LEADERSHIP
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The Defy Expectations Leadership Academy is an interactive leadership academy that allows you to learn management and leadership skills not only from our experts but also from your peers in a hybrid learning environment.
"The Leadership Academy has been invaluable in helping me deepen my self-awareness and develop the emotional intelligence needed to lead effectively. This program goes beyond leadership frameworks—it challenges you to reflect on your personal leadership style and grow from within."
You Can Become a Great Leader
Build valuable knowledge and learn to apply the skills and behaviours that get the right people in the right places, doing the right things, at the right time - consistently:

- Small Cohort-Based learning with and from your peers
- Highly interactive learning experience over 6 months to allow you to learn how to apply and implement best practice leadership theory in your context
- Gain a validated accreditation in leadership demonstrating your commitment to your teams and their success
- Industry-aligned, whilst also gathering insights from different sectors
Empower yourself and those around you
Learn all this and more Defy Expectations course ‘Leadership Mastered’
What's Included In The Leadership Academy
Below are our recommended modules for the Leadership Academy. Contact us to learn how we can customise the learning experience to your needs and your industry.

Transform your leadership approach and create a lasting impact.
✔️ Lead with values, purpose, and self-awareness.
✔️ Identify strengths, biases, and emotional intelligence.
✔️ Align personal and organisational values for trust and integrity.
✔️ Inspire teams, drive innovation and navigate uncertainty.
✔️ Plan, execute and sustain impactful change effectively.
✔️ Real-world case studies and actionable techniques for immediate use.

Unlock the power of communication to drive engagement, empathy, and brand success.
✔️ Master clarity, confidence, and connection.
✔️ Build trust by understanding and addressing diverse perspectives.
✔️ Craft compelling narratives that resonate and inspire action.
✔️ Align messaging with values to create a powerful brand identity.
✔️ Use active listening, feedback, and emotional intelligence to strengthen relationships.
✔️ Learn actionable techniques and real-world strategies to elevate communication.

Equip yourself with the tools to lead strategically and drive measurable growth.
✔️ Develop a visionary mindset to anticipate opportunities and challenges.
✔️ Learn to lead with clarity, foster collaboration, and drive decision-making.
✔️ Enhance planning, prioritisation, and resource allocation for maximum impact.
✔️ Foster innovation through agile thinking and data-driven decision-making.
✔️ Understand the core principles of scaling and sustaining success.

Lead with confidence and compassion to drive results and promote organisational health.
✔️ Navigate challenges while fostering a culture of care and resilience.
✔️ Build personal resilience and manage stress effectively.
✔️ Support team well-being while maintaining performance.
✔️ Align processes and people for sustainable results.
✔️ Identify, assess, and mitigate risks to ensure stability and growth.
✔️ Implement strategies to balance productivity with well-being.

Empower your team to thrive with a culture that drives success and mutual support.
✔️ Cultivate trust, collaboration, and shared purpose.
✔️ Foster transparency, inclusivity, and effective communication.
✔️ Understand how to inspire, empower, and align diverse teams.
✔️ Develop skills to guide and support team members effectively.
✔️ Balance priorities and navigate complexities with confidence.
✔️ Tools and techniques to build high-performing, resilient teams.

Strengthen stakeholder relationships and unlock the full potential of your enabling functions.
✔️ Build strong relationships and manage expectations effectively.
✔️ Optimize partnerships with support teams for seamless execution.
✔️ Drive alignment and secure buy-in across diverse stakeholders.
✔️ Resolve challenges while balancing competing demands.
✔️ Tailor messages to engage and inspire key stakeholders.
✔️ Strategies and frameworks to enhance collaboration and deliver results.

Enhance your financial literacy and lead with confidence in risk and opportunity management.
✔️ Understand key financial concepts your CFO values.
✔️ Identify, assess, and minimize potential risks effectively.
✔️ Leverage financial insights to uncover and act on growth opportunities.
✔️ Use data-driven approaches to align strategy with financial goals.
✔️ Build strong partnerships to drive organizational success.
✔️ Frameworks and examples to integrate financial insights into everyday leadership.

Create exceptional employee experiences that drive satisfaction, performance, and loyalty.
✔️ Identify and attract top talent aligned with your organization’s values.
✔️ Design onboarding processes that inspire and engage from day one.
✔️ Build a culture of trust, collaboration, and motivation.
✔️ Foster long-term commitment through meaningful employee experiences.
✔️ Frameworks and techniques to improve hiring and engagement outcomes.

"The Leadership Academy has been invaluable in helping me deepen my self-awareness and develop the emotional intelligence needed to lead effectively. This program goes beyond leadership frameworks—it challenges you to reflect on your personal leadership style and grow from within."

"The quality of the content and profound impact it has had on me. The concepts had obviously been refined thoroughly to isolate the critical structures or frameworks we should be thinking within — as a leader. Highly deliberate in its sequence of presentation, the content and its delivery makes me pause more often than not and reflect on things that I may've taken for granted in the past. Quite transformative. I'll be coming back to watching the videos time and time again because they spark new ideas and somewhat unexpectedly turn on lights in my head 🙂 It's been quite a while since I would've had such an experience. Incredible."

“Helen and Vicky have done a fantastic job of creating a safe place for us to explore difficult topics and grow together. It’s refreshing to be in a leadership academy with people that understand the unique challenges and leadership struggles of the bid world. I feel more understood than I do at my own company.”