Henley Advanced Personal Leadership Programme
- Gain insight into your personal impact as a leader and create a clear action plan for success
- Become a confident leader with conviction in your personal leadership
- Build emotional awareness and consultation skills to strengthen your leadership
- Understand how leadership dynamics work in fast-paced and complex group environments
- Receive real-time feedback on your interactions to support meaningful change
What you need to know
Overview
The Henley Advanced Personal Leadership programme is not a conventional executive education programme.
It offers a unique learning experience that helps you gain insight into your personal impact as a leader, taking you through an expertly facilitated process of group and individual live learning, where real change occurs. You will build deep self-awareness, see what’s working, what needs to change, and develop a clear action plan for success to move your leadership forward.
This programme builds your resilience, brings new perspectives and develops your personal leadership, leading to stronger relationships and greater impact.
Through direct, real-time feedback, you will have the opportunity to see yourself as others see you. By its nature, the programme is individually tailored to you, evoking curiosity about the unconscious drivers and emotions shaping your decisions and how you lead. You will gain a deeper understanding of individual behaviours, team interactions, and dynamics between teams.
As part of the application process, you will have a consultation call with our team to discuss the programme in more detail and ensure it is the right fit for you.
Henley Advanced Personal Leadership Programme
Liz Gainer’s journey with Henley leadership programmes
Key benefits
- Discover your personal leadership potential
- Develop your insight and skills in working relationships and team dynamics
- Understand how to inspire and motivate others
- See the bigger picture and lead with confidence from new perspectives.
- Heighten your emotional awareness and lead with stronger emotional intelligence.
- Develop self-aware, confident leaders with the mindset to take on new challenges and responsibilities
- The programme has an immediate practical impact and often gives participants a renewed sense of purpose
- Senior executives gain a working knowledge of behaviour and an understanding of how it impacts your organisation in terms of individuals, teams and culture
"It had a real impact on me – from start to finish. It was the best management training experience I have had."
Start dates
Important note
All programmes are subject to limited availability. We recommend booking a minimum of 6 weeks before the programme start date, to guarantee sufficient time for your enrolment and on-boarding.
Course structure
The Henley Advanced Personal Leadership Programme is entirely practical, delivered through group work and discussions, real-life leadership challenges and one-to-one consultations. You will 'learn by doing' and explore the leadership styles that work for you.
The programme runs for a total of six and a half days:
APL: Pre-Programme (3-4 weeks)
Three to four weeks before your course starts, you will:
- Complete a 360-degree leadership questionnaire on your strengths and areas for improvement
- Identify development objectives to help you get the most out of your course
APL: Post-Programme Activities
We invite you to remain within the Henley Business School community post-programme. You can:
- Participate in ongoing coaching if required (fee applies)
- Access resources from the virtual learning portal for up to 12 months
- Join our alumni network
Modules or course content marked as optional are indicative and may be subject to change. Please note, constraints in timetable scheduling may mean you are unable to take some optional modules at the same time as others.
What our participants say
"This is anything but a traditional programme ... it had a real impact on me – from start to finish. It was the best management training experience I have had."
Read full case study - Dr Marc Mangold, Director of Marketing, Value Retail Germany
"I really wasn’t prepared for how personal this programme is, but I suppose the clue is in the title! It’s unlike anything I’ve experienced."
Read full case study - Clare Morton, Operational Resource and Compliance Manager, Briar Chemicals
"I stretched myself more than I could ever have believed possible. I jumped right out of my comfort zone, but in a way that I never felt exposed, and that’s a very liberating feeling."
Read full case study - Alan Park, Regional Director, Centre Parcs UK
Teaching staff
Location & facilities
Greenlands campus
Set on the banks of the River Thames and surrounded by countryside, our Greenlands campus in Henley-on-Thames provides an inspiring and reflective learning environment.
Fitness and wellbeing
Dining, refreshments and accommodation
Leadership Futures
AI is reshaping the world of work. Leadership determines whether that change becomes progress.
Drawing on insight from senior leaders and Henley experts, our latest report, Redefining Leadership in the Age of AI, offers practical guidance on navigating uncertainty and AI-driven change.
Discover:
- Why AI efficiency gains rarely create lasting value
- How to build AI literacy and close the gap between AI ambition and organisational readiness
- Why human strengths like empathy, critical thinking and emotional intelligence are more important than ever
- The skills, capabilities and mindsets needed to lead effectively in this new era
Why choose Henley?
6th
in the UK overall for executive education open programmes (Financial Times 2026)
(Financial Times Executive Education 2026)Executive Education at Henley
For 80 years, Henley Business School has developed confident and resilient business leaders. Executive Education at Henley is:
- Practical: we combine academic rigour with a strong practical focus, so you can immediately apply what you have learned back in your organisation.
- Relevant: Henley faculty are experienced practitioners who can support you in exploring solutions to your organisation’s challenges.
- Collaborative: Open programmes enable you to expand your network, gain new perspectives and share ideas with peers from a range of backgrounds and sectors.
- Personal: deliberately small learning groups allow you to benefit from individual attention and a confidential environment. We encourage you to understand your unique strengths, leadership style, and areas for development.
Contact us
Open Programmes
If you have any questions or would like to learn more about the programme, please contact our programme advisors.
Email: exec@henley.ac.ukTelephone: 01491 418767
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