ISH SHORT COURSES – Leadership Accelerator

ISH SHORT COURSES

Leadership Accelerator

One unique day. Leadership lessons for a lifetime.

Leadership Accelerator

Uniting insights from elite sport, business and the military

The Leadership Accelerator is a 1-day course run by ISH at the world-renowned Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, home of British Army leadership.

The day will inspire and fast-track leadership development for the next generation of leaders.

In a dynamic and diverse program, delegates will engage with world-class leaders who’ve worked at the decisionmaking frontline across different sectors.

With behind-the-scenes access and insights, the Leadership Accelerator will inspire leaders of all kinds of teams.

Sandhurst x ISH

Sandhurst (RMAS) has led thinking about leadership, theory and practice, for over 200 years.

All officer cadets learn to live by the academy’s motto: ‘Serve to Lead.’

This is a unique opportunity to access RMAS, not otherwise open to the public.

ISH provides innovative education for today’s current and future leaders. ISH has educated top leaders across the sports sector – on and off the field.

ISH’s Leadership in Sport MA programme has educated captains, coaches and senior executives in elite sport (both ‘high performance’ and the business of sport).

2024 (TBC)

Oct/Nov

Day

Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

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Who Should Attend?

Students 16-19yrs

Schools

Current and prospective school leadership, team captains, music/arts leaders

Clubs & Academies

Current and prospective club captains, coaches and senior leadership team

Key Takeaways

High performance - gain insight about the principles that drive high performing teams

‘Followership’ - understand how great teams rely on ‘followership’ as well as leadership

Decision-making - learn techniques for effective decision-making in highconsequence situations

Learning Methods

Clubs & Academies

Current and prospective age-group senior leadership

‘Teaming’ - the art and science of building teamwork

Life balance - seeking the ‘long win’ via sustainable attitudes to success and achievement

Enhance employability - gain a leadership certificate from ISH to help differentiate delegates in future applications and roles

Presentations by world-class sporting and industry leaders

Immersive Command Tasks Tour of Sandhurst Interactive leadership workshop

Structure

The day interweaves presentations to the whole group alongside smaller workshop stations:

Presentations

• Ed Smith on building winning teams

• Cath Bishop on long-term development

• Langley Sharp MBE teamwork under extreme pressure

Activities

• Command Tasks – RMAS Staff

• Leadership workshop – by ‘Frontier Leadership’

• Venue Tour – RMAS

Oct/Nov ‘24 - tbc

10:00 – 10:30

10:30 – 12:00

12:00 – 13:00

13:00 – 14:00

14:00 – 15:00

15:00 – 16:00

16:00 – 16:30

Arrival, Registration & Coffee

Presentations

Activity Lunch Activity Activity

Refreshments & guests depart

Speakers

ISH Testimonials

Ed Smith

Ed is Director and Co-Founder of ISH. As a professional cricketer, he captained Middlesex and played for England. He was Chief Selector for England cricket from 2018-21, including England’s first ever World Cup win. His fifth book, Making Decisions – putting the human back in the machine, was published in 2022.

Langley Sharp MBE

Langley is the former Head of the Centre for Army Leadership, supporting leadership excellence across the Army. He served in Northern Ireland, Macedonia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He is the author of the British Army’s official account of leadership, The Habit of Excellence. Langley now runs Frontier Leadership.

Cath Bishop

Cath draws on her careers as an Olympic rower and as a conflict diplomat, combined with her experience of working with a wide range of organisations across sectors to raise performance, transform cultures and develop effective leadership and teams. Cath is the author of ‘The Long Win’.

“I’ve really enjoyed the ISH’s Leadership program. It’s made me think differently about decisions in my captaincy role and how I think about my own biases”

Heather Knight, England Cricket Captain

“ISH is fantastic at challenging your thinking and allowing you to pursue different aspects of Leadership”

Tim Foster, The FA “ISH provide a unique opportunity to engage with key themes in sport. There are high quality speakers and great insight to challenge your thinking”