LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
Leadership Skills Accelerator™
Lead With Confidence, Create Accountability, and Build a Team for Every Answer.
Stop firefighting people problems and start building a high-performing team.
Whether you're a new leader stepping into management for the first time or an experienced leader looking to strengthen your foundations, the Leadership Skills Accelerator™ gives you the practical skills, tools, and confidence to lead people effectively.
6 leadership workshops | 6 workbooks | Bonus resources | Future live workshop access | Ongoing access
Investment: £750 + VAT
By the End of the Programme You'll Be Able To:
✓ Handle difficult conversations without avoiding them
✓ Create greater accountability and ownership within your team
✓ Coach people to think and solve problems independently
✓ Delegate more effectively and reduce dependence on you
✓ Manage performance with confidence and clarity
✓ Lead through change with greater resilience
✓ Build a high-performing team that takes ownership and delivers results
Why Most Leaders Struggle
Most leaders are promoted because they're good at their job.
Not because they've been taught how to lead people.
They're expected to manage performance, give feedback, handle difficult conversations, build accountability, coach their team, and navigate change, often with little or no formal leadership training.
As a result, they spend too much time firefighting problems, repeating the same conversations, chasing accountability, managing underperformance, and dealing with issues that should have been resolved weeks ago.
Some avoid difficult conversations because they don't know how to have them well.
Others step in too quickly to solve problems for their team instead of developing their people to think for themselves.
Many find themselves carrying too much because they're unsure how to delegate effectively, coach performance, or create genuine ownership.
The result is frustrated leaders, inconsistent performance, a lack of accountability, and teams that become increasingly dependent on the leader to solve problems and make decisions.
The good news?
Leadership is a skill.
And like any skill, it can be learned, practised, and improved.
The Leadership Skills Accelerator™ gives you the leadership foundations most people never receive.
Through six practical leadership workshops, you'll develop the confidence, skills, and tools to lead people effectively, manage performance with clarity, navigate difficult conversations, coach your team, and create a culture where people take ownership and perform at their best.
By the end of the programme, you'll have the confidence, skills and practical tools to lead people effectively, handle difficult conversations without avoiding them, coach and develop your team, manage performance with clarity, and create greater ownership and accountability across your team.
The result is a more confident leader, a more self-sufficient team, and stronger overall performance.
What You'll Learn Inside the Leadership Skills Accelerator™
Workshop 1: Managing Others
Strong leadership starts with strong management fundamentals.
Develop the practical skills needed to set expectations, create accountability, delegate effectively, and manage performance with confidence.
You'll learn how to:
- Set clear expectations and standards
- Delegate with confidence
- Hold people accountable without micromanaging
- Manage performance consistently and fairly
Workshop 2: Leading with Emotional Intelligence
Leadership isn't just about what you do. It's about how you show up.
Develop the self-awareness and emotional intelligence needed to build trust, strengthen relationships, and lead others more effectively.
You'll learn how to:
- Understand the impact of your behaviour on others
- Recognise and manage emotional triggers
- Build stronger working relationships
- Adapt your leadership style to different situations and individuals
Workshop 3: Coaching Skills for Leaders
Learn how to stop being the person with all the answers and start developing a team that can think, solve problems, and take ownership for themselves.
You'll learn how to:
- Use coaching conversations to develop capability and confidence
- Ask better questions that encourage independent thinking
- Reduce dependency on you as the leader
- Create greater ownership and accountability within your team
Workshop 4: Having Difficult Conversations
Avoiding difficult conversations rarely makes them easier.
Learn a practical framework for addressing issues early, providing clear feedback, and handling challenging conversations with confidence and professionalism.
You'll learn how to:
- Prepare for difficult conversations
- Deliver feedback clearly and constructively
- Address performance concerns early
- Manage emotional responses and resistance effectively
Workshop 5: Resilience During Change
Change is inevitable. How leaders respond to it determines whether teams struggle or thrive.
Learn practical strategies to remain resilient during uncertainty and help your team stay focused, engaged, and productive through change.
