Strategic Leaders Programme

Creating aligned, agile, and accountable leadership teams.

Aligning your senior leaders to deliver on strategic outcomes

The Strategic Leaders Programme is a two-part leadership development journey exclusively for senior leadership teams in medium-to-large organisations.

Designed to strengthen strategic thinking, trust, and alignment, it empowers leaders to lead with confidence through complexity, uncertainty and change.

Delivered in-house and co-designed with your CEO and L&D team, it’s tailored to your organisation’s strategic context, leadership dynamics and business priorities.

Outcomes for Your Organisation

  • Highly aligned, collaborative senior leadership

  • Clear ownership of strategy and business outcomes

  • Greater resilience and adaptability to change

  • Enhanced cross-functional working and decision-making

  • A lasting culture of coaching and strategic thinking

Who it’s for

This programme is ideal for Boards, Executive Teams, Directors, and Senior Leaders ready to invest in long-term leadership transformation. The two parts can be delivered together or spaced across two years for maximum integration and impact.

The programme has been specially designed for leadership teams in:

  • Consulting

  • Construction & Engineering

  • Education & Local Government

  • Creative industries.

  • Best in class delivery with a Net Promoter Score of 73*.

    *Across 240+ participants 2024/2025

  • Specially developed for leaders who are promoted as technical experts.

    Often without formal leadership training, common in consulting, construction, engineering, education, and creative industries.

  • 30,000 hours of leadership training delivered.

    Together, John & Rachael have spent the last 10 years developing leaders across multiple sectors .

  • Part One: Strategic Foundations

    Building Clarity, Connection and Confidence

    Lays the groundwork for cohesive leadership using Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions of a Team model. Focuses on building psychological safety, emotional intelligence and ownership of outcomes.

    Workshops:

    1. Leading People to Optimise Performance

    2. Personal Development for Strategic Leaders

    3. Delivering Organisational Strategy as a Cohesive Team

    Topics include:

    • Building trust and healthy conflict

    •. Role modelling resilience and peak performance

    •. Aligning team values with strategy

    •. Strategy-on-a-page alignment

    •. Leadership storytelling and shared purpose

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  • Part Two: Strategic Alignment

    Leading Through Complexity and Change

    Explores strategic thinking under pressure using the Cynefin Framework and Adult Development Theory. Focuses on complexity fitness and leading cultural and strategic transformation.

    Workshops:

    1. Understanding Complexity and Strategic Alignment

    2. Adult Development and Leading with Perspective

    3. Aligning Strategy, Purpose and Culture

    Topics include:

    • Systems thinking and feedback loops

    • Developing curiosity, agility, reflection

    • Aligning leadership behaviours with strategy

    • Translating insight into practical change

    • Leading with emotional intelligence in uncertainty

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Strategic Leaders Programme clients include:

How we support different learners

Our design meets people where they are, so everyone can engage and grow.

  • Visual: Clean diagrams, flip-charts and infographics to make ideas stick.

  • Analytical: Research-backed models, data and clear frameworks for evidence-minded thinkers.

  • Auditory & verbal: Story-led teaching, real-world examples, short videos and lively discussion.

  • Social: Breakouts, peer coaching and whole-team activities for collaborative learners.

  • Independent: Quiet reflection, journalling and personal goal-setting woven throughout.

Neuroinclusive by design

We can brief participants on the session flow in advance and discuss preferred seating and other simple adjustments—so people can focus, contribute and succeed in ways that work for them.

Physically inclusive in delivery

Beyond facilitation style, we work with you to ensure:

  • Venue accessibility: Step-free layouts and clear walkways for wheelchair users and colleagues with visual impairments.

  • Communication adjustments: Live captions, printed materials, or alternative formats for anyone with hearing or sight loss, agreed in advance with your team.

  • Psychological safety: Clear trigger warnings, voluntary sharing, and a coach available in breaks for one-to-one support, recognising that real lives come to work with us.

Curious about how we can help build better leaders in your organisation?

Please complete the contact us form.

Email: leaders@scaffoldcoaching.com

Or call Rachael on: 0753 553 5352