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Development Beyond Learning (DBL) is a learning and development provider for early-career staff, founded in Sydney in 2005 and based in London.
It runs development programmes for graduates, apprentices and interns, emerging managers and future leaders, designed for each client and based on behavioural science. It also runs open programmes, called DBL elevate, which employers can book for individual staff. Programmes are delivered through teams in London, Sydney and Singapore and a network of facilitators it accredits.
Prices are not published. Its website reports 30,644 participants across 47 clients in 16 industries, and it publishes case studies with Jardine Matheson, Glencore and RWE.
Delivery format
Hybrid
Client type
B2B
Seniority served
Emerging Leaders, Mid-Management
Sector specialisms
Cross-Sector
Countries served
Global
Also offers
Group coaching
Clients include
BAE Systems
Burberry
SAP
Virgin Media
Services offered
Price on request
Leadership developmentL&D for first-time managersEmerging leadersHigh potential programmesFuture leadersStrategic thinkingDecision makingChange managementHigh-performing teams
Henley Business School is the business school of the University of Reading, founded in 1945, with campuses in Reading and Henley-on-Thames.
Its executive education is aimed at managers, senior leaders and board-level executives. It is offered as open programmes, custom programmes for organisations, apprenticeships at Levels 6 and 7, and Executive MBA and master's degrees. Coaching courses are run through the Henley Centre for Coaching. The Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching lasts nine months part-time, with three full-day workshops held at the Greenlands campus or live online, and asks for at least five years' management experience. Further certificates cover advanced coaching practice, team and systemic coaching and coaching supervision. The MSc in Coaching for Behavioural Change takes at least 30 months part-time.
The Professional Certificate costs £7,250 and the MSc £25,800, both exempt from VAT, or £18,550 for the MSc if the certificate has already been completed. The certificate is accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) at Level 1, the Association for Coaching (AC) and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) at Senior Practitioner level. The school states that it holds accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). It reports more than 7,000 students and 107,000 alumni. Henley Management College merged with the University of Reading in 2008.
ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management) is an awarding body for leadership, management and coaching qualifications, based in Burntwood, Staffordshire.
It awards qualifications from Level 2 to Level 7, each offered as an award, certificate or diploma, along with management apprenticeships at Levels 3, 5, 6 and 7 and T Levels in England. Its coaching and mentoring qualifications run from a Level 2 mentoring award for team leaders up to Level 7 certificates and diplomas in executive coaching and mentoring and in coaching supervision, aimed at senior leaders, human resources and organisational development professionals, and professional coaches. Learners study through approved centres, either local training providers or distance learning providers. Employers can also become approved centres, or have their own programmes certified through ILM Assured. An award takes 10 to 120 hours of study, a certificate 130 to 360 hours and a diploma 370 hours or more.
ILM does not publish fees on its website, though it helps employers find government-funded qualifications and apprenticeships. It states that about 70,000 people register for an ILM qualification each year through a network of more than 2,000 approved centres. The ILM name dates from 2001, when the Institute of Supervision and Management merged with NEBS Management, the City & Guilds examining board for supervisory studies. The membership body separated from City & Guilds in 2016 and is now the Institute of Leadership, while ILM is a trademark of City & Guilds Limited. Learners on ILM coaching and mentoring qualifications get 25% off membership of EMCC UK, the UK branch of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.
Impact Factory is a London training company for communication and leadership skills, founded in 1991 by Jo Ellen Grzyb and Robin Chandler.
It runs open courses of one, two or five days, usually for 6 to 8 delegates, as well as in-house programmes designed with each client, executive coaching and two-hour one-to-one skills sessions held online. Topics include leadership, management, presentation, assertiveness, influencing and negotiation. Some open courses are hybrid and can be attended in person at the Business Design Centre in Islington or remotely. Two trainers work with every group, and each trainer completes a two-year in-house development programme.
Executive coaching costs £495 an hour plus VAT, with sessions usually lasting at least two hours. The five-day Communicate with Impact course is £2,750 plus VAT per person. It is accredited as a continuing professional development (CPD) provider by The CPD Standards Office (provider number 21717), and it displays Cyber Essentials certification and a Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award. It states that it has trained more than 175,000 delegates and worked in over 50 countries.
Impact International is an experiential leadership development company founded in 1980 in the English Lake District, with an office in Ambleside.
It works with corporate, public sector and non-governmental organisation (NGO) clients on leadership development, team development, change management, executive and performance coaching, and wellbeing at work. Its programmes are built on experiential learning and are delivered in person, online and in blended formats. Industries listed on its website include automotive, energy and utilities, financial services, health and pharmaceuticals, and technology, media and telecoms. Programme lengths are not published.
Prices are not published. Its website lists offices in the UK, Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific, says it has more than 400 staff, and names clients including Google, PepsiCo, Santander, Experian and Thomson Reuters. It states that Training Industry named it a Top 20 Leadership Training Company for the 16th consecutive year in 2026, that it signed the United Nations Global Compact in 2006 and that it received an EcoVadis Gold rating in 2015.
