Leadership and Management Training Courses
Our CPD Approved and ILM Assured leadership training courses help you develop the skills and confidence you or your staff need to lead effectively. Whether you're an aspiring manager or an experienced leader, our online courses provide flexible learning to match your goals.
Browse 45+ Leadership and Management courses
Even the newest management team members can gain valuable skills in people and process management with our broad range of online leadership and management training courses. Let our library be your toolkit to becoming a supportive manager. From essential team leadership foundations to advanced strategic thinking, there's leadership development training to match every stage of your management journey.
Leadership Skills for the Digital age
The rise of remote and hybrid work demands a new leadership toolkit. Our remote leadership curriculum tackles the unique challenges of virtual team management head-on. From Communicating with Remote Teams to Maintaining Team Culture in Remote Teams, you'll learn practical strategies for keeping remote teams engaged and productive. Courses like Supporting Team Health and Wellbeing Remotely address the crucial human element of digital leadership.
Upskill your leaders with all-access training
Unlimited access to our 200-course library | 12-month subscription | Pay per employee | Quick 48-hour set-up
Empower your entire management team and wider staff with our complete leadership development suite. Plus, gain unlimited access to 200+ essential business courses. From business compliance training essentials like our time management courses to crucial workplace health and safety courses like fire warden training.
Add any new users and within 48 hours they’ll have instant access to our whole library of training.
Simple, flexible access
Leadership development training has never been so simple with online courses your staff can access 24/7. Being able to study from anywhere at any time means everyone - from new team leaders to senior managers - can develop at their own pace.
Advance your career with our ILM assured leadership package
Why not fast track your leadership skills with our flagship ILM Assured Leadership and Management Training Package. This carefully structured programme combines eight essential leadership courses, from understanding yourself as a leader to managing organisational change. With assurance from the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), you'll gain recognised professional development that builds both confidence and competence.
The package includes core courses in team management, coaching, communication, and performance management - everything you need to strengthen your leadership foundations with industry-recognised training.
Meet the expert behind our online training
With many years' of learning and development, online course development and implementing innovative training solutions, Sarah Baker - the Managing Director of Virtual College by Netex, talks you through our Leadership and Management courses and why it's so important that organisations invest in their leaders.
Our leadership courses can be for everybody, with a wide range from Emotional Intelligence to our 10 Power Skills Courses. Designed to help you unlock your potential, enhance your abilities and excel in both the workplace and everyday life.
Essential compliance training for leaders
Today's leaders need more than just management skills – they need to understand and navigate complex compliance requirements to protect their teams and organisation. Our CPD approved business compliance courses are designed to complement your leadership development, ensuring you can lead with confidence while maintaining the highest standards of workplace compliance.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for Managers - Learn how to build and support an inclusive workplace culture where every team member can thrive.
Business Compliance Essentials Package - Get to grips with core compliance requirements through this essential collection of training modules.
Personal Development Plan Template
Everyone is looking to develop their skills and knowledge and having a personal development plan is a common way to achieve goals. Here we take a look at how you write a plan and make the most of it.
Learning in the flow of work: what we've discovered
A recent workshop we held with LPI explored how we learn in the flow of work: what the challenges are, how we overcome them, what technology can assist us and how we can make learning part of everyday work.
Our guide to delivering formal online learning programmes
Digitising your qualifications can be daunting. Read our guide for insights into engaging stakeholders, motivating learners and finding the right solution.
How to engage colleagues in digital training projects
When developing new digital training, it can be hard to bring your colleagues on board. Our guide explores how best you can do this and the positive effect it can have on the development process.
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Leadership and Management FAQs
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What is a manager?
A manager is often responsible for a team or department within the workplace. They often have a day-to-day relationship with their team and will be the decision maker. A manager’s role will vary depending on the type of workplace they are in but they are often responsible for budgets, the team they work in, the goals or outcomes of the team and much more.
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What is a leader?
A leader is someone who has the vision to see how things can be improved and is able to lead a team on the journey to making that vision happen. A good leader will have a positive effect on the team working with them and is a source of motivation and drive to make things happen. Leaders are not only applicable in the workplace but in every day life such as Prime Ministers, parents and other prominent figures.
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What is the difference between leadership and management?
Though the roles are very similar and have many crossovers, there are still significant differences between leaders and managers. A leader’s main role is to lead a group of people toward a main goal whereas a manager will manage the team and hold responsibility for things such as budgets and equipment. Leaders will often have management responsibilities too, which are often judged to be the signs of a good leader. Managers can move into leadership and the two roles commonly work in unison.
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Why is leadership and management important?
Leadership and management is important in the workplace because without them there would be no decision makers, no strategy for the direction the business is going in and no one would be responsible for the outcomes of the teams and departments. Leaders and Managers are not only essential to the smooth running of the business but are also good for morale of the team.
