Leadership Take-Off

Lead Like a Captain, Think Like a Crew

This programme brings proven aviation leadership principles into the corporate world, helping first-time managers develop the skills needed to lead in complex, fast-paced environments.

Drawing on Human Factors and Crew Resource Management (CRM), participants learn to improve decision-making, communication, collaboration, situational awareness, and team performance.

Managers learn to Lead Like a Captain, providing direction, accountability, and sound judgement, while Thinking Like a Crew, fostering trust, psychological safety, and shared responsibility.

The result is confident leaders who can build resilient, high-performing teams and achieve sustainable results through people.

Measurement of Success

Individual
  • DISC behavioural growth
  • Leadership confidence
  • Feedback effectiveness
  • Decision quality
Team
  • Employee engagement
  • Psychological safety scores
  • Retention
  • Collaboration metrics
Business
  • Productivity
  • Customer outcomes
  • Error reduction
  • Change adoption
Course duration
Course Duration:
6 weeks
Certificate valid
Certificate Valid:
On-going
Learning Delivery Style
Learning Delivery Style:
Blended

Programme Structure

Module 1:   From Technical Expert to Leader

Module 2:   DISC and Leadership Agility

Module 3:   Human Factors Fundamentals

Module 4:   Situational Awareness for Leaders

Module 5:   High-Performance Team Leadership

Module 6:   Psychological Safety and Speaking Up

Module 7:   Leadership Judgement

Module 8:   Difficult Conversations and Performance Management

Module 9:   Workload, Fatigue and Wellbeing

Module 10:  Learning Culture and Operational Excellence

Cost pp: £1200.00
Charge for minimum of 4 learners per booking.
Additional Learner: £599.00 (Each)
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The Corporate Flight Deck

Participants manage a realistic business scenario involving:

  • Organisational change
  • Customer escalation
  • Resource constraints
  • Team conflict
  • Executive pressure

They must demonstrate:

  • DISC adaptability
  • CRM behaviours
  • Human factors awareness
  • Situational awareness
  • Leadership communication
  • Decision-making

Leadership Toolkit Provided

Participants receive:

  • DISC Leadership Guide
  • Aviation leadership toolkit
  • Human Factors Handbook
  • Situational Awareness Checklist
  • CRM Team Leadership Guide
  • PACE Challenge Framework
  • DECIDE Decision Model
  • Threat & Error Management Template
  • Leadership Debrief Guide
  • First-Time Manager Playbook

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