Executive Education

This course covers the essential aspects of successfully developing and managing your business: operations, finance, growth and innovation, marketing, change, customer relations and HR. Designed for senior leaders and decision makers, it will help you better manage, grow and successfully take your business to the next level. This course has a hands-on evidence-based approach, and includes real-world case studies. By the end of it, you will be able to identify and better navigate the challenges that your business faces, and develop a concrete business growth plan for your specific business needs. Led by our Kent Business School’s world-class academics.

This course delves deeper into the challenges of corporate governance and finance today. Designed for senior leaders and decision makers, it explores corporate governance in a global context, sustainability, banking and finance, managing and leading people, AI, analytics and organisational decision making. Across theory and practice, this course gives you the opportunity to conceptualise wider sector challenges and develop applicable solutions. Led by our Kent Business School’s world-class academics.

This executive education training course focuses on enhancing project management skills for professionals working at a high decision-making level. It examines best project management practices, strategies and mindsets; it likewise engages with best communication and operation management practices so that projects are not only better managed but also better implemented. As such, it offers a holistic and applicable approach to project management. Led by our Kent Business School’s world-class academics and industry experts.

This executive programme develops the leadership capabilities needed to drive performance and lead change across organisations at all levels. You will learn to diagnose leadership challenges, apply effective leadership behaviours to manage and sustain change—a critical skill for today’s leaders. Grounded in cutting-edge academic research, the course explores leadership versus management, influencing teams, strategic decision-making and working across cultures. Through applied learning and reflection, you will strengthen your leadership approach and build an adaptive, results-focused mindset. Led by world-class academics from the University of Kent, this course combines rigorous academic insights with practical tools to develop critical leadership capabilities.

This executive education course focuses on understanding and diagnosing social problems in ways that matter for organisational decision-making. It explores the critical importance and challenges of corporate social responsibility, stakeholder engagement and cross-sector collaboration. It helps leaders identify the underlying dynamics of complex social issues, understand how societal expectations form and evolve, and assess their implications for strategy, legitimacy and performance. Participants will develop the analytical capacity and acquire the practical skills to interpret stakeholder pressures more effectively, and respond with greater clarity, responsibility and strategic alignment. Content can be tailored to specific contexts and needs. Led by the University of Kent’s world-class academics.  

This course equips leaders with the skills to influence effectively, build trust, and communicate with clarity in complex organisational settings. Whether your focus is interpersonal leadership communication or strategic messaging and influencing, you will learn to communicate persuasively, adapt to different audiences and situations, and inspire action to drive collaboration and results. Drawing on leadership communication and strategic messaging, the course explores audience perception, timing and context, non-verbal cues, and handling high-stakes conversations with confidence and credibility. Content can be tailored to internal or external applications, practical communication techniques, broader communication judgement, change, conflict, negotiation, executive presence and intercultural communication. Led by the University of Kent’s world-class academics.  

This executive programme equips leaders with the confidence and capability to reach effective agreements in complex organisational and commercial environments. It helps you develop practical and effective skills, whether negotiating internally and managing priorities, resources and stakeholder expectations; externally with clients, suppliers and partners; or on a broader mix of day-to-day negotiation and difficult, high-stakes conversations. Flexible in focus, the course can be tailored to emphasise practical negotiation tactics, broader leadership skills in influence, relationship management, navigating competing interests, handling conflict constructively and reaching agreement in complex stakeholder settings. Led by the University of Kent’s world-class academics.  

This course builds on core communication and negotiation skills to help you set meaningful goals, develop strategies and translate them into measurable results, both personally and professionally. You will develop practical coaching techniques to support performance, strengthen engagement and foster a culture of growth across your teams. The course explores how coaching can enhance inclusion, develop talent and build a more connected, high-performing workforce. Designed for managers, business leaders and decision makers, it equips participants with the skills to lead with clarity, empower others and embed a positive, growth-oriented, inclusive mindset within your organisation. Led by leading professionals and industry experts from the University of Kent, this programme combines evidence-based insights with practical tools to drive lasting impact.

We also offer a highly acclaimed, transformative coaching programme for NHS leaders in partnership with the NHS Leadership Academy.

In today’s fast-changing world, this professional development training course addresses a crucial business concern: the risks and challenges of AI technology. It uniquely combines legal, regulatory and sector perspectives, and explores the different ways AI can be used for business optimisation, marketing and growth. By the end of it, you will improve your AI literacy, identify the potential of AI for your business or professional context, and learn how to draft key AI legal documents. This course is ideal for SMEs and professionals from any industry. Led by the University of Kent’s world-class academics and industry experts.

This course is designed to enhance your cultural intelligence (CQ). CQ refers to the capability to relate and work effectively across cultures. It encompasses one's ability to successfully adapt to unfamiliar cultural contexts and thrive in diverse settings. It comprises motivation, knowledge, strategy and behaviour. In today's globalised world, cultural intelligence is increasingly vital for both personal and professional success, enabling meaningful cross-cultural relationships and effective international collaboration. The course includes a standardised CQ assessment by the Cultural Intelligence Center. By the end of it, you will develop an action plan of how to best implement your CQ in your personal and professional contexts. Led by University of Kent facilitators certified by the Cultural Intelligence Centre.