A transformative leadership journey over three interactive online sessions
This isn't a generic management course. Lead with Confidence is designed to build week by week grounded in the real challenges you face.
Lead with Confidence
Leadership Development
A practical leadership journey for managers who want to lead people with clarity, resilience and confidence.
Why Lead with Confidence
More than a generic, one-day management course
Grow with intention and reflection. Not just a training certificate.
Time for self-reflection and discussion with your peers
Every session creates space to ask questions, share your experiences and reflect on your own leadership style and how you want to develop.
Belong to a WhatsApp community for ongoing support
Optionally join our exclusive alumni community where you can continue sharing challenges, asking questions and supporting each other at no additional cost.
Testimonials
What previous cohort members are saying about this course
I have attended a few of Cornerstone's training courses now and they have been very professional, extremely informative and really relatable. I have been on management training courses for over 35 years but these courses with Cornerstone have been invaluable and I would highly recommend engaging with Cornerstone HR Services and their training courses. Outstanding!
Mandy Blow
Trustpilot Review
Leaders in our team have found this programme so helpful and feedback was that it really gave them confidence in their leadership skills and Joe is a great teacher.
Esther Brady, CEO
Property Tectonics
LinkedIn Review
This is a genuinely impactful course which had a profound effect on my understanding of how to lead effectively whilst being authentic and true to my values. The balance of theory and practical work was perfect and the course delivery was engaging and inspiring too.
Joanne Alvey, Legal Director
Horsfield Menzies
It has made me want to think more intentionally about what kind of a leader I want to be.
Anonymous
Given me a much calmer presence, understood how I can develop and the actions I can put in place to be a better leader.
Anonymous
I feel I have shifted from team member to leader and to leading with intention.
Anonymous
It’s been great, it’s a good exploration of different models, it makes you think about what kind of leader you want to be. And gives a good grounding in core leadership principles.
Anonymous
You understand yourself better, gives you more of a clearer mindset and gives you the confidence to deliver from models and tips on how to lead with a confident approach.
Anonymous
It’s a great quality course, with excellent delivery. Very practical too. Made a big difference to my leadership journey.
Anonymous
Week-by-week
Workshop journey
Lead with Confidence gives you something different: three sessions of practical, small group workshops where you bring your real leadership challenges and leave with tools ready to use in your context - whether that's in your charity or business.
Week 1
Foundations of Leadership
Online3 hrs
What you'll learn
A foundational session to help participants shift from individual contributor to leader. Scenario-based discussions focus on trust, delegation, psychological safety and accountability, closing with each participant defining their own leadership brand as an anchor for the rest of the programme.
Key takeaways
- Understand the key mindset shift from individual contributor to leader
- Explore the role of trust as the foundation of high-performing teams
- Identify practical behaviours that build psychological safety from day one
- Apply a structured five-step approach to delegating with clarity and accountability
- Align goals with business priorities and communicate expectations consistently
- Maintain momentum with structured check-ins and address misalignment with confidence
- Empower people to take ownership
- Define your personal leadership brand
Week 2
Feedback & Difficult Conversations
Online3 hrs
What you'll learn
How to give honest, effective feedback and navigate difficult conversations with confidence, with expanded time for scenario practice and role play.
Key takeaways
- Deliver feedback that builds, not breaks
- Structure performance and difficult conversations effectively
- Manage defensiveness and emotional reactions
- Create a learning-focused, accountable culture
Week 3
Resilient Leadership: Emotional Intelligence in Action
Online3 hrs
What you'll learn
This closing session helps leaders understand how their emotions, mindset and behaviour shape team performance, particularly under pressure. It combines emotional intelligence and resilience to support leaders in staying grounded, communicating effectively and maintaining standards during challenging situations.
