

Henley Advanced Personal Leadership Programme
Gain insight into your personal impact as a leader through a unique learning experience and develop your action plan for success with the Henley Advanced Personal Leadership Programme.
At a glance
- Become a confident leader with conviction in your personal leadership
- Develop your leadership through emotional awareness and coaching skills
- Explore the dynamics of leadership in fast-paced and complex group environments
- Receive, real-time feedback on your behaviour and interactions, providing a catalyst for change
- Subject area(s)
- Leadership
- Attendance
- Short course
- Fee
- £9,895 + VAT (including residential costs)
- Course length
- 5.5 days + 1 day
- Suitable for
- Senior leaders, high potential executives at all levels and entrepreneurs
- Delivery
- In-person
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All programmes are subject to limited availability. We recommend booking a minimum of 6 weeks before the programme start date, to guarantee sufficient time for your enrolment and on-boarding.
Overview
The Advance Personal Leadership programme is not a conventional executive education programme. This emotionally challenging programme builds your resilience, reveals vulnerabilities and amplifies your strengths, leading to stronger relationships and greater impact.
It takes leaders through an expertly facilitated process, underpinned by powerful evidence-based psychodynamic techniques.
You will be guided through challenging and unexplored learning zones, where real change occurs. You will gain self-awareness, see what’s working, what needs to change, and how to move your leadership forward.
A psychodynamic approach uncovers the unconscious drivers and emotions shaping your decisions and relationships, enhancing how you lead.
As part of the application process, you will have a consultation call with our team to ensure the programme is right for you.
Key benefits
Unlock your leadership potential and understand team dynamics
See the hidden dynamics that shape how organisations work
Connect the critical links between organisational structure and dynamics
See the bigger picture and lead with confidence from new perspectives.
Heighten your emotional awareness and lead with stronger emotional intelligence.
The Henley Advanced Personal Leadership Programme is entirely practical, delivered through group work and discussions, real-life leadership challenges and one-to-one coaching. You will 'learn by doing' and explore the leadership styles that work for you.
The programme runs for a total of six and a half days:
APL: Pre-Programme (3-4 weeks)Three to four weeks before your course starts, you will:
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APL: Module 1 (5.5 days)Module 1 enables you to tackle real leadership challenges and examine different leadership approaches. It culminates in a personal leadership development plan. In this module, you will look at:
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Dr Robyn Vesey
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APL: Module 2 (1 day)In this module, you will:
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Dr Robyn Vesey
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APL: Post-Programme ActivitiesWe invite you to remain within the Henley Business School community post-programme. You can:
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Modules or course content marked as optional are indicative and may be subject to change. Please note, constraints in timetable scheduling may mean you are unable to take some optional modules at the same time as others.
Programme Director Dr Robyn Vesey works with senior teams and leaders developing relational and systemic awareness to enhance leadership in complex and dynamic environments. A leadership consultant and chartered clinical psychologist, she specialises in organisational dynamics and leadership consultancy, working with senior leaders across public, charity and commercial sectors.
"This is anything but a traditional programme ... it had a real impact on me – from start to finish. It was the best management training experience I have had."
Read full case study - Dr Marc Mangold, Director of Marketing, Value Retail Germany
"I really wasn’t prepared for how personal this programme is, but I suppose the clue is in the title! It’s unlike anything I’ve experienced."
Read full case study - Clare Morton, Operational Resource and Compliance Manager, Briar Chemicals
"I stretched myself more than I could ever have believed possible. I jumped right out of my comfort zone, but in a way that I never felt exposed, and that’s a very liberating feeling."
Read full case study - Alan Park, Regional Director, Centre Parcs UK
Set in sweeping parkland on the banks of the River Thames, Henley Business School's Greenlands campus provides an inspiring and reflective environment for focused work and study.
Why choose Henley?
(Financial Times Executive Education open enrolment programmes rankings 2024)
(Executive Education 2023: Top 50 combined ranking and school profiles)
(Financial Times Executive Education programme rankings 2022)
For 75 years, Henley Business School has developed confident and resilient business leaders. Executive Education at Henley is:
- Practical: we combine academic rigour with a strong practical focus, so you can immediately apply what you have learned back in your organisation.
- Relevant: Henley faculty are experienced practitioners who can support you in exploring solutions to your organisation’s challenges.
- Collaborative: Open programmes enable you to expand your network, gain new perspectives and share ideas with peers from a range of backgrounds and sectors.
- Personal: deliberately small learning groups allow you to benefit from individual attention and a confidential environment. We encourage you to understand your unique strengths, leadership style, and areas for development.
Contact us
Open Programmes
If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the programme, please contact our programme advisors.
Email: exec@henley.ac.ukTelephone: 01491 418767
“Everything was tied to our own individual personal leadership challenges and goals, making the practical benefits real and immediate.”
Profoundly challenging and rewarding. It has facilitated an entirely new perspective on what leadership is.
It had a real impact on me – from start to finish. It was the best management training experience I have had.