivering leadership, management, sales and customer service skills programmes to organisations, as in-house courses, open workshops and online learning. Its courses are CPD-accredited and it is an ILM-recognised centre. It reports having worked with several thousand client organisations since 2001.
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