The Leadership Shift

Your expertise got you here. What is asked of you now is broader. Scientific leaders are trusted for their judgement, expertise and standards. The next step is to extend that impact beyond your own work: making decisions through uncertainty, aligning people around direction, influencing beyond your function and creating the conditions for others to succeed. This journey is built for scientific leaders who need to lead expert teams, build leadership below them and enable excellence at scale.

What you will be able to do after the journey

• Lead with more confidence, clarity and leadership presence
• Shift from being the expert to enabling expertise in others
• Build high-trust teams where candour, standards and accountability coexist
• Make sharper decisions when the data is incomplete and opinions clash
• Navigate tension, complexity and difficult conversations with more intention
• Influence cross-functional partners and senior stakeholders without relying on formal authority
• Build leadership depth in others without becoming the bottleneck

Who it is for

Designed for scientific leaders in science-led environments, including:

• Scientific leaders in biotech, pharma, life sciences, healthcare, R&D, Quality, Clinical and Regulatory environments
• Team leads, group leaders, lab managers, principal scientists and functional leaders with people or project responsibility
• Scientists leading expert teams, senior talent or cross-functional project teams
• Leaders whose scope is growing beyond their scientific domain into broader organisational influence
• Evidence-led leaders who want practical tools for leading people, teams and systems

The Journey at a Glance

• Format: blended journey, in-person plus virtual, modular and flexible, adaptable to maturity and context
• Cohort: 5 to 8 scientific leaders at a similar level
• Duration: 8 months
• Time: in-person kick-off plus virtual sessions and action learning between modules
• Rhythm: modules every 4 to 5 weeks plus active learning application between sessions
• Support: peer group coaching, buddy partnerships, curated inspiration materials
• Executive Coaching: 3 hours of individual coaching with an Executive Coach
• Flexibility: join single modules or commit to the full journey
  In-house option: available for organisations developing a group of scientific leaders together