Senior Leaders
Senior Leaders Programme (SLP) is a flexible, modular programme that develops, challenges, and inspires director-level leaders working in complex environments. It brings together high-performing senior leaders from across sectors to strengthen collaborative leadership, share strategic insight, and build lasting networks that drive impact within and beyond organisations.
The programme offers an immersive, hands-on leadership experience through a blend of modules, learning sets, and sessions with inspiring speakers, spanning seven months. Each module explores a different aspect of leadership, combining expert insights with peer learning and a safe, trusted space for reflection.
Our hosted learning sets convene senior leaders in each other’s organisations to collaborate on real organisational and system-wide challenges, while our speaker sessions deepen participants’ understanding of other sectors and leadership approaches.
Register your interestWho is it for?
Our Senior Leaders programme is designed for director-level professionals and senior leaders with responsibility for managing people, performance, and strategic outcomes. It is ideal for those preparing for board-level roles or looking to expand their understanding beyond their immediate function.
Key benefits
Our experiential programme will help you transition from expert leader to leader of experts by enabling you to:
- Challenge your thinking and enhance your collaborative leadership, coaching, and consultancy capabilities, learning alongside high-performing peers from diverse sectors.
- Gain a deeper understanding of leadership theory and best practices, enhance your strategic and systems thinking, and apply these insights to real-world scenarios to sharpen your decision-making.
- Deepen your personal impact and performance within your organisation and beyond, while building trust and new networks with individuals in sectors outside your own to help sustain their personal development.
- Explore key global challenges, including growth and productivity, climate change and sustainability, AI and managing a complex workforce, and what they mean for leadership today.
- Personalise your learning journey through learning sets and speaker sessions tailored to your cohort’s priorities.
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Leadership Brochure
"The WIG Senior Leaders Programme enabled me to reflect and explore sub-conscious parts of me that I have never had the opportunity to do. It challenged me in an unbiased way to think, act and be different in a professional, business and leadership context."
Mark Ferris
BAE Systems plc
Throughout the programme participants will collaborate in learning sets.
- 10th November 2026
- 9th December 2026
- 10th February 2027
How to Apply
Please download and complete the application form, which requests details about your leadership experience, goals, and motivation for joining the programme. Submit your completed form and your CV to [email protected].
Fees
WIG member fee: £8,110 +VAT*
Non-member fee: £10,600 +VAT
How to Pay
If you’re part of a public sector organisation signed up to Civil Service Learning, it is government policy that you must book via Government Campus. Final pricing is set by the Government Campus and will differ from the fees listed here. Please contact [email protected] for further guidance.
Accepted applicants from educational institutions, charities, and private sector companies will receive an invoice for the programme upon confirmation of their successful application.
If you are from a small not-for-profit organisation and would like to discuss fees and bursaries, please contact us at [email protected].
Read our Terms of Engagement here.
Drop-in Session
Join our online drop-in session on 16 June to learn more about the programme!