Key takeaways
- Recognise signs of burnout and emotional overload, and how pressure impacts decision-making
- Use practical tools to stay resilient, grounded and responsive
- Support team wellbeing while maintaining performance and clarity
- Identify emotional triggers and patterns, and their ripple effect on others
- Practise empathetic listening and presence
- Improve self-regulation and impact awareness
- Reflect on your growth across the programme and commit to intentional next steps
Meet your Trainer
Joe Husbands
Learning and Development Consultant
Joe is an award-shortlisted Learning and Development Consultant with experience spanning multiple industries. He designs and delivers high impact training programmes, develops effective talent strategies, and leads consultancy projects that drive measurable performance and growth.
With a particular specialism in leadership and management development, Joe supports organisations to upskill their people in the essential human skills needed to lead effective teams. He has managed teams, partnered closely with stakeholders, and worked with learners at all levels to create bespoke solutions that meet the unique needs of each client.
Why Choose Us
Cornerstone Resources
HR Consultants for charities, churches & small businesses
Five-star rated consultancy working with small businesses and charities across the UK.
Cornerstone Resources work with leaders and teams daily to help them make pragmatic, people-focused decisions that drive performance and wellbeing, as well as remaining compliant with UK employment law.
Because Cornerstone Resources work closely with leaders and managers across hundreds of organisations each year, they understand the unique challenges leaders face and have designed this course to be practical, relevant and grounded in real workplace situations, not theory-heavy models or generic leadership advice.
Location & Investment
Course details
Delivered fully online via interactive Zoom workshops.
Course Price
Investment
Standard Price
£695+VAT
per person
(£834 including VAT)
Are you a client of Cornerstone Resources?
Clients on a monthly partnership contract can book a place using their pre-arranged monthly hours. This includes the 20% training discount provided to partnered clients. Just select use allocated hours above the registration form.
If you prefer not to use your pre-arranged monthly hours and would rather pay the fixed fee, you can pay by card however this will be charged as full price and not include the 20% training discount.
Commercial Clients booking with hours
For commercial clients, this will be charged as 5 hours per person from your allocated monthly time.
Charity Clients booking with hours
For charity clients, this will be charged as 6 hours per person from your allocated monthly time, reflecting your 20% charity discount.
For your calendar
Dates and times
We have one remaining cohort this year, running September and October. All sessions are fully online and hosted on Zoom.
23 February
09:30 – 12:30
Zoom
9 March
09:30 – 12:30
Zoom
23 March
09:30 – 12:30
Zoom
21 April
09:30 – 12:30
Zoom
5 May
09:30 – 12:30
Zoom
19 May
09:30 – 12:30
Zoom
23 September
09:30 – 12:30
Zoom
7 October
09:30 – 12:30
Zoom
21 October
09:30 – 12:30
Zoom
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Secure your place today
Book your place on our September–October cohort
Lead with Confidence: September - October cohort
Delivered fully online via interactive Zoom workshops.
Course price: £695 +VAT
Zoom links will be provided in your booking confirmation email.
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Contact usIn-house delivery
Bring Lead with Confidence in-house
The same programme, built around your team and your challenges.
If you've got several managers who'd benefit from this, there's a more efficient way to do it than sending them one at a time to an open cohort.
Run Lead with Confidence in-house and every manager goes through it together. It's the same scenario-based approach throughout, but the scenarios are built around your language, your systems, and the situations your managers are actually facing, rather than composite examples designed to work for a room of strangers.
Why organisations choose to bring it in-house:
One shared standard of leadership.
Instead of a handful of managers picking up different ideas from different cohorts, your whole leadership team comes out speaking the same language on delegation, feedback and accountability.
Scenarios built around your context.
The same real-workplace-tension format, but referencing your actual policies, structure and the situations your managers are genuinely facing, rather than generic examples that have to work for any organisation.
More cost-effective at scale.
Once you've got a group of managers, in-house delivery works out more efficient than individual bookings — and everyone's freed up at the same time, rather than in and out across different months.
Confidential, not competitive.
Your managers can be candid about real challenges without worrying who else from another business is in the room.