You'll learn how to:
- Lead confidently through uncertainty
- Build personal resilience during challenging periods
- Support others through change
- Maintain engagement and performance when circumstances shift
Workshop 6: Developing a High-Performing Team
Great teams don't happen by accident.
Learn what separates high-performing teams from average ones and how to create a culture where people collaborate, take ownership, and consistently perform at their best.
You'll learn how to:
- Build trust and accountability across your team
- Create a culture of ownership and responsibility
- Strengthen team performance and engagement
- Develop an environment where people can thrive
Everything Included
6 Leadership Development Workshops
A complete leadership foundation covering people management, emotional intelligence, coaching, difficult conversations, resilience, and high-performing teams.
◆ 6 Full Workshop Recordings
Access every workshop on demand and learn at your own pace.
◆ 6 Downloadable Workbooks
Practical exercises, reflection activities, and tools to help you apply what you learn immediately.
◆ Bonus Resources
Additional leadership tools, templates, and supporting materials to help you put the learning into practice.
◆ Recommended Reading
Curated leadership resources to deepen your understanding and continue your development.
◆ Future Live Workshop Access
When these workshops are delivered live throughout the year, you'll be invited to join at no additional cost.
◆ Ongoing Access
Return to the programme whenever you need a refresher, support with a leadership challenge, or a boost in confidence.
◆ Certificate of Completion
Complete all six modules and receive a Leadership Skills Accelerator™ Certificate of Completion.
Meet Your Facilitator
Nicola Lyle
Founder, Fired Up Leaders
With more than 20 years' experience coaching and developing leaders, Nicola Lyle has helped managers, leaders, and business owners build the confidence, skills, and self-awareness needed to lead people effectively.
Her approach combines practical leadership training with coaching, helping leaders move beyond theory and apply what they learn in the real world.
Through the Leadership Skills Accelerator™, Nicola shares the same tools, frameworks, and leadership practices she has used to help leaders create greater accountability, improve team performance, build stronger relationships, and develop more engaged teams.
What Others Say
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Working with Nicola has brought about significant advances within my professional development. Since working with Nicola I've been able to recognise improvements in many areas of competency, notably in my planning, communication abilities, and most importantly defining and articulating a clear vision and purpose for myself and my teams.
Benjamin Whittington
Head of Business Planning & Analytics, Stannah Group
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The DiSC training has transformed our team, helping us work more effectively together and significantly improving understanding and communication.
Ramona Murray
Service Manager, Conwy County Borough Council
Busy Schedule?
No problem.
Every workshop is recorded and available on demand, allowing you to work through the programme at your own pace.
You can complete the programme in a way that works for you:
- ◆ Watch one workshop at a time
- ◆ Work through the entire programme over a few weeks or months
- ◆ Return whenever you need support with a leadership challenge
You'll also have the opportunity to attend future live deliveries throughout the year if you'd like to revisit the content, refresh your knowledge, and continue developing your leadership skills.
Who Is This Programme For?
The Leadership Skills Accelerator™ is designed for:
- ◆ New leaders stepping into leadership for the first time
- ◆ Established leaders who have never received formal leadership training
- ◆ Experienced leaders who want to strengthen their leadership foundations
- ◆ Organisations developing current and future leaders
- ◆ Business owners responsible for leading and developing teams
If leadership is part of your role, this programme will give you the practical skills and confidence to do it more effectively.
Investment
Leadership Skills Accelerator™
£750
+ VAT
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✔ 6 leadership workshops
✔ 6 downloadable workbooks
✔ Future live workshop access
✔ Ongoing access
✔ Practical leadership skills you can apply immediately
One investment. A complete leadership development programme.
Ready to Become the Leader Your Team Needs?
Most leaders are expected to lead without ever being taught how.
The Leadership Skills Accelerator™ changes that.
You'll gain the confidence, skills, and practical tools to lead people effectively, create greater ownership and accountability, manage performance with clarity, and build a team that doesn't rely on you for every answer.
Whether you're investing in your own development or developing a leader within your organisation, you'll gain leadership skills that deliver benefits long after the programme is complete.
Join the Leadership Skills Accelerator™Investment: £750 + VAT
Build the leadership foundations most people never receive and become the leader your team needs.
