Warwick Business School delivers the insights you need to succeed in a rapidly changing world.
WBS Emerging Leaders Programme
For the Change Makers
Grow with purpose, lead with impact
Warwick Business School is nestled between vibrant towns and cities with excellent transport links. Our University of Warwick campus blends green spaces with dynamic facilities. It’s an ideal location for executive-level learning, offering a supportive and inspirational environment
Transition from management to leadership Take the time to uncover your unique leadership style and emerge ready to ead with clarity, confidence and impact. Designed for managers ready to transition into lead roles or established leaders preparing for senior executive or C-suite positions, this immersive programme builds the strategic mindset and practical tools to navigate complexity and accelerate your growth and influence. Rooted in behavioural science, and blending interactive and collaborative sessions, this programme will take you on a powerful journey of self-discovery. You’ll uncover how to leverage your strengths and values, while cultivating the strategic capabilities to become a people-focused leader who builds high-performing, positive workplace cultures. Delivered at our University of Warwick campus, in the heart of England, the programme offers a unique learning environment designed to inspire growth and fresh thinking. You’ll connect with like-minded professionals and learn directly from our experienced faculty and industry experts.
that fuels both personal and professional growth.
Define Your leadership brand
Champion Strategic innovation and change
Develop Resilience and strategic agility
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Who is this programme for?
In an era defined by relentless disruption, leadership is no longer about having all the answers. It’s about cultivating the self- awareness, emotional resilience, and strategic curiosity that inspire others to move forward with confidence.”
This programme is suitable for managers ready to transition into leadership roles, or established leaders preparing to move into senior executive or C-suite positions. It focuses on helping early leaders grow into strategic, people-focused leaders, while also equipping more experienced leaders with the nuanced competencies required to excel at the executive level.
For mid to senior-level leaders
For early-career leaders
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Benefits of the programme
For your business:
For you:
Understand key behavioural science principles and how to leverage them to enhance your leadership and decision making.
Embed effective decision-making into your leadership approach to guide your team through periods of uncertainty.
Learn how to lead with impact by fostering positive, collaborative workplace cultures.
Understand how to lead high performing teams and boost productivity and innovation.
Strengthen your leadership influence and stakeholder management skills with personalised executive coaching.
Build stronger relationships, and create a lasting impact within your organisation.
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Invest in your leadership journey
Programme details This immersive five-and-a-half-day
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programme has been meticulously designed to elevate your leadership approach. Opening with a welcome dinner, you’ll have the opportunity to meet your cohort and the programme director, before focussing each day on developing a core leadership skill. Behavioural science underpins much of the learning, from building self-awareness and understanding your personal leadership style better, to exploring how biases and emotions shape decisions, leadership impact, and workplace culture. You’ll discover how to move beyond daily management to true leadership, by exploring the importance of clear visions and adopting more people- centred approaches that can inspire teams and drive collective success. The programme ends with an executive coaching session where you’ll create your own personalised development plan, giving you a clear, actionable roadmap to elevate your leadership long after you leave.
Leading high-performing teams and strategic decision-making Strengthen your strategic skills by mastering key frameworks and tools essential for effective leadership and decision- making. Learn how to use this knowledge to cultivate high-performing teams empowered to navigate complexity and uncertainty with confidence.
Creating a personal leadership development plan In this session you’ll outline specific, measurable goals
Emotional and cultural intelligence in leadership Expand your understanding of how emotions and cultural dimensions influence effective leadership. Discover how greater awareness can improve decision-making, communication, and interpersonal dynamics, fostering more motivated and aligned teams.
Understand key behavioural science principles Build foundational
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Building leadership DNA and authentic leadership Explore and define your personal leadership style. Develop practical tools to boost self-awareness and authentic influence, empowering you to foster a positive, collaborative work culture. Learn how to transition from manager to leader and drive effective growth and team success.
know your cohort and an introduction from the programme director at an iconic Warwickshire location.
knowledge of behavioural science concepts, including cognitive biases and motivation theory. You’ll learn how to apply these insights to make more informed, human-centered decisions that drive team and organisational success.
for your development, incorporating insights from the programme’s psychometrics.
Dinner and accommodation at Warwick Conferences
Personalised executive coaching
Navigate complexity and drive meaningful change
Understand key behavioural science principles
Sharpen your leadership skills
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Warwick campus
Based in Coventry, in the heart of the UK, our campus has excellent transport links in the UK and beyond.
Travelling from Coventry by Rail To Journey (mins) * Birmingham Airport 10 London 60 Manchester 120 Cardiff 160 Edinburgh 270
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Welcome to Warwick This programme is delivered at our Warwick campus where we utilise the exceptional facilities at Warwick Conferences. Combining a variety of flexible and diverse spaces, with accommodation and award-winning dining, the facilities offer a supportive and inspirational learning environment. Our Warwick campus is in the heart of England, located close to lots of exciting towns and cities to explore, such as historic Coventry and Warwick, vibrant Birmingham, and lively Royal Leamington Spa. You’ll be able to reach us within an hour of London by train and only twenty minutes from Birmingham Airport. The campus combines acres of green space and premium leisure facilities. While you’re on campus, you can visit the world-class facilities at our nearby Sports and Wellness Hub, explore the many beautiful green spaces, or visit Warwick Arts Centre, one of the UK’s largest multi-artform venues.
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National Motorcycle Museum
Coventry Transport Museum
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Kenilworth Castle
Bullring Shopping Centre
Heathrow International Airport
Coventry Building Society Arena
Cadbury World
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British Motor Museum
Warwick Castle
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Talk to us
Why Warwick Business School? At Warwick Business School, we believe that continuous development is imperative for both your personal development and the success of your organisation. Attending an Executive Education programme is your opportunity to step away from the office and gain fresh perspectives on your organisational challenges. You will develop a network of likeminded executives and learn from our passionate and engaging faculty and industry professionals on the latest thinking. They will encourage and champion you to develop your thinking and skillset, leaving you feeling ready to implement your learning and insights to your business in real time. We are proud that our suite of Executive Education programmes is ranked among the world’s top 20 in the Financial Times Executive Education Open Programme rankings 2025.
1-2-1 conversation Book an online 1-2-1 chat with our Business Development team, to discuss how the programme can maximise your potential for success.
Book your place We are always happy to talk through any queries, and support on building a business case for programme applicants.
We know business leaders want to create a better world, a better society and a healthier organisation. We have the knowledge and experience to help you do that Camilla Jonsson Director of Executive Education
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Our experts Our faculty of research and teaching academics are constantly striving for excellence in everything they do, from the latest ground-breaking research impacting society, to inspiring our participants. This programme will also include industry experts.
Tasters and thought leadership events We host several Executive Education events throughout the year, to give you a taste of what studying with us is really like. Take a look in our events calendar below to find one that suits you.
Dimitrios Spyridonidis Professor of Leadership & Innovation
Dawn Eubanks Associate Professor of Behavioural Science
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Through executive coaching and engaging with world class academics and successful leaders from around the globe, you will be challenged to redefine your leadership approach.
Dimitrios Spyridonidis Programme Director, Professor of Leadership & Innovation
Warwick Business School, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK
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