Executive Presence, Influence & Personal Leadership

Technical competence gets managers to senior level. What determines whether they thrive there is altogether different: how they carry authority, build trust, manage conflict and sustain their effectiveness under pressure. This course focuses on precisely those capabilities.

Participants will examine their own leadership identity through structured self-assessment, develop practical frameworks for stakeholder influence and high-stakes negotiation, and build the ethical grounding required to lead with consistency across complex organisational environments. The approach is rigorous and reflective in equal measure.

This course is aligned with the CMI Level 7 Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Leadership and Management. It draws on two modules within that programme, covering personal leadership development and executive character. Participants wishing to progress to the full diploma may do so through LIBT's structured academic pathway.

The London Institute of Business and Technology (LIBT) is a British institution with over a decade of experience delivering professional and executive education to organisations and individuals across the world. We work with more than 200 companies globally, delivering programmes in the UK, UAE, Thailand, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Jamaica, the Isle of Man and beyond. Our reach is international; our standards are uncompromisingly British.

Our Track Record

LIBT has been delivering professional and executive education for over ten years. We have worked with organisations across the private, public and third sectors, from regional government bodies and development agencies to multinational corporations and financial institutions. Our programmes have been delivered across four continents, and our trainers bring deep practitioner experience to every cohort they work with.

We do not treat corporate training as a commodity. Every programme we deliver, whether to an individual learner or a cohort of fifty senior leaders, is held to the same standard: rigorous in content, practical in application and relevant to the challenges leaders face today.

Quality and Regulation

LIBT is a full member of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), the UK's independent body responsible for safeguarding standards in higher education. This membership confirms that our programmes, processes and academic practices meet the standards expected of a recognised UK higher education provider — a assurance that matters to corporate clients evaluating training providers for senior and executive cohorts.

Our qualifications are regulated by Ofqual, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation, an executive non-departmental public body of the UK Government, through our partnerships with ATHE and Qualifi.

Professional Accreditations

LIBT holds accreditation and endorsement from the UK's most respected professional bodies.

The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) accredits and endorses a range of LIBT programmes, confirming they meet CMI's standards for management and leadership education. Participants completing a CMI-accredited programme at LIBT become eligible for Chartered Manager status, one of the most widely recognised professional designations in management worldwide.

The Association for Project Management (APM) has recognised LIBT's Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management under its Pathway 2 Recognised Assessment for the Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) designation, placing LIBT among a select group of institutions whose assessment meets APM's professional standard.

Academic Progression

For participants who wish to convert professional achievement into formal academic qualifications, LIBT's programmes provide direct pathways to postgraduate and undergraduate degrees at partner universities including the University of London, Coventry University, the University of Lancashire, the University of Portsmouth, the University of Essex, the University of Wolverhampton and Acacia University in the United States. Progression is based on each university's independent review of LIBT's programmes and outcomes.