Leadership development covers structured programmes that build leadership and management capability, from first-time managers and emerging leaders through to the executive team. Delivery ranges from open courses and cohort programmes to fully bespoke in-house design, in person, virtual or blended.
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BPP is a professional education provider based in London, founded in 1976, offering qualifications, apprenticeships, degrees and short courses.
Its leadership and management range includes apprenticeships at Levels 3 and 4, such as Management and Business Foundations and Management and Project Management, and a Level 6 Project Management degree apprenticeship. Through BPP University it offers management degrees, among them a BSc (Hons) in Transformational Leadership and several MSc Management courses. Short continuing professional development (CPD) courses cover topics such as managing hybrid teams, resilience and strategic thinking. Programmes are aimed at every level from junior managers to the C-suite, with study online or at UK study centres. Its Level 5 Coaching Professional apprenticeship is no longer offered.
Prices vary by course. The 3-hour live online CPD course Leading Change is listed from £474 including VAT. BPP University holds its own degree awarding powers and was rated Good in every area by the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) in February 2025. BPP says it trains over 65,000 learners a year. It is part of Lyceum Education Group and is owned by the private equity firm TDR.
First-time managersIn-house, QualificationsOrganisations and individuals
Mindtools Kineo is a UK workplace learning company formed when Mindtools, founded in 1996, bought the learning provider Kineo in May 2025.
For organisations it offers consultancy and custom learning design, off-the-shelf and adapted learning programmes, and learning platforms that track and manage training. Its main topics are management and leadership development, compliance and essential skills, and onboarding and induction. Most learning is digital, with short e-learning modules and mobile access to videos and articles. Some programmes add residential workshops, peer support groups, mentoring and work-based projects. Individuals can buy a separate Mindtools membership, which gives access to a content hub of articles, videos and quizzes, short Skill Bites and an artificial intelligence (AI) coach.
Individual membership costs £12 a month, £30 a quarter or £110 a year, each after a 7-day free trial. Prices for organisations are not published. Mindtools is owned by Cambridge Information Group (CIG), a family-owned investment firm, and bought Kineo from City & Guilds. The combined business announced the Mindtools Kineo name in December 2025. It states its content reaches 24 million people in 160 countries. Its operating company, Mind Tools Ltd, is registered in Edinburgh.
Peoplewise is a business psychology consultancy with its head office in Hammersmith, London, and is the development partner of The LCap Group.
It works with organisations in five areas: assessment, development, organisational performance, coaching and sales training informed by psychology. Assessment covers psychometric tools, 360-degree surveys and assessment centres. One-to-one and team coaching is offered to people moving into bigger roles, executives joining the C-suite for the first time, high-potential employees and board members. Development work includes leadership and team programmes, a leadership transition model and its own apps for behavioural tracking, pulse surveys and talent management. Programme lengths are not published.
Prices are not published. It states that it has more than 60 psychologists and coaches working across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Asia, and that its coaches are certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), the British Psychological Society (BPS) or similar bodies. It says it can deliver in more than 20 languages.
Organisations
London, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
t-three is a leadership and culture change consultancy with offices in Birmingham, London and Manchester, incorporated as a company in 2000.
It designs leadership, management and team development and culture change programmes for organisations, built around its Provoke, Plant, Practise method for behaviour change. Programmes are co-designed with each client and delivered in person or virtually, for audiences from senior leaders to aspiring managers. Its tools include the Facet5 personality profile, 360-degree feedback and Truth Teller, its own named feedback tool that can be completed in about 4 minutes. A typical coaching programme has a chemistry session, a Facet5 assessment, objective setting, four coaching sessions and a final review. For organisations building in-house coaching, it runs Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) qualifications at Level 3 or Level 5.
Prices are not published. t-three states that it is accredited by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), and its site displays an ISO/IEC 27001 information security certificate from SGS. Client stories include Transport for London, Jaguar Land Rover, Sainsbury's, the BBC and EDF. It states it is part of Gateley, and t-three Consulting Limited (company number 03959623) is registered in Birmingham.
LaunchPad Associates is a human resources (HR) and people development consultancy based in Meadowfield, County Durham, in business since 2012.
Its LaunchPad HR service gives employers operational HR support, remotely or on site, covering performance and absence, disciplinary and grievance matters, recruitment and HR policies, on a pay-as-you-go or retained basis. It also lists outplacement and redundancy support for employees who need to move on. Other work includes business mentoring, personal development, i3 personality profiling and career direction coaching for school leavers, people returning to work and those wanting a change. The format and length of programmes are not published.
Prices are not published. The business is led by directors Beverly Sherratt, who has more than 20 years in HR, and Jo Cameron, an HR professional and recruiter. The named team also includes an HR consultant and an employment solicitor. No professional accreditations are listed. The limited company, number 08291826, was incorporated on 13 November 2012.
Organisations and individuals
Meadowfield, County Durham, UKNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
Common Purpose is a not-for-profit leadership development organisation based in London, founded as a charity in 1989 and now working in 10 countries.
Its programmes bring together people from different sectors and backgrounds to build the skills to lead across boundaries of sector, culture and organisation. Open programmes in the UK include Lighthouse for senior leaders, Arena for high-potential and senior leaders, Beacon for high-potential leaders and Legacy for people aged 18 to 25. Lighthouse in the UK runs for 45 hours over 7 months, with in-person sessions in London, Cardiff, Belfast and Edinburgh and one online session. It also designs programmes for employers and universities on change leadership, equity, diversity and inclusion, and women in leadership.
