Empowering tomorrow’s leaders, today.
Key information
Duration: The Future Leaders programme is a nine-month programme of 10 modules taught across five 2-day workshops, plus events, peer learning activities and individual coaching
Format: In-person modules and networking supported by coaching
Fee: £12,000 + VAT – includes all programme materials, breakfast, lunch and refreshments
Delivered by: Faculty from Bayes Business School and Future Leaders Group
2026/27 programme dates:
- 23 - 24 September 2026 | Modules 1 & 2: Coaching and Strategic Leadership
- 10 - 11 November 2026 | Modules 3 & 4: Corporate Finance and Business Ethics
- 13 - 14 January 2027 | Modules 5 & 6: Effective Communication and Handling the Media
- 23 - 24 February 2027 | Modules 7 & 8: Leading Change and Engaging with Government
- 16 - 17 March 2027 | Modules 9 & 10: Leadership Reflections and Crisis Management (at Sandhurst).
Programme overview
Do you want to enhance your leadership skills, accelerate your career progression and create meaningful change within your organisation?
The Future Leaders programme has been specifically designed and refined over a decade to provide the right combination of practical teaching, coaching, mentoring and networking. It maximises learning and accelerates personal development to ensure participants gain the most value from the programme.
To deliver maximum impact, the programme brings together:
- Expert-led teaching
- Tailored coaching
- Networking
- Hands-on learning
This programme is ideal for:
- Senior managers in the private sector preparing for leadership roles
- Senior Public Service managers ready to expand their skills and horizon
- Entrepreneurs and business owners
- Aspiring C-suite executives seeking to refine their leadership capabilities.
Alumni from the course are drawn from multiple sectors, including government and public sector, transport and logistics, consulting and construction and engineering. This diversity introduces multiple perspectives, fosters engaging conversations and enhances peer learning.
Benefits for you
Over the course of nine months and 10 core modules, you will gain the essential knowledge, latest industry thinking, and practical skills required to take your leadership development to the next level. You will work with a career coach and alumni from the programme to customise your development journey and enhance your individual strengths.
On this programme you will learn how to:
- Lead with a strengths-based approach to drive strategic outcomes
- Develop a powerful network of senior decision makers
- Understand and apply ethical decision-making in business contexts
- Lead change, particularly in the digital transformation and government environments
- Navigate high-pressure decision-making and reflect on your leadership growth
Benefits for your organisation
In addition to your personal leadership development and the impact you will make, the programme gives your organisation:
- Significant opportunities to expand professional networks and make new connections through your participation in private events and dinners, industry and alumni events
- Toolkits of teaching notes, case studies and thinking frameworks at the end of each module - practical tools to apply straight away
- Apply the skills gained from the programme to strengthen your organisation’s media relations and crisis communication, ensuring a confident and effective response during critical situations.
The Future Leaders programme has created strong and positive change for our businesses. It was a true investment in colleague development and growth.
– Lorraine Palmer, HR Director, RSBG UK
Module list
Module 1 - Strengths-Based Leadership
Harness your strengths to develop as an effective leader.
- Understand how your strengths contribute to success
- Identify potential blind spots and how to address them
- Learn to complement and enhance team dynamics
- Use your strengths to support others and drive high performance
- Appreciate your unique leadership profile and how to lead with purpose.
Module 2 - Strategic Leadership
Gain the tools to operate at board level and make strategic decisions.
- Understand your role in setting and driving strategy
- Learn how to build a strategic framework
- Collaborate to create a strategic plan
- Reflect on challenges in strategy creation and implementation
- Leave with practical tools to develop your own strategy.
Module 3 - Corporate Finance
Equips non-finance professionals with the skills to understand and apply corporate finance concepts at board level.
- Gain a structured understanding of corporate finance and key
financial statements - Learn to analyse financial performance and build a strong
business case - Understand the investor and CFO perspective on financial decisions
- Explore green finance and how to use finance effectively in decision-making
- Overcome inhibitions and confidently integrate finance into your leadership practice.
Module 4 - Business Ethics
Tools to integrate business ethics into strategic decision-making and build a trustworthy organisational culture.
