Lead Like This: Online Leadership Development Training

11/06/2025

Why We Created Lead Like This: Leadership Development Programme

At Lead Happy, we’ve always believed leadership isn’t about bravado or bravura. It’s about showing up with clarity, calm and a strong sense of self—and creating the kind of environment where others can do the same. But too often, we’ve seen the people most in need of leadership development left to figure things out on their own.

We’ve supported senior executives, yes—but also first-time managers, new team leads, and “accidental leaders” who found themselves responsible for people without ever being shown how to lead them. Lead Like This was born to support those people. The ones who are full of potential, influence and care—but don’t yet have the tools, mindset or support to lead with confidence.

A Leadership Gap That’s Been Left Too Long

There’s a growing gap between what’s expected of leaders and what they’re prepared for. We ask people to manage hybrid teams, navigate complexity, motivate others, deal with conflict, and inspire performance—yet we rarely give them the space to grow into those responsibilities.

We saw it again and again. Organisations either bought in expensive leadership solutions that lacked nuance and adaptability, or invested heavily in bespoke programmes built for everyone—and lost clarity along the way.

Lead Like This is designed to sit in the middle. A focused, repeatable programme that speaks directly to the modern challenges leaders face today—and equips them to respond with clarity, humanity and skill.

What Makes It Different

This isn’t training-as-usual. Lead Like This is a 12-week leadership journey built around six practical fundamentals of modern leadership, from emotional intelligence to team performance and communication that actually connects.

It’s been carefully crafted from years of real-world experience. Anna Jester, Lead Happy’s founder and creator of Lead Like This, has built her own leadership career across multiple sectors and spent over 20 years coaching and supporting leaders to develop theirs. Her trademark blend of insight, warmth and humour runs through every session.

We don’t teach in theory. We invite exploration. The programme is designed to be immersive, energising and refreshingly human, because people learn best when they’re engaged, connected, and enjoying the process.

And while the framework is tried and tested, the delivery never feels rigid. Anna brings her wealth of experience to every tribe, flexing examples, stories and conversations to reflect the needs and context of the people in front of her. That subtle tailoring—done in the moment, with intent—is what makes this work land.

Tribes, Not Cohorts

At Lead Happy, we don’t run “cohorts.” We build tribes—small groups of leaders who grow together, challenge each other, and form meaningful connections along the way.

Organisations can book an entire tribe for their people, creating an internal shared experience. Or, for individuals and smaller groups, we run open tribes where leaders from different sectors come together to learn from each other and stretch beyond their day-to-day environment.

Both options offer high-trust spaces, skilled facilitation, and outcomes that genuinely stick.

Why Organisations Are Choosing This

Over the last few years, we’ve heard a lot from HR and L&D leaders. They want something that:

• Supports their new and emerging leaders without creating extra internal workload
• Focuses on the actual challenges leaders face—not theoretical models
• Respects the time pressures everyone is under
• Feels energising and dynamic, not formal, formulaic or forgettable

Lead Like This answers that call. It’s high-impact, low-lift, and ready to go. We take care of the structure and experience so you can focus on identifying the leaders who’ll benefit most.

Who It’s For

This programme was created for:

• First-time people managers who need the basics done brilliantly
• Mid-level leaders who’ve been promoted quickly or missed out on structured development
• People with influence but no formal authority, who still need to lead others
• Leaders navigating change, challenge or transition who need fresh clarity and confidence

If you’re supporting leaders who want to grow—but don’t know where to start—this is the place.

What They’ll Walk Away With

After 12 weeks, your leaders will:

• Know themselves better—and lead from that place with purpose
• Build stronger, more connected teams with clarity and trust
• Communicate in ways that create safety, clarity and movement
• Handle difficult conversations and messy moments with more skill
• Develop practical tools, sharper self-awareness and renewed confidence
• Leave with their own evolving “Manual of Me”—a live document they’ll take forward

A Note from Anna – Programme Creator

“So many of the leaders I’ve worked with have said the same thing in different ways: ‘I wish I’d had this when I started.’ That’s exactly why we built it. To catch people before they struggle, support them through it if they are—and help them grow into the kind of leaders others actually want to follow.”

Visit the Lead Like This Page to find out more and to book a call or choose a time here.