Cambridge Judge Business School

Transformational Leadership

Cambridge Judge Business School

Leadership

About Programme

Key resource or liability? The people you lead can be your greatest asset or your biggest challenge. Understanding how to motivate and lead others effectively, especially through rapid change and disruption, can spell the difference between organisational failure and success. Our Transformational Leadership programme redefines your people skills, so you can strike the right balance between inspirational leadership and results-oriented management.

Learn to motivate beyond monetary incentives and formal persuasion, exploring fresh perspectives and adapting your leadership style to meet the diverse and changing needs of your employees.

Gain the skills and frameworks to navigate rapidly changing business contexts and lead with confidence, even in turbulent times.

Programme Content

Module 1: Leadership styles

Examine different organisational leadership styles and explore the different skills associated with them.
Discuss how leaders can inspire others and achieve results.
Understand your dominant leadership approach and how to adapt your style to the needs of your employees.

Module 2: Managing change

Explore the key steps for introducing and managing change in your organisation.
Consider whether a ‘top-down’ or ‘bottom-up’ approach works best.
Examine the effects of social and informal networks on organisational change.
Learn how to initiate and implement change management projects, creating buy-in and breaching resistance.

Module 3: Persuasion and influence

Investigate the ‘art’ and ‘science’ of effective persuasion.
Understand the role of social dynamics and the strategies of social influence.
Explore when persuasion techniques become effective.
Learn how to persuade and influence colleagues to get results.

Module 4: Motivating employees

Learn the key motivators of human behaviour.
Acquire novel approaches to motivating employees beyond money.
Apply motivation concepts and tools to managerial practice.
Combine a simulation analysis with self-awareness tools and explore the problems faced in managing teams.
Understand the importance of designing motivating work.

Programme Audience

Leaders and managers who want to:

learn more about motivation and people management
build the skills to lead with confidence, even during times of organisational change
develop their individual leadership style and tap the full potential of their team

Please note that there is a waiting list for the October 2026 Face-to-face session. Please get in touch if you would like to be added to the waiting list in the event of any cancellations.

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Programme Benefits

Benefits for you
Enhance your leadership skills – gain the tools and skills to successfully manage and lead through change.
Develop a flexible leadership style to meet the needs of diverse teams.
Understand how to persuade others and get buy-in to new ideas from peers and reports.
Discover how to motivate employees without using formal authority.
Learn to handle “difficult” colleagues.
Gain a Cambridge Judge Business School digital certificate of completion.
Benefits for your organisation
Ensure buy-in to new ideas and approaches across your organisation.
Build a leadership team whose skills stretch beyond ordinary managerial competencies.
Develop leaders who can drive innovation and implement change.
Create an inclusive leadership culture better able to meet your strategic objectives.

Testimonials

"A stimulating mix of concepts and media to allow us to come to our own conclusions. I am applying the concepts, the situational and transformational leadership principles, the listening and the competency framework analysis of employees and what stage they are at. I really thought this was excellent."

Yvonne Pinto

Director of ALINE Firetail

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  1. Pedagogy (case method, experiential learning, coaching, simulations)
  2. Programme Objective

Prashansa Uttam

Programme Advisor

+91 9403890085[email protected]Mon – Fri, 9am – 5pm IST

Cambridge Judge Business School

Executive Education Office

Hannah Fidgett
+44 (0)7711 774015 (mobile)
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk
Cambridge, UK

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