I love learning through Leader-Connect, brilliant for my own and my team’s leadership development.
An 18 video course on how to build great teams.
Who is the course for?
If you want to make your team or organisation more effective this course is for you. You might be running a community project or club, or leading a business, either way you will find this course interesting and useful. Building high-performing teams is an essential aspect of effective leadership, and if you do this well you will leadership is much easier. This course will give you the skills to build a strong and successful team.
What you’ll get from the course.
This course will help you to bring out the best from the people in your team and will show you how to focus effort and achieve results. Leadership isn’t about working hard; it is about increasing your positive impact by engaging others. Effective leaders build strong teams, and then they trust those teams to think, create and act. This course will give you the theory and support you need to build your own effective team.
Topics covered include:
How to use the course.
There are two aspects to this, firstly your own learning – where we suggest that you take time to digest and apply each lesson, and you might also choose to work with a partner, mentor or coach you can discuss ideas with. It would also make sense for you to share the content with your team and engage them in productive discussion about the ideas in this course could be applied in the team they are part of. As such the videos are not just for your own education, they can serve as an immediate catalyst for the development and continuous improvement of your team.
Additional Material. You might like to purchase a copy of Neil Jurd’s the Leadership Book to support your development. It is available on Amazon, or can be bought through the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst shop following this link: The Leadership Book.
The Course Host
Neil Jurd OBE is the author of The Leadership Book and founder of Leader-Connect the online learning and leadership training organisation. A former army officer, he has led soldiers on operations around the world, and spent two years teaching leadership at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Neil is a regular guest on leadership related podcasts, and his articles about leadership have featured in Forbes Magazine, People Management and HR Magazine. Clients for his leadership talks and courses include the UK Board of Santander, BDP Singapore Ports, Virgin Media, Sanofi and the University of Sheffield. Neil is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership, is an Honorary Teaching Fellow of Lancaster University, and was appointed OBE in 2021.
Read how individuals and companies have benefited from undertaking in person and online leadership courses with Leader-Connect.
I love learning through Leader-Connect, brilliant for my own and my team’s leadership development.
Deputy Director, University of Sheffield
Leader-Connect online courses are an excellent tool for leadership development. Great courses for leaders in any line of work.
CEO Greater Manchester Youth Federation
“I’ve really enjoyed the variety in the learning approach on the Leadership Development Programme — from role play and games through to quiet reflection and team tasks — which kept the sessions engaging and made the learning easy to connect to real situations.
The session on teaching teams how to use the OODA model was particularly valuable for me personally. I’ve really enjoyed the course overall and have appreciated the relationships built along the way.”
Delegate, University of Sheffield
Neil gave a keynote talk to all of our Executive Team and Trust Leaders. He spoke about leadership and was very engaging – leaving us wanting more. The talk has already had an impact. We also bought copies of the leadership book for our leadership team and everyone has really enjoyed reading it & learning from it. We are keen to invite Neil back next year!
Deputy CEO, Bright Futures Educational Trust
The Leadership Development Programme is an excellent course. Full of lots of great content, but also thoroughly enjoyable and led by two enormously lovely guys in Paul & Marcus.
Delegate, University of Sheffield
“Spending a day with Neil Jurd was genuinely transformational. It sharpened my sense of purpose as a Headteacher, brought fresh clarity to how I lead, and gave me renewed energy for the future. Colleagues noticed the difference immediately – that sense of clarity, calm and purpose that Neil draws out so naturally.
That’s why I’ve now booked all 21 of our Extended Leadership Team onto Neil’s leadership programme. It’s the perfect blend of inspiration and practicality – designed for schools, rooted in real leadership, and accessible through his excellent online platform. If you’re serious about developing people and culture, start here.”
Headteacher - Dallam School