Lighthouse in the UK costs £6,000 plus value added tax (VAT), and a limited bursary scheme is available. Prices for other programmes are not published. The parent body, The Common Purpose Charitable Trust, is a company limited by guarantee (number 02832875) and a registered charity (number 1023384). It reports more than 144,000 alumni and work with 22,000 organisations, with hubs in cities including London, Berlin, Johannesburg, Singapore and Chicago.
First-time managers, Emerging leaders, Senior leadersOpen courses, In-houseOrganisations and individuals
Cambridge Management and Leadership School is a UK independent provider of management, leadership and business qualifications, delivered online and in short-course formats to professionals in the UK and internationally. Its programmes are accredited by ASIC (Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities), at which it holds Premier status, and it is an approved centre of the awarding body Qualifi.
Talking Talent is a coaching consultancy based in London, founded in 2005, with a second office in New York.
It works with organisations, providing individual and group coaching alongside leadership programmes. Services include executive coaching for senior leaders, inclusive and women's leadership development, coaching skills training for managers, sponsorship schemes and programmes for high-potential staff. A separate strand supports employees through life changes such as parental leave and return to work, caring, menopause and burnout. It also runs an online coaching platform, which it says is built on the Centre for Humane Technology's design principles.
Prices and programme lengths are not published. Talking Talent Limited was incorporated in November 2005 and has its registered office at 41 Lothbury in the City of London. Its website lists 59 team profiles, including executive coaches and a chartered psychologist, and states that its work has reached over 400,000 people.
Pearn Kandola is a firm of business psychologists based in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, founded in 1984 by Michael Pearn and Binna Kandola.
Its work covers talent assessment, talent development and inclusive workplace cultures. Its business psychologists provide one-to-one executive coaching for senior leaders, run development centres and design programmes for emerging leaders. Assessment work includes recruitment assessment centres and executive assessments for senior hires. Inclusion training is delivered in person, live online or through self-paced learning, and live workshops last 2 to 3 hours.
Coaching prices are not published. As a guide, it states that an in-person inclusion workshop for up to 25 people may cost in the region of £3,500 to £7,500. No accreditations are listed on its website. Its People page names 45 staff across the UK, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Americas. Co-founder Professor Binna Kandola, the firm's senior partner, was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2008 for services to diversity.
The Oxford Group is a London-based leadership development and executive coaching company, founded in 1987 and part of City & Guilds since 2015.
It works with organisations, mostly multinationals, on leadership development, talent management, management skills and coaching. Its coaching includes Accelerate, which offers coaching at scale across an organisation, and Transform, one-to-one coaching for leaders facing complexity and change. It also runs team coaching. Other products include ready-to-run one-day workshops and emotional intelligence tools developed with RocheMartin. Work is delivered face to face, virtually or blended, through more than 200 multilingual consultants and coaches on six continents. Programme lengths are not published.
Prices are not published. The website displays International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2015 quality certification and Cyber Essentials Plus. The business began as Oxford Training and took its current name in 1995. Alongside its London headquarters it has an office in Paris and an administrative office in New York. It states that 88% of its work comes from referrals or repeat business.
Growth Space is a Bristol-based strategy, culture and leadership consultancy founded by Polly Robinson, working with leadership teams across the UK.
It facilitates strategy off-sites, away days and workshops, runs culture change and team effectiveness work, and offers executive, leadership and systemic team coaching. Clients are mainly small businesses and scale-ups of 10 to 200 people, along with larger firms, charities and membership bodies. Workshops and off-sites last from half a day to two days, usually for 8 to 40 people, and work is delivered in person or online. Coaching usually runs as 10 to 12 sessions over six months.
Coaching is typically £300 for a one-hour online session after a briefing meeting, and other work is costed in a proposal. Polly Robinson states that she holds an Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 7 qualification in Executive Coaching and Mentoring and is certified in systemic team coaching with Professor Peter Hawkins and Renewal Associates. Published client work includes the Royal College of Podiatry, British Motor Heritage, the Ehlers-Danlos Society and tes. The company is registered as Growth Space Collective Ltd.
Senior leadersOrganisations
Bristol, United KingdomNo Google or Trustpilot reviews
iHASCO is an online workplace training provider based in Bracknell and part of the Citation Group.
It offers more than 250 eLearning courses on health and safety, human resources (HR) compliance, business compliance, management and soft skills, for organisations of any size and sector. Its Mental Health and Wellbeing bundle has 10 courses, including mental health awareness for managers, anxiety, resilience and stress, each lasting 10 to 45 minutes. A 25-minute Menopause Awareness course is also listed. Courses run on iHASCO's own learning management system (LMS), include closed captions and can be machine translated into more than 40 languages.
A subscription for 30 learners is estimated at £5.85 to £7.30 per learner per month, with pay-as-you-go credits for very small businesses and a free trial. The site states that individual courses are approved by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), the International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) or the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), or are continuing professional development (CPD) accredited. It states it has more than 12,000 clients. The company is registered as iHASCO Ltd (company number 06447099), incorporated in December 2007.
