Managing people is more challenging than ever. Today’s managers are navigating:
With the Employment Rights Bill introducing over 28 reforms between 2025 and 2027, managers will be directly responsible for embedding legal compliance into their everyday practice.
That’s why leadership and management training is no longer optional. Managers need the right mix of technical knowledge, interpersonal skills, and confidence to lead effectively, fairly, and compliantly.
At Hunter Adams, we understand the cost of getting people management wrong. That’s why we design leadership skills training courses that are:
We help managers not only learn but also apply their skills back on the job, embedding confidence, competence, and improved ways of working.
Below is a selection of our ready-to-deliver learning and development training courses. Each is designed to give managers the leadership skills they need to thrive.
Explore the difference between leadership and management, understand your own leadership style, and discover how leaders influence employee engagement and workplace culture.
This training also highlights leadership skills examples in practice, from inspiring team commitment to managing hybrid teams effectively.
Learn how to set expectations, deliver motivational feedback, and handle underperformance. Includes guidance on writing effective PIPs and managing emotional responses constructively.
Understand how to manage short- and long-term sickness absence, conduct return-to-work interviews, and know when to use informal or formal processes. Covers managing sickness absence best practices.
Gain the skills to investigate workplace issues fairly, manage witnesses, demonstrate neutrality, and prepare objective reports. Essential for managers involved in disciplinary or grievance cases.
Covers the new mandatory employer duty to prevent sexual harassment, what constitutes harassment, third-party harassment, and how managers should handle informal and formal reports.
Understand the causes of conflict, its impact on teams, and practical strategies for resolving disputes constructively. Builds confidence in handling difficult situations.
Covers legislation, processes, and how to manage capability vs. conduct issues. Helps managers feel confident leading or participating in disciplinary and grievance procedures.
Learn how to recruit staff effectively, from compliance in recruitment law to preparing interview questions, assessing candidates, and improving staff recruitment outcomes.
Raise awareness of discrimination, unconscious bias, harassment, and bullying. Covers the advantages of providing equality, diversity and inclusion training and builds inclusive leadership skills.
Also referred to as DEI training (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), this course helps managers understand and apply inclusive practices. For anyone wondering about the DEI training meaning in a UK workplace context, we explore both the moral and commercial advantages of creating inclusive environments.
Our leadership training for managers is designed to fit around busy schedules:
This ensures that managers get the most from training without disrupting business operations.
Explore our Senior Leadership Training or contact us to design a bespoke leadership development program tailored to your organisation.