A visible investment in your people.
Rolling this out signals to your managers that leadership development isn't an afterthought — it's part of how you do things.
This works well for:
- Growing SMEs with a cluster of new or first-time managers
- Charities scaling their staff or volunteer leadership structure
- Multi-site or multi-branch organisations wanting one consistent leadership standard across locations
- Networks, franchises or membership bodies wanting to offer this to member organisations
The same three-week structure with the same practical, scenario-based approach, delivered exclusively for your people at a time that suits your calendar.
Enquire about in-house delivery
Tell us a bit about your team size and structure and we'll come back with a proposal.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can't find the answer you're looking for?
Contact usand we'll be happy to help.
What happens if a session is cancelled?
If we need to cancel a session, we will either reschedule it or provide a pro-rata refund for that session.
What if the trainer is unable to deliver?
If the trainer is unavailable and no suitable substitute is available, the session will be rescheduled or refunded on a pro-rata basis.
Can I transfer my place to someone else?
Yes, with prior agreement. Please contact us in advance.
What if I miss a session?
Refunds are not available for missed sessions.
Is this course recorded?
Sessions will not be recorded, however you will receive the key takeaways and reflective document following the session.
What if I have accessibility requirements?
Please contact us in advance and we will do our best to accommodate reasonable requirements.
Terms & Conditions
Course terms
These terms explain how we manage bookings, delivery and participation for the Lead with Confidence programme.
1. Booking & Payment
Places on the programme are confirmed once payment has been received in full, unless otherwise agreed in writing.
Bookings are made per participant and are not transferable without prior agreement.
All prices are exclusive of VAT unless stated otherwise.
2. Programme Delivery
The programme is delivered live online unless otherwise stated.
Session dates and times will be confirmed in advance.
We reserve the right to make reasonable changes to session content, timing or delivery format where necessary, provided the learning outcomes remain materially the same.
3. Trainer Availability & Substitution
In the unlikely event that the named trainer is unable to deliver a session, we will make reasonable efforts to provide a suitably qualified substitute from within our organisation.
Where no suitable substitute is available, the affected session will be rescheduled to a mutually agreed date, or cancelled with a pro-rata refund for the affected session only.
We are not liable for any additional costs incurred by participants as a result of rescheduling or cancellation. This protects you while still feeling fair and reasonable.
4. Cancellations by Us
We reserve the right to cancel or postpone a session or programme due to unforeseen circumstances, including illness, technical failure, or circumstances beyond our control.
Where a session or programme is cancelled by us, participants will be offered a rescheduled session, or a pro-rata refund for the affected session(s).
5. Participant Cancellations & Refunds
If a participant cancels more than 14 days before the programme start date, a full refund will be issued.
If a participant cancels within 14 days of the programme start date, no refund will be provided.
Once the programme has started, refunds are not available for missed sessions or partial attendance.
Participants may nominate a substitute attendee with prior agreement. (You can adjust the notice period if you wish.)
6. Attendance & Participation
Participants are responsible for attending sessions and ensuring they have appropriate access to the required technology.
We are not responsible for missed sessions due to technical issues on the participant’s side.
Sessions will not be recorded for future use.
7. Programme Materials & IP
All programme materials, content, frameworks and resources remain the intellectual property of Cornerstone Resources.
Materials are provided for the participant’s personal development only and must not be shared, reproduced or distributed without written permission.
8. Confidentiality
We ask all participants to respect the confidentiality of personal or organisational information shared during sessions.
We cannot guarantee confidentiality where participants choose to share information in group discussions.
This is especially important for church and charity contexts.
9. Liability
We do not accept liability for any loss, damage or injury arising from participation in the programme, except where required by law.
The programme provides leadership development and does not constitute legal, financial, medical or pastoral advice.
10. Data Protection
Personal data will be processed in accordance with UK data protection legislation.
Data will be used solely for the purposes of programme administration and communication.
11. Governing Law
These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of England and Wales.