Developing our People Leaders
05 Dec 2025
New development opportunities for managers and people leaders
The new People Leader Development Suite offers focused learning and development opportunities for colleagues who manage people.
In our Your Voice Matters Survey, 47% of colleagues said their career aspirations are being met, and 68% feel equipped with the training they need. We’ve listened – and created this new opportunity to empower people leaders with the skills to elevate colleague engagement and enhance performance.
Sign up to make the most of these opportunities, strengthen your leadership capability, and make a positive impact on your team and our Manchester 2035 ambitions.
People Leader Induction
This induction is designed for new people leaders, both external new starters and internal colleagues stepping into a relevant role. This will be a three-hour face-to-face workshop that covers the following:
- People Leader accountabilities
- People Culture
- Principles of effective people leadership
- Supporting colleague motivation and engagement
- The role of transformational conversations
- Overview of key resources and development opportunities including Manager Essentials
Book your place on the People Leader Induction
‘Focus On’ Sessions
These are interactive face-to-face workshops focusing on developing key leadership skills in tactical areas. Our first two topics cover Conversations and Performance:
- Book your place on People Leaders: Focus on Conversations
- Book your place on People Leaders: Focus on Performance
- More topics will be added in 2026 including absence, onboarding, probation
Sessions already in place are:
- Book your place on People Leaders: Focus on Recruitment
- Book your place on Managing with wellbeing in mind
And supporting policies, processes and guidance can be found in Manager Essentials.
Coming Soon: People Leader Programme
From January we will be launching, a comprehensive blended learning and development programme, delivered over six months covering key people management topics including:
Self-awareness and Impact, emotional intelligence, inclusivity & bias, motivating others, psychological safety, stress & wellbeing, effective feedback, coaching, high performing teams, communication, change and agility.
More Learning Resources
- Find a wealth of courses covering topics relating to leadership and management within the searchable MyDevelopment catalogue.
You can also access wider leadership developmental courses such as: