Executive Leadership Programme
Leadership for a Complex World
Develop the awareness, behaviours and practical tools needed to navigate uncertainty, harness diverse perspectives and create the conditions for collective brilliance.
Key information
Upcoming open programme
Dates
24–26 November 2026 Tuesday to Thursday
Time and duration
09:00–17:00 Three immersive days
Format
In person With pre-work and follow-up coaching
Programme fee
£2,995 No VAT charged
The programme fee includes all learning materials, breakfast, lunch and refreshments.
Programme overview
Leadership that works when the answer is not obvious
Leaders today operate in environments that are fast-moving, interconnected and unpredictable. In these conditions, leadership is no longer simply about having the answer or directing activity from the top. It is about creating the conditions in which people can think, contribute and perform at their best.
Leadership for a Complex World is an immersive executive programme that helps participants understand how the way they think, behave and interact with others shapes performance. It combines research, practical tools, reflection and shared learning to help leaders respond to complexity with greater confidence and intention.
Participants explore their personal values and problem-solving preferences, examine what makes people willing to follow a leader, and learn how to create a trusted psychological climate where diverse perspectives can be heard and collective intelligence can flourish.
Is this programme for you?
For leaders working beyond simple answers
The programme is designed for mid-to-senior leaders across sectors who need to lead people, performance and change in conditions where priorities compete and the path forward is not always clear.
The programme is particularly relevant if you:
- Lead in complex, fast-changing or ambiguous environments
- Manage teams with different perspectives, disciplines or priorities
- Want to inspire commitment rather than rely on hierarchy
- Need to strengthen collaboration, resilience and inclusion
- Are willing to reflect honestly on your own leadership practice
By the end of the programme, you will be better able to:
- Navigate uncertainty and change with greater confidence
- Recognise how your values and preferences influence your leadership
- Harness diversity of thought to address complex challenges
- Build trust, inclusion and psychological safety
- Create stronger conditions for innovation and collective accountability
Focus and structure
Three days of reflection, challenge and practical application
The programme is highly experiential, combining research and theory with self-assessment, peer dialogue, facilitated exercises and application to real leadership challenges.
Before the programme
Participants complete a short piece of reading, an online questionnaire exploring personal approaches to problem solving, and a structured reflection on their core personal values.
Knowing yourself
Begin by examining what enables you to perform at your best in periods of turbulence and change.
- Explore your personal values and assumptions
- Understand your preferred approaches to problem solving
- Consider what it means to lead in an anti-fragile mode
- Begin your Personal Leadership Architecture
Leading through others
Shift from leadership through position to leadership that people willingly choose to follow.
- Explore what makes a leader credible and followable
- Examine six factors that support high-performing teams
- Strengthen goal clarity and effective team processes
- Build mutual accountability and skilful interaction
Enabling collective brilliance
Explore how trust and psychological climate influence whether people speak, contribute and collaborate.
- Understand the dimensions of psychological climate
- Recognise behaviours that build or damage trust
- Take responsibility for the climate around your leadership
- Translate your learning into practical next steps
After the programme
An optional follow-up coaching call provides space to discuss progress, reflect on how the learning is being applied and explore areas requiring further development.
Organisational impact
Develop leaders who improve the environment around them
The value of the programme extends beyond the individual participant. Leaders return with practical approaches that can strengthen the way people think, interact and perform throughout the organisation.
Greater resilience
Build leadership capability that helps people and teams respond constructively to uncertainty, disruption and changing demands.
Stronger collaboration
Improve the conditions in which different perspectives, experiences and areas of expertise can be brought together.
A healthier climate
Encourage leadership behaviours that support trust, inclusion, honest dialogue, learning and shared accountability.
Participant experiences
What leaders say about the programme
Participants have valued the balance of evidence, reflection, practical tools and the opportunity to learn alongside leaders from different organisations and sectors.
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Learning from experts
Created through practice, research and experience
Perspectiv expertise, strengthened through collaboration
Leadership for a Complex World was created by Perspectiv, drawing on decades of work in leadership, innovation, collaboration, organisational climate and high performance.
The open programme is delivered in collaboration with Bayes Business School, combining Perspectiv’s practical intellectual property and organisational experience with the authority, learning environment and academic perspective of a leading business school.
Andy Wilkins
Partner at Perspectiv and Senior Honorary Visiting Fellow at Bayes Business School.
Kate Stuart-Cox
Partner and co-founder of Perspectiv, with extensive experience in leadership, teamship and organisational performance.
Dr Sara Jones
Director of the Centre for Creativity in Professional Practice at Bayes Business School.
Take the next step
How will you lead when the answer is not obvious?
Join the next open programme at Bayes Business School, or speak to Perspectiv about creating a dedicated programme for the leaders in your organisation.