Management training: moving from manager to leader - taking on a senior management role

(Former name: Moving from manager to leader)

Course summary

Our senior management training courses in London are for new or aspiring senior managers and chief executives who have at least three years' experience, with direct responsibility for managing both people and resources. In challenging times, it provides a much needed opportunity to focus on your strategic skills, your organisational understanding and your capacity to lead and manage through change. It offers an excellent chance to reflect on your experience with others who are similarly placed, tackle any difficulties, and raise your effectiveness even further. This is a 2 day senior management training course, plus a follow up half day.

Course outline

Senior Management Training Courses in London

Moving from manager to leader helps middle and senior managers to gain confidence, authority and skills. This senior management training course focuses particularly on the crucial leadership skills and strategies that you need to make the most of every opportunity, for both your organisation and yourself. Over the first two days you will cover:

  • leadership in today's climate: what we can do
  • from operational to strategic management: moving up a gear
  • your organisation, its culture and its impact on your leadership approach
  • power and authority: differences and similarities
  • how power works in organisations
  • leading and managing through change
  • how to 'be' as a senior manager: handling yourself in role
  • using your influence at work
  • team-building for success
  • your team leadership style
  • the leader as communicator
  • managing difficult conversations and meetings
  • managing upwards and sideways
  • advanced motivation skills: understanding and getting the most from different individuals
  • critical incidents in organisations: how to avoid a crisis
  • impression management: your personal PR

Half day follow-up session:  After the two day senior management training course, you will have the opportunity to return and critically review your progress, looking particularly at any sticking points and covering any materials of special interest or concern. 

"This course was excellent for providing an effective framework to network, focus on relevant issues, self assess and practise skills."  NW Care and Repair, Cymru

"I was  impressed by the all round ability and expertise of the trainer."  TB, CAN

This senior management training course takes place at the Centre's central London training suite with easy access to tube, bus and mainline rail stations. 

Are you a solicitor? If so, you can claim 12 hours of CPD points for this course through the Solicitors Regulation Authority, using reference DZA/CFSC. See here for more information.

Who is this course for?

Our senior management training courses in London are specifically targeted at senior managers. It will be helpful, though not essential, to have attended either the Centre's Moving into management course or our Moving up in management course. The Centre works with people from all sectors including the public sector, voluntary sector, corporate sector and private sector.

What will this course help me do: learning outcomes?

After this senior management training course you will have a better understanding of the way power works in organisations. You will be able to operate within your own organisation with increased effectiveness, and handle yourself as a manager with increased assurance. Your people and resource management skills will be honed, and you will be in a position to use your new-found influence and authority wisely.

Other courses to consider

You can take this course at an accredited level through the ILM - see more details.  

You may also be interested in our university level CERTIFICATE IN LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT, or in some of the individual training courses that make up that programme such as STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THINKING; DIVERSITY PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT: INTERMEDIATE COURSE; INFLUENCING SKILLS; FINANCE FOR NON FINANCIAL MANAGERS.

Course dates

7 March, 2012 – 8 March, 2012 (plus half-day morning follow-up on 23 April, 2012)
16 April, 2012 – 17 April, 2012 (plus half-day morning follow-up on 28 May, 2012)
30 May, 2012 – 31 May, 2012 (plus half-day afternoon follow-up on 10 July, 2012)

This course starts at 10am and will finish by 4.30pm. Lunch and refreshments are provided.

Course fee

  • £640 plus VAT small charity price (applies to registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £3m)
  • £840 plus VAT not-for-profit price (applies to all other charities and all other not-for-profit organisations, including public sector and housing)
  • £940 plus VAT standard price (applies to all other organisations)

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