- Understand the fundamentals of business ethics and ethical decision-making
- Learn how to build and support an ethical culture within your organisation
- Embed ethical considerations into strategic planning and operations
- Address ethics and diversity in leadership
- Make business ethics a core part of your leadership practice.
Module 5 - Communication and Leading
Hone your communication skills to lead with influence and impact.
- Align your body and voice for confident communication
- Develop the ability to think on your feet and be present in the moment
- Structure and deliver messages to engage and inspire different audiences
- Prepare for varied environments and public speaking challenges
- Build confidence and credibility to lead effectively in the spotlight.
Module 6 - Effective Communication: Print, Broadcast, and Social Media
Engage effectively and handle challenging interviews with confidence.
- Build compelling media messages and understand journalistic processes
- Navigate print media and handle hostile questions with poise
- Select the right social media channels and maintain authenticity
- Prepare for broadcast interviews and manage body language
- Stay calm under pressure and deliver impactful messages across platforms.
Module 7 - Leading Change
Enhancing leadership skills to drive successful change and transformation.
- Build confidence in leading change effectively and empathetically
- Learn key change theories, including Kotter’s principles of change
- Apply a comprehensive Change Framework to manage transitions
- Understand what successful change leadership looks like
- Effectively engage and empower teams during periods of change.
Module 8 - Engaging with Government
Navigate the complexities of government engagement and Whitehall processes.
- Understand government’s internal structure, culture and decision- making processes
- Learn strategies for building better relationships and working with public sector
clients - Explore how to interact with decision-makers and win business within government
contexts - Gain insights into tackling key issues through practical case studies
- Navigate the challenges of working within governmental limitations.
Module 9 - Day 1 of Sandhurst Residential Module
- Bring together all your learnings in a powerful leadership and coaching session
- Share your own reflections on leadership and learn from your peers
- Gain insights into resilience and leading under extreme stress through a real-life campaign shared by a military commander from his own experience
- Celebrate your leadership journey with peers and sponsors at an unforgettable dinner in the magical setting of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Module 10 - Day 2 of Sandhurst Residential Module
Immersive, role-playing scenarios which challenge your leadership skills in a dynamic environment.
- Take on leadership roles in a realistic, high-pressure environment
- Collaborate with your team to analyse and make decisions during complex situations
- Experience real-time leadership challenges, requiring adaptability and resilience
- Learn from personal leadership stories and build connections with your sponsors
- Engage in a challenging yet enjoyable team-based experience at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst.
Residential modules at Sandhurst
This 2-day module is hosted at the world-renowned Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Participants take on leadership roles in a realistic, high-pressure environment. You will experience real-time leadership challenges which require adaptability and resilience.
Collaborate with your team to analyse and make decisions during complex situations. You will also learn from personal leadership stories and build connections with your sponsors, all in a challenge yet enjoyable experience.
Learning from experts
Bayes Business School
For more than 50 years, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) has been leading the way in Executive Education. Our programmes help organisations excel in uncertain environments, becoming better prepared to respond to a world which is ever-changing.
Based in the City of London, Bayes is among the global elite of business schools and holds the gold standard of ‘triple crown’ accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS.
Our faculty consist of world-class academics and industry-leading practitioners. Bayes academics explore imaginative new angles, asking difficult questions to produce ground-breaking research that has a positive impact on business, society and the environment.
Future Leaders Group (FLG)
The Future Leaders Group adopts a strengths-based leadership model, focusing on the development of individual talents rather than merely addressing weaknesses. This approach empowers participants to leverage their strengths for maximum impact, helping them build confidence and authenticity in their leadership style.
FLG supports individuals to use their unique abilities to inspire and guide their teams, fostering a positive and effective leadership environment. By doing so, they drive both personal growth and organisational success, encouraging a culture of collaboration and empowerment across all levels of leadership.
FLG is part of Strategy International. Strategy International owns, supports and co-ordinates several interlinked organisations sharing a common purpose, to make an emphatic contribution to the prosperity of the UK. These businesses include the Future Leaders Group and two membership organisations, The D Group – dedicated to supporting companies and institutions that make our national ambitions a reality in the UK and British Expertise International – dedicated to expanding the international footprint growth of UK registered organisations. Through their exceptional networks and convening power, they bring together business, government and academia to meet the challenges of driving the UK’s economic growth at home and overseas.
