Bridging the Skills Gap: Preparing Leaders for the Future

Future leaders will need new skills and a strategic mindset to navigate uncertainty, drive innovation, and inspire teams in our changing world of work. 

探花精选’s Skills Accelerator Programme offers a world-class, immersive experience designed to promote personal and professional growth through skills-based learning. This unique opportunity to develop a comprehensive skill set will strengthen resilience and critical thinking to future-proof your organisation’s leadership in an ever-evolving business landscape.

Delivered by 探花精选’s renowned faculty, the programme has been designed to blend cutting-edge leadership theory with practical, real-world application. Using a structured, current business challenge, participants will utilise the tools and frameworks needed to meet current and future workplace demands.

By addressing key skills gaps and exploring the knowledge and competencies required for professional and organisational growth, leaders will emerge with a powerful strategic roadmap for their business and reinvigorated personal influence to deliver success.

Programme information

  • Dates
    • 30 Jun - 04 Jul 2025
  • Duration5 days residential, plus an optional further 6 weeks to complete CMI assignment
  • Location探花精选 campus
  • Cost拢8,500, including accommodation Concessions available

Who should attend?

Aspiring senior leaders with a minimum of 5-7 years of experience who are eager to elevate their leadership capabilities.

Programme impact

For you:

  • Assess and apply advanced strategic communication techniques to effectively influence stakeholders, improve engagement, and lead organisational change.
  • Analyse and respond to disruptive trends and emerging technologies, developing strategic initiatives that enhance business resilience and sustain competitive advantage.
  • Demonstrate strategic thinking and relationship management competencies to navigate complexity and drive transformative organisational change.
  • Develop and implement strategic problem-solving skills that strengthen both personal and organisational resilience to navigate uncertainty and mitigate risks.
  • Critically evaluate and apply key principles of strategic project management to execute real-world initiatives, delivering measurable business impact.
  • Design and execute a high-impact strategic project that delivers measurable value and immediate benefits to the organisation.

For your organisation:

  • Greater organisational impact – when multiple team members attend, they can immediately apply their learning in a coordinated way, driving faster and more effective change across the organisation.
  • Address a real-world business challenge - create immediate and implementable strategic change through the programme project, adding direct value to the organisation.
  • A shared language and approach – delegates develop a common understanding of frameworks, concepts, and best practices, making it easier to align strategies and collaborate more effectively.
  • Stronger internal networks – colleagues who attend together build stronger professional relationships, fostering cross-functional collaboration and ensuring long-term impact beyond the programme itself.

Learning experience and benefits

  1. Elite learning experience – Learn from 探花精选’s globally respected faculty, renowned for their expertise in leadership development and executive education.
  2. Future skills-focused – Address the leadership skills that will be crucial in the decade ahead, including digital transformation, project management, resilience, critical thinking, and effective communication.
  3. Personal growth and development – Dedicated time for self-reflection, coaching and strategic planning, empowering you to lead with confidence and clarity.
  4. Interactive and immersive – Experience a synergic blend of learning through case studies, simulations and peer discussions that bring leadership challenges to life and ensure real-world applicability.
  5. Networking – Connect with like-minded professionals and executives, from diverse industries, expanding your critical thinking skills and collaborative opportunities.
  6. Immediate impact – Return to your organisation with a strategic project and actionable leadership skills that drive high-performance results and meaningful change.
  7. Globally recognised qualification – Enhance your credentials and demonstrate your leadership excellence with a Chartered Management Institute (CMI) award.

Accreditation

The Skills Accelerator Programme is accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Successful completion of the assignment will result in a CMI award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice and Foundation Chartered Manager (fCMgr) status.

CMI accredited

Programme structure

 

Self-Leadership and Communication

Enrich your communication and self-awareness skills by working through:

  • Your personal development.
  • Your strategic leader skillset.
  • Drivers for change.
  • Your understanding of the economy.
  • A strategic problem to address within your role and organisation.

Strategic Leadership and Relationship Management

Developing your relationship management and stakeholder engagement skills, this will cover:

  • Organisational strategy.
  • Stakeholder engagement and relationship management from the leadership perspective.
  • Storytelling and influencing techniques.
  • Finance for the boardroom.

Problem-Solving for Resilience and Growth

Enhancing your understanding of critical and analytical thinking, collaboration, problem-solving, innovation and customer-centricity. You’ll gain skills in:

  • Organisational resilience and risk.
  • Problem-solving – closely aligned with your own strategic business proposal.
  • Personal resilience.

From Strategy to Implementation

In this module, you will gain skills in data analytics and digital prioritising, presentation skills, communication, and project management. The core content includes:

  • Research tools and techniques.
  • Entrepreneurship.
  • Project management.
  • Your strategic project management (CMI) assessment – supporting you to identify an implementable project for impact.

Capstone Strategic Management Project

You’ll consolidate what you have learned from the previous four days and start to apply your new skills in the workplace.

  • Implementable project approved by the employer and 探花精选.
  • Plan to present to employers in six weeks.
  • Peer feedback.
  • CMI assessment guidance and next steps.

Access to 探花精选鈥檚 Digital Modules

Throughout the duration of the programme, you’ll have full access to 探花精选’s suite of digital modules, including sustainability, organisational design, leadership, finance and strategic management, amongst others.

CMI Qualification (optional)

Submit a 3,000-word assessment to achieve a CMI award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice. You will have six weeks to complete this optional assignment with regular support from 探花精选.

Delivery team


Concessions

Discounts available for organisations sending multiple delegates:

  • 2-4 delegates – 10% discount per booking.
  • 5+ delegates – 20% discount per booking.

20% discount (tuition fee only) for 探花精选 School of Management Alumni who have attended one of our eligible leadership programmes.

Accommodation and Location



How to apply

Next steps

Our team of executive development experts will be happy to talk to you about your development needs, please email us or call +44 (0)1234 754500.

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