Elevate to Excellence
Leadership Programmes
To curate skills and change behaviours through learning.
With more experience comes more challenge.
Management becomes a delicate balancing act between team performance, stakeholder relationships and strategic priorities. In the process, there can be little opportunity to develop leadership traits.
Grow your experienced leaders over time to hone their skills even further. Create precious time to step back from the day-to-day pressures and focus on strengthening their leadership approach, deepening business understanding, and leading your organisation to greatness.
Emerging Leaders. Established Leaders.
Emerging Leaders. Established Leaders.
Common Challenges
Most managers step into leadership roles based on technical skill, not people leadership capability. Without support, they are left to learn critical management skills through trial and error.
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Complexity grows faster than capability.
Impact shifts from managing teams to shaping systems.
Day-to-day leadership decisions, including how feedback is given, priorities are set, and conversations are handled, directly shape team engagement, performance, and retention.
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Behaviours established in a manager’s first 6-12 months often become their default leadership style. Without any intervention, bad habits become embedded and harder to change later.
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Strong leaders. Strong company.
Participants will build the confidence and capability to lead beyond their role and create wider business impact.
Trust in leadership makes employees 5 times more likely to be engaged.
Companies that invest in leadership development are 2.4x more likely to hit performance targets.
2.4X
Emerging Leaders
Participants will leave this programme with confidence to be a people manager using toolkits to guide conversations, set behavioural examples and coach their teams to work effectively.
This programme drives consistency of management practice across your organisation.
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High-potential leaders preparing for broader responsibilities.
Managers leading multiple teams or functions.
Leaders transitioning from operational to strategic responsibilities.
Individuals identified as future senior leaders.
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Strategic thinking to understand future opportunities and challenges.
To lead teams through change with greater confidence and effectiveness.
To influence stakeholders and build commitment across the organisation.
To adapt their communication style to engage different audiences.
Coaching approaches to develop capability and performance in others.
To build resilience and confidence in complex leadership situations.
To translate organisational priorities into meaningful action.
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Stronger succession pipelines for future leadership roles.
Increased leadership confidence and strategic thinking capability.
Improved cross-functional collaboration and influence.
Greater readiness for organisational change and growth.
Enhanced leadership capability across key talent populations.
Established Leaders
Participants leave the programme with greater strategic capability, stronger organisational influence and evidence of the impact they have created through their leadership.
The result is leaders who can shape the future of the organisation, lead transformational change and deliver sustainable business outcomes.
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Senior leaders and heads of function.
Leaders responsible for organisational strategy and performance.
Experienced leaders preparing for executive-level responsibilities.
Individuals leading significant change or transformation initiatives.
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Estrategic thinking frameworks to complex organisational challenges.
Analyse future trends and assess their impact on organisational success.
Lead transformational change with greater confidence and effectiveness.
Build commitment and alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
Shape organisational culture and leadership capability.
Develop future talent and strengthen succession planning.
Lead with resilience in uncertain and demanding environments.
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The challenge they addressed.
Actions taken and leadership approaches applied.
Results achieved and lessons learned.
Recommendations and next steps.
Scottish Enterprise Transformational Leadership
A Scottish Enterprise-subsidised leadership offer designed to help leaders build the confidence and capability to create wider organisational impact. Learn alongside a peer group, apply practical tools to real workplace challenges and develop the skills to influence, lead change and shape what comes next.
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For leaders ready to step beyond operational delivery and take on broader responsibility. Develop the strategic thinking, influence and change leadership skills needed to work across teams, engage stakeholders and turn organisational priorities into action.
Who is it for?
High-potential professionals preparing for broader leadership responsibility
Managers moving from operational delivery towards strategic contribution
People leading projects, programmes or cross-functional initiatives
Future senior leaders identified through talent or succession planning
What will you develop?
Strategic thinking and future-focused decision making
Confidence to lead people through change
Greater influence across teams and stakeholders
Communication that engages different audiences
Coaching skills to develop capability in others
Resilience and confidence in more complex leadership situations
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For experienced leaders responsible for shaping the direction and performance of their organisation. Strengthen your strategic thinking, organisational influence and ability to lead transformation while tackling a real business priority.
Who is it for?
Senior leaders and heads of function
Leaders responsible for organisational strategy and performance
Experienced leaders preparing for executive-level responsibility
People leading significant change or transformation
What will you develop?
Strategic thinking for complex organisational challenges
Greater confidence leading transformation and change
Influence and alignment across stakeholder groups
The ability to shape organisational culture and capability
Future talent and succession planning
Resilience when leading through complexity and uncertainty
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Impact
Stronger strategic thinking and leadership confidence
Greater influence across teams and stakeholders
Increased capability to lead change and transformation
Better alignment between people, priorities and organisational goals
Measurable impact through real workplace challenges
“During a period of significant organisational and digital transformation, Connect Three have been a trusted partner in the co-design and delivery of our middle and senior leadership development programmes, supporting over 260 leaders across NHS 24.”
NHS 24
How we do what we do
Each programme builds on the capabilities developed in the previous stage, helping individuals strengthen their skills, expand their impact and prepare for greater responsibility.
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