Leading Now:
Tools for Successful Leadership in the 21st Century

Lead with confidence in today’s complex world

Leading Now: Tools for Successful Leadership in the 21st Century is a six-week programme designed for mid-level and senior leaders who want to develop confidence, navigate uncertainty, and lead with clarity and purpose.

Combining academic insight with practical, human-centred tools, the programme explores what leadership means today — and helps you shape the kind of leader you want to be. Built around our 4P leadership model (Performance, People, Progress, Principle), it encourages meaningful reflection and gives you a clear framework for everyday leadership challenges.

Whether you're leading a team through change, navigating competing demands, or seeking new inspiration, you'll leave with clarity, practical tools, and a deeper understanding of your leadership style and strengths.

What you’ll gain

• A fresh perspective on leadership, grounded in research from psychology, sociology, and behavioural science
• A set of practical tools to navigate uncertainty and change, and support complex decision-making, whilst staying true to your values
• Greater confidence and clarity in your own leadership style
• The opportunity to share insights, challenges and ideas with a diverse cohort of peers during powerful face-to-face days on campus 

We know that leadership skills must evolve over time. This programme equips you with tools for long-term growth — and a mindset to continue learning, adapting, and leading with confidence in a changing world. 

“Leading Now has led me to reflect on how I best interact with my teams… the course has demonstrated that my style of leadership is valid… the programme has improved my confidence as a leader.”

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Designed for busy professionals

This is a flexible, hybrid programme designed to fit around full-time work.

Six weeks total, across eight weeks

• 6 hours per week: 1–2 hours of live sessions and groupwork, the rest flexible recordings and podcasts
• Starts and ends with face-to-face learning on our beautiful garden campus in Exeter, Devon, where you can create connections with your peers
• Online webinars delivered by academic experts
• One-to-one reflective discussions with our team, exploring what matters most to you
• Ongoing access to our self-guided reflection platform, TEXL
• You’ll receive a certificate of completion and join a growing community of like-minded professionals. 

“The opportunity to work with and learn from a group of leaders from all sectors was one of the most valuable elements… diversity of experience helped address shared problems.”

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Who it’s for?

This programme is for mid-career professionals and experienced leaders across the public, private and third sectors.

The cross-sector format is intentional: our participants learn from one another, tackling shared challenges and gaining fresh insight from different industries and perspectives. 
We also welcome small groups of colleagues from one organisation — discounts may be available.

“It helped me reflect on how I lead and how I can apply evidence-based methods in day-to-day work.”

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Why choose Leading Now?

• 100% satisfaction rating, 4.2/5 recommendation rating
• Clear reported increases in leadership knowledge and confidence
• Innovative, human-centred and research-driven
• Cutting edge knowledge delivered by award-winning academics
• Suitable for leaders looking to refresh and develop

Ready to lead with greater impact?

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Faculty staff

The programme is taught by world experts in Leadership.

Start dates

Week 0: F2F Launch Day - Wed 8th Oct  
Week 1: w/c 13th Oct, webinar on Friday 17th Oct 
Week 2: w/c 20th Oct, webinar on Friday 24th Oct 
HALF TERM  
Week 3: w/c 3rd Nov, webinar on Friday 7th Nov 
Week 4: w/c 10th Nov, webinar on Friday 14th Nov 
WEEK BREAK 
Week 5: F2F Close Day - Wed 26th Nov 

Costs

Standard Price: £1,950*

20% discount is available for Alumni

If you are an organisation who would like to send multiple participants please contact us on executive-education@exeter.ac.uk to discuss this further.

^{*Price does not include any travel or accommodation costs that you may require for attending face-to-face elements of a course.} 

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