Cymraeg

Academi Wales

Senior Leadership Experience

  • Audience
    Senior leaders in Welsh public service organisations

  • Dates
    January to July 2027

  • Location
    Blended learning, mix of virtual and in-person events
    North Wales cohort
    South Wales cohort

  • Duration
    2.5 days (5 sessions over 7 months)

  • Cost
    No fee

Information

Applications will close on 20 November 2026; however, we reserve the right to close applications earlier if we receive a high volume of submissions. Please ensure that you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. 

Overview

If you are a dynamic and courageous senior leader, determined to have a wider impact by leading and driving change within a culture of trust and compassion, then this Experience is for you.

The Experience combines diagnostics with personal development feedback and coaching, offering support and challenge in a comprehensive coaching session to deepen personal reflection and learning transfer.

As One Welsh Public Service, we have a shared purpose and shared drivers to achieve a better and lasting quality of life for us all.

Benefits to you

You will be able to:

  • explore your personal behaviours and leadership styles, team climate, relationships and emotional intelligence
  • identify areas for personal and team growth, and leadership development
  • meet and work with colleagues from other Welsh public services

"... very positive in looking at the next stage change within our service, and my role in this, useful to understand better the organisational culture and how this impacts on my team"
Previous participant

Leadership behaviours

This learning Experience will help you to develop your leadership behaviours in the following areas:

Learning and self-awareness

Drive and resilience

Championing innovation and change

Building collaboration and partnership

Sharing leadership

Target audience

  • Experienced leaders - people with more leadership experience - leading functions or services by setting strategic direction and ensuring alignment between multiple teams.
  • Board leaders - providing governance and strategic direction for an organisation - Board members, Chairs, and Chief Executives.

Open to senior leaders in Welsh public service organisations who:

  • want to lead through uncertainty, growth and change in their organisations
  • want to re-visit and refine their own assumptions and understanding, to improve their leadership practice
  • lead a minimum of 3 people
  • manage other managers
  • have a minimum of 3 peers
  • have a minimum of 3 other colleagues

Time commitments

Virtual briefing (1.5 hours, virtual) - 12 January

Profiling (1 day, in-person) - 6 April

Coaching session 1 (1.5 hours, virtual or in-person) - by 16 April

Coaching session 2 (1.5 hours, virtual or in-person) - by 28 May

Learning into action (1 day, in-person) - 13 July

Virtual briefing (1.5 hours, virtual) - 14 January

Profiling (1 day, in-person) - 8 April

Coaching session 1 (1.5 hours, virtual or in-person) - by 16 April

Coaching session 2 (1.5 hours, virtual or in-person) - by 28 May

Learning into action (1 day, in-person) - 15 July

Cost

We are pleased to announce that for this cohort we are waiving the usual fee of £350+VAT.

Please note that should you be awarded a place and then withdraw, your organisation will be required to pay the full cost.

How to apply

Applicants must first meet all mandatory requirements, including line manager agreement, attendance commitment and suitability for the Senior Leadership Experience.

Applications will close on 20 November 2026; however, we reserve the right to close applications earlier if we receive a high volume of submissions. Please ensure that you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. 

To find more details and apply, please see our detailed information

More information

To find more details about the Experience, please see our detailed information.