Leading with CEQ
A 12-month programme of training and events designed to equip leaders with everything they need to thrive and to advance in their roles, and to support their accelerated development.
£495 a month · per place, on a 12-month commitment (£5,940 in total)
All prices exclude VAT.
Buying for a team?
Organisations nominate candidates and we interview ahead of each cohort. Ask about reserving places for more than one leader.
What to expect.
Enrolment is open for the June 2027 cohort, which runs to May 2028. Organisations nominate individual candidates and we hold interviews ahead of each start date; contact us to discuss places. Participants will typically already be in senior management roles or on a fast-track leadership development pathway. Each cohort is limited to 12 participants to maximise both personalised coaching and networking collaboration. Modules are delivered live online, with two in-person events held in London, and the programme is aligned to each candidate company’s talent development programme.
The benefits
- Understand how you lead under pressure and the impact on people and performance
- Lead difficult conversations and change with confidence and emotional intelligence
- Increase accountability and performance through consistent leadership practice
- Influence across stakeholders and functions with clarity and integrity
- Apply CEQ principles to AI- and data-informed decisions without losing human judgement
- Reduce personal stress by leading with greater focus and discipline
Twelve months, seven modules, two London events.
Modules are delivered live online, with two in-person events held in London. The programme is supported by structured extra-curricular learning, including peer discussion groups, 1:1 coaching, 360-degree feedback and guided practice, designed to reinforce learning between modules and support sustained behavioural change over the course of the programme.
Programme onboarding and coaching foundations
The cohort meets, the programme is aligned to each participant’s role and company talent plan, and the coaching foundations are laid.
Coaching
This module establishes coaching as the foundation of effective leadership. Leaders explore why directive behaviours often increase pressure and reduce ownership. Using CEQ’s OUCH! framework, participants develop coaching skills that build trust, accountability and capability in others.
Topics covered
- The foundation for effective leadership
- Why coaching matters; the neuroscience of managing under pressure
- OUCH! Our Unconscious Controlling Habits
- Active listening techniques
- Performance feedback to encourage growth and build team trust
- Delegation: expectations, prioritisation and coaching
Authentic Leadership
Authentic Leadership focuses on how leaders show up under pressure. Participants explore values-led leadership, motivation, emotional intelligence and vulnerability, strengthening alignment between intent and behaviour.
Topics covered
- Directing vs coaching
- Core values and leadership principles
- Motivation: Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose (Dan Pink) and Lencioni principles
- Emotional intelligence, vulnerability and asking for help
Transformational Change
This module equips leaders to guide people through uncertainty and transition. Participants explore the psychology of change and how to empower others while maintaining direction and momentum.
Topics covered
- Leading people through transition
- Strategy, psychology and execution of change
- Guiding teams through transition
- Empowering others to drive change
Strategy
Strategy is examined as a leadership discipline rather than a document. Leaders learn how to hold strategic direction under pressure and convert intent into aligned action and sustained delivery.
Topics covered
- Being strategic: proactive vs reactive; leadership vs management
- The 4 Foundations of a perfect strategy
- Holding strategic direction under pressure and competing demands
- Converting intent into aligned action and sustained delivery
High-Performance Teams
Leaders explore what enables teams to perform sustainably, including purpose, development stages, conflict resolution and difficult conversations.
Topics covered
- Team purpose and stages of development
- High-performance characteristics
- Conflict resolution
- Having difficult conversations
Sales & Influencing
This module reframes influencing as a leadership capability. Participants develop practical strategies for influencing across stakeholders, functions and organisational boundaries.
Topics covered
- Stakeholder mapping
- Working in matrix and cross-functional environments
- Communication strategies for effective influencing
- The 4-step influencing model
Corporate Emotional Intelligence (CEQ) and AI
The final module explores the intersection of CEQ and AI-informed decision-making, focusing on bias, judgement, trust and protecting human connection.
Topics covered
- The 4 Pillars of Corporate Emotional Intelligence (CEQ)
- AI as a leadership aid
- CEQ in AI-informed decisions: bias, assumptions, control
- Trust, accountability and transparency in data-led leadership
- Protecting values, authority and human connection
Programme integration and applied leadership presentations
Participants bring the year together, presenting applied leadership work to the cohort and the CEQ team.
Between the modules.
Structured support that reinforces the learning and keeps the behavioural change going across the year.
I have never participated in a personal development event that had such a positive impact upon my leadership behaviour.
David Frost, Group People & Organisational Development Director, Dole plcWho you will be working with.
Senior operators first, coaches and trainers second: everyone who delivers this programme has run businesses and led teams under pressure.
Gareth ChickPartner · Programme designerGareth has an outstanding track record as CFO, CEO and Chairman in both public and private companies, including private equity. He is a highly sought after consultant working in major corporations around the world; one of the UK’s top Executive Coaches (200+ senior executives including FTSE100 and Fortune 500) and the designer of class leading management training programmes (6,000+ managers across 25 countries).
Martyn HaworthDirector · FacilitatorMartyn combines a hugely successful commercial career with the skills and processes of an expert coach and trainer. He joined CEQ in 2013 and has consulted for Google, Total Produce, Centrica, GE Healthcare and Dr Martens, regularly delivering CEQ’s coaching programmes alongside 1:1 executive coaching and board and off-site facilitation.
James GabyManaging Partner · FacilitatorJames is a results-driven sales leader with over 30 years’ experience across PLCs and SMEs, including business start-ups and a major turnaround. He advises businesses on strategy, culture and high-performing teams, and is a trusted coach and mentor to a growing portfolio of executive clients.
How we can help.
Coaching5 services
- 1:1 executive coachingConfidential, face to face or online.→
- Coaching skills programmeSelf-study, live online or in person.→
- Coaching workshop for managersHalf a day, for your whole team.→
- Neurodiversity coachingAssessments, coaching and training.→
- AI coaching with ARIAPractice and reflection for every manager.→
Leadership5 services
- Leadership programmesIncluding 12-month Leading with CEQ.→
- Authentic leadershipTrust, humility and real authenticity.→
- Executive team developmentOffsites and support for your top team.→
- High performing teamsFor functional teams and their leader.→
- Selling and influencingInfluence stakeholders inside and out.→
Change5 services
Enquire about Leading with CEQ.
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