Leadership Development Programme:
Give your staff the confidence to lead
Increase confidence and unlock the career potential of your research leaders
Support, engage and accelerate critical members of staff with a highly practical and transformative talent and leadership development programme that invites your people to explore and workshop important aspects of personal leadership, effectiveness and career management.

Leadership Development Programme Overview
What our delegates can expect
3 months of powerful learning that lasts
Day 1
Strengthen leadership
Day 2
Boost effectiveness
Day 3
Chart a viable career path
Strengthening the entire ecosystem
We help our delegates strengthen relational leadership
and teamwork over time
The key benefits for the institutional sponsor
WHAT OUR DELEGATES SAY
This is a must-have course for technicians and assistants at every stage of their careers! It empowered me in a way that my industry has been unable to do before. Support for us is so important and this course has been great for me!
Past Leadership Delegate
The course has given me such clarity and has transformed my ability to juggle different tasks and demands in my life. I love how it has taught me to think holistically about leadership both personally and professionally.
Past Leadership Delegate
Meet Your Facilitators

Dr Magdalena Bak-Maier – Programme Creator and Lead
Magdalena is the go-to leadership developer for academics and researchers worldwide, creator of the Grid work-life balance method described as a “complete life-saver” by academics and students.
Katie Conley – Executive Career Coach Facilitator
Katie is a licensed career coach with over 25 years’ of experience supporting people in navigating careers. She loves working with people to help them gain career clarity, along with an understanding of the career path that is right for them.


Mourjin (Mourine) Bok – Executive Career Coach Facilitator
Mourijn is a certified Executive and Career Coach and a psychologist by training. She has extensive experience supporting doctors and other health and clinical professionals as a career coach for Health Education England (HEE) and brings a stellar supportive challenge with a creative flare.
Interested in bringing this offering to your workplace?
Book a 30-minute free consultation to explore how this offering can:
- support early career researcher development and sector retention
- contribute to your EDI and healthy workplace culture strategy
- ensure you retain and attract the best talent.