Emerging Communication Leader

Strengthen your influence, expand your perspective, and step confidently towards leadership.

Stepping into leadership is about more than executing great campaigns—it’s about building the adaptability, strategy, and influence to make a bigger impact. This course is designed to push you to that next level, helping you refine your skills, broaden your perspective, and grow your leadership presence.

You’ll track your progress, learn from peers in other organisations, and commit to the personal reflection and development needed to sustain high performance. If you’re ready to move beyond day-to-day execution and take your career to the next stage, this is your opportunity to make it happen.

Through a combination of self-paced and live workshops you will:

  • Understand that being able to adapt is a critical part of being an outstanding communicator today as the external environment continually shifts, the function evolves, and methodologies change.
  • Refine how you build, nurture, and influence your relationships and stakeholder network to deliver outstanding results and success as a leader.
  • Explore the nature of ongoing and emerging change and why this means you must get out from behind your comms plans to personally lead and role model across your team and organisation.
  • Rethink what ‘being strategic’ means in terms of your own mindsets and actions.
  • Appreciate the importance of maintaining your own effective inner ‘operating system’ to underpin your energy, performance, and wellbeing.
  • Stretch into new skills and behaviours in the context of your own organisation, reflect on responses and reactions, and bring your learnings back to the group to get ideas and inspiration for what’s next.
Who is it for?

This course is designed for emerging comms leaders who want to move beyond day-to-day execution into more strategic and influential roles.

Not you? Check out our Intro to Comms and Strategic Comms Professional courses.

We have the following courses available:

Spring 2026 dates will be available soon.

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Price: £995 / $1345 / €1180 per seat (exc. tax)

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Workshop 1: Networks & relationships

How we build and nurture social capital, deepen relationships, and influence our stakeholder network to generate outstanding results.

Workshop 2: Adapting to ongoing and emergent change

A focus on one of today’s most sought-after skills: strategic advisory – being able to shape strategic goals and priorities, influence leadership decisions, and guide your organisation through complexity.

Workshop 3: Your 'inner operating system'

Develop the self-awareness and emotional management skills to stay clear-headed, confident, and resilient under pressure.

Workshop 4: Personal development plan and career path

Use a personal template to design your ideal personal operating model – covering priorities, time, and energy – and tailor it to align with your current and future goals.

As a hybrid course, you’ll be expected to complete self-paced learning modules between sessions to deepen your understanding and apply what you’ve learned.

Why attend?

  • Stay adaptable – Learn how to navigate a constantly evolving external environment, shifting communication functions, and changing methodologies.
  • Strengthen your influence – Develop the skills to build, nurture, and leverage stakeholder relationships for greater impact and leadership success.
  • Enhance your coaching abilities – Identify key coaching techniques that drive insights, actions, and help you grow as an influential leader.
  • Lead beyond comms plans – Understand how ongoing change requires you to step up, lead, and be a role model within your team and organisation.
  • Think strategically – Clearly define what it means to be strategic and apply it to your mindset and daily actions.
  • Sustain high performance – Learn how to maintain an effective personal “operating system” to support your energy, performance, and wellbeing.
  • Experiment, reflect and iterate – Stretch into new skills and behaviours in the context of your own organisation.
This new course is perfect for experienced practitioners who want to progress towards a leadership position.
Courses for individuals
  • Grow your network by connecting with fellow comms pros to share insights and challenges.
  • Build confidence in a supportive space while using practical templates and tools.
  • Learn from expert trainers and discover comms models and frameworks you can apply to your work.
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Courses for teams
  • Create a clear, consistent approach to how your team works together.
  • Identify and eliminate barriers that hinder progress and change within your team.
  • Strengthen team connections, learn from each other’s experiences and customize training for relevance.
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