Skills Accelerator Programme

Skills Accelerator Programme Bridging the Skills Gap for Leaders

“Cranfield’s Skills Accelerator Programme has been designed to deliver a hands-on, problem-solving learning experience with real-world business application. Participants acquire the tools to make an immediate and lasting impact - for themselves and their organisations.”

Dr Steph Russell Head of Skills and Accreditation

Designed to promote personal and professional growth through skills-based learning, this programme takes a current business challenge and supports participants to utilise tools and frameworks that can offer solutions to complex workplace demands. Develop comprehensive skill sets that strengthen resilience and promote critical thinking to future-proof your organisation’s leadership in an ever-evolving business landscape. By addressing key skills gaps and exploring the knowledge and competencies required for professional and organisational growth, leaders will emerge with a powerful strategic roadmap for their business and reinvigorated personal influence to deliver success. The programme offers a world-class, immersive experience designed to promote personal and professional growth through skills-based learning. Future leaders will need new skills and a strategic mindset to navigate uncertainty, drive innovation, and inspire teams.

Who should attend? Leaders and senior managers who are eager to elevate their capabilities, build their skills for the future, and achieve a recognised professional qualification. Supporting either a solo participant or organisational group approach, the programme creates a platform that provides a focused and structured opportunity to work on a critical business challenge. For organisational cohorts, the ability to bring together key stakeholders adds valuable cross-functional collaboration that can drive fast and effective change.

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Learning experience and outcomes

Develop executive-level skills in communication, problem-solving, stakeholder engagement, project management, and influencing techniques.

Focus on the skills needed for successful leaders, aligned to the future skills agenda.

Immersive and interactive experience, focused on implementable outcomes.

Collaborate with organisational colleagues and network with professionals from other sectors.

Impact delivered through a strategic proposal tailored to your organisation’s needs.

Learn directly from world-class faculty who will challenge and inspire.

An (optional) Chartered Management Institute (CMI) award in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice and Foundation Chartered Manager (fCMgr) status upon completion of a post-programme 3,000-word assignment.

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Programme Director

Dr Stephanie Russell Steph has extensive teaching, learning and leadership experience in the higher education sector. She is Programme Director for the Skills Accelerator Programme and the Senior Leader Executive Programme, with additional responsibility for leading and delivering the skills agenda at Cranfield. Steph works closely with participants and employers to ensure programmes fully address current and future skills needs, and provide strategic leaders with the requisite competencies to future-proof their organisations.

To book contact: Cranfield Executive Development team Tel: +44 (0)1234 754500 Email: execdev@cranfield.ac.uk For more information visit: www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/sap

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Learning and courses for the decade ahead. Our business development team are waiting to talk to you. T: +44 (0)1234 754500 E: execdev@cranfield.ac.uk www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/sap

The solution described in this document is provide by Cranfield Management Development Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cranfield University. Every effort is made to ensure that the information in this leaflet is correct at the time it is printed. Please check www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive for the latest details.

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