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How it’s different
Specially designed for: organisations that want to strengthen their leadership pipeline particularly for women and people from underrepresented groups.
The Becoming Journey® is our proven leadership development programme. Grounded in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and learning theory, it goes beyond skills training to develop the psychological flexibility leaders need to thrive.
Rather than asking people to fit a narrow idea of what leadership looks like, it enables individuals to become the leader they were meant to be in a way that works for them and for their organisation.
With The Becoming Journey®, the results are tangible:
Participants step into leadership with greater confidence and clarity
Retention improves as people feel seen, invested in, and equipped to grow
Organisations build a diverse pipeline that's evidenced by real outcomes
Leadership culture shifts — from conformity to authentic, committed performance
Your problem
Examples of when or why you might need us:
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HR Director in a large organisation…
who knows high-potential women or people from your priority backgrounds are plateauing and wants a structured, evidence-based approach that will actually move the dial.
Senior leader managing structural and cultural transformation…
who needs your people to lead through it - not just manage it - with confidence and clarity.
A Learning & Development Professional…
who has seen limited impact from investment in modular programmes and wants lasting change, not just certificates.
Our difference is that we understand the complexity of developing leaders inside large organisations with competing demands. Talk to us about the challenge you're facing and see how we can adapt our method to your context.
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The Insight: Leadership isn't the problem, traditional development is
Our approach is different because it starts with a clear-eyed understanding of why leadership development often fails. Most programmes focus on what leaders know and what they can do. Adding knowledge, skills and behaviours. That matters, of course. But what determines whether someone truly steps into leadership is their psychological flexibility: how they think, how they process challenge, and how they make decisions under pressure.
One in three participants securing promotion within 18 months, and 98% retained by their employer over three years.
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The Method: A tailored journey, not an off-the-shelf programme
The Becoming Journey® isn't a fixed curriculum it's a multi-step journey tailored to the organisation and participant group. Dr Alison Maitland and Liz Walker lead the programme, supported by a diverse team of expert coaches. It can be delivered online, in-person, or via a blended approach and we recommend a timeline of 3-4 months.
Modules 1-3
Participants explore who they are as a leader, work through unhelpful patterns using ACT techniques, and begin building the peer relationships and coaching circles that will sustain them through the journey.
Who am I?
Dropping the struggle
Team me
Modules 4-6
The deeper work, finding firm ground, exploring what holds people back, and discerning the story they want to tell about themselves and their career.
Finding firm ground
Exploring the shadows
Discerning my story
Modules 7-8
Participants turn insight into action, navigating their career with clarity and purpose, and identifying the ripples of impact they want to create.
Navigating my career
Creating the ripples
Coaching
Circles
Peer cohort groups run throughout, facilitated by expert coaches, creating the connection and community that makes the learning stick long after the programme ends.
Case Study: Unlocking progression for leaders at DE&S
“This course has by far been the best personal development opportunity I have ever received; it has given me the tools to recognise my authentic self and be comfortable with who I am.”
Programme participant, Defence Equipment & Support
Stronger teams start here
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Working with us on leadership development means getting more than a programme. You get a structured, evidence-based journey tailored to your people and your organisation one that creates lasting change in confidence, progression, and pipeline diversity.
Contact us to discuss how The Becoming Journey® can work for you.