Most organisations do not set out to neglect their managers. It happens by default. People are promoted for being good at the job, given a team, and left to work out the leadership part as they go. The work gets done, mostly, but the gap...
Think about the last person you promoted into management. There is a good chance they earned it by being excellent at the job they were doing, the strongest operator on the team, the one who delivered. Then, almost overnight, the work changed. Instead of doing...
From 1 September 2026, the UK government is withdrawing levy funding from sixteen apprenticeship standards. Three of them sit at the centre of how thousands of organisations have developed their managers for the past decade: Team Leader, Operations Manager, and Coaching Professional. If your organisation...
The most common time to commission management training for a newly promoted manager is several months after the promotion, once the gaps have become visible. By then, the manager has already formed habits, some useful, some not, and the team has already calibrated its expectations of them. Changing both...
The management training market in the UK is large, well-populated, and, on the surface, remarkably uniform. Every provider claims to deliver behaviour change. Every brochure promises better managers. Every website features case studies, testimonials, and accreditation logos. The language has converged to the point where...
In 2024, the Chartered Management Institute published research conducted in partnership with YouGov that found 82% of managers who enter management positions have had no formal management and leadership training. The CMI named the phenomenon 'accidental managers', and the label has since become widely used...
If your organisation has been developing managers and leaders through levy-funded apprenticeships, the next few months will require some decisions. This month, the government confirmed that Levy funding for Level 3 to Level 6 management and leadership apprenticeship standards will be removed from September 2026,...
This week, the Government axed 16 apprenticeship standards, including Team Leader, Operations Manager, and Chartered Manager. If your organisation has relied on levy funding for leadership development, that news landed hard. But alongside those cuts came something equally significant: a major redirection of funding towards...
The Apprenticeship Levy Has Changed. Your Leadership Pipeline Doesn't Have To If your organisation has relied on Level 7 apprenticeships to develop senior leaders and coaching professionals, 2026 has brought a significant and immediate problem. From 1 January 2026, there have been important apprenticeship levy changes...
The UK government has announced a significant change to apprenticeship funding, with Level 7 (equivalent to postgraduate/Master’s level) apprenticeships now set to lose financial support. This decision will impact businesses and professionals looking to upskill through high-level apprenticeship programmes, particularly in fields such as digital...