A practical programme for senior leaders who must communicate with authority, build support for difficult decisions and work with stakeholders who hold different interests, cultures and levels of power — face-to-face, online and hybrid.
Senior roles depend less on formal authority and more on the ability to communicate clearly, build support and reach agreement across boundaries. Leaders must win backing for difficult decisions, work with boards, funders, regulators, partners and communities, and operate across countries, sectors and cultures — often without direct control.
Many people reach senior positions without deliberately developing these skills. This programme strengthens executive communication, influence, negotiation and cross-cultural partnership leadership, so leaders can be understood, trusted and effective with the stakeholders who matter most.
Eight live two-hour sessions per part — sixteen learning hours per part. Take one part on its own, or progress through the full pathway — each part ends with a practical output your organisation keeps.
Strengthening how senior leaders communicate ideas, decisions and direction.
Output · Executive Communication & Presence Plan
How communication changes with greater responsibility and visibility.
Credibility through preparation, judgement, consistency and confidence.
Applying the principles to a current organisational priority.
Building support and reaching workable agreements when interests differ.
Output · Stakeholder Influence & Negotiation Strategy
Authority, expertise, trust, relationships, evidence and organisational politics.
Applying the tools to a live organisational challenge.
Working effectively across countries, cultures, sectors and institutions.
Output · Executive Stakeholder & Partnership Roadmap
How expectations about authority, communication, trust and decision-making differ.
Setting clear priorities, stakeholder actions and measures of progress.
Every session combines short expert input with facilitated discussion and applied practice: real public- and private-sector cases, decision-making exercises, role plays and simulations, peer coaching and workplace application. Cases reflect the constraints leaders actually face — limited resources, organisational politics, public accountability, competing stakeholder interests and incomplete information.
Between sessions, peer-coaching groups, facilitator-led clinics and sponsor check-ins keep the learning attached to genuine organisational challenges rather than theory in isolation.
Assessment is practical throughout — no formal examinations. Evidence includes case analysis, completed templates, workplace application tasks, peer feedback and the final plans and roadmaps. A CPD certificate is available for each part where applicable.
In-house delivery is tailored to your sector and priorities, and becomes the better value from around five participants. Bespoke versions, single parts and multi-cohort rollouts are all available — tell us the context and we’ll shape it to fit.
Frameworks & references · Cialdini on the psychology of influence · Fisher & Ury, principled negotiation · Mitchell, Agle & Wood on stakeholder salience · Hofstede and Meyer on cross-cultural leadership · established practice in public-private partnership governance
You leave with an executive communication plan, a stakeholder influence and negotiation strategy, and a partnership roadmap — practical tools for building support and reaching agreement without relying on authority.
Open-cohort places are £1,450 per part or £3,950 for the full pathway, per person. In-house delivery starts from £8,500 per part and from £22,500 for the full programme. Contact us for cohort dates and organisational pricing.
Every programme runs online, in-person or hybrid. It can be delivered in-house for a single organisation or team, or joined as an open cohort alongside leaders from other organisations. The structure is three progressive parts, 24 live sessions and 48 CPD hours in total; you can take a single part or the full pathway.
It is designed for senior managers, executives, directors and board sponsors, alongside public-sector, university, NGO and development-sector leaders. No technical or specialist background is required — the focus is on the leadership decisions involved.
Yes. A CPD certificate is available for each part, and the full programme carries 48 CPD hours. Assessment is practical throughout — case analysis, workplace application and a final roadmap — with no formal examinations.
Yes. In-house delivery is tailored to your sector and priorities and is usually the better value from around five participants. Bespoke versions, single parts and multi-cohort rollouts are all available — tell us the context and we will shape it to fit.
To discuss dates, in-house delivery or enrolling a team, get in touch. We’ll help you choose the right starting point — a single part or the full pathway — and tailor it to your context.
Enquire & book → info@impactthinking.co.uk