Programme Overview
Delivered in Partnership with L7 Executive Coaching.
The Balancing Act for Leaders is an immersive programme designed for executives navigating the challenges of achieving high performance while managing competing priorities in their professional and personal lives. This programme provides a multidimensional, evidence-based approach to balancing the tightrope toward continued success. Delegates will learn effective skills to maintain high levels of resilience, manage stress, and attain balance across life's critical dimensions:
'Money – Mission'
'Work – Life Balance'
'Mental – Physical Health & Performance'
The programme integrates the latest resilience research with a series of immediately actionable tools tailored to the specific challenges faced by today's executives throughout their careers. Delegates will explore the fundamentals of resilience and its impact on peak performance, learning to align personal and professional goals while ensuring financial stability and mission alignment.
By the end of the programme, delegates will leave with actionable insights and tools to manage complex executive demands while maintaining balance and achieving success in all areas of their lives. This programme is ideal for executives, leaders and managers from any industry seeking to enhance their resilience, personal and professional achievement.
This programme is delivered by and inspired by the upcoming book authored by Sarah Brennand, co-owner and managing director of Illuminare Executive Education and founder of L7 Executive Coaching (www.L7ExecutiveCoaching.com)
Benefits for you
Enhanced Resilience Skills: Delegates will gain a solid understanding of resilience and its application, empowering them to maintain peak performance even in high-pressure situations.
Alignment of Personal and Professional Goals: Delegates learn to balance career ambitions with personal values, ensuring their professional mission supports both financial stability and personal fulfilment.
Improved Work-Life Balance: The programme provides practical strategies for setting boundaries and managing transitions, enabling individuals to sustain a realistic work-life balance.
Prioritisation of Health and Wellbeing: Delegates develop techniques to manage stress and improve mental and physical health, integrating wellness practices into their daily routines.
Enhanced Emotional Intelligence: Delegates build skills in emotional awareness and communication, fostering stronger professional relationships and more effective leadership.
Actionable Resilience Strategies: Delegates leave with a personalised toolkit of resilience techniques, ready to tackle their unique challenges and sustain balance in their lives.
Career Longevity and Satisfaction: By acquiring the skills to successfully manage the complexities of executive life, individuals enhance their long-term career satisfaction and success across various areas.
Benefits for your organisations
Improved Leadership Performance: Resilient and balanced leaders are better equipped to handle stress, make sound decisions and lead their teams effectively, driving overall organisational success.
Increased Employee Engagement and Retention: Leaders who demonstrate resilience foster positive work environments, leading to higher employee engagement, reduced burnout and improved retention rates.
Enhanced Organisational Agility: Leaders who master resilience are better prepared to navigate change and uncertainty, enabling the organisation to adapt quickly and maintain a competitive advantage.
Better Alignment with Strategic Goals: Executives who balance personal and professional objectives align their actions with the organisation's strategic goals, enhancing overall performance and profitability.
Reduced Absenteeism and Healthcare Costs: Promoting the well-being of executives helps reduce costs associated with absenteeism and stress-related illnesses, leading to overall healthcare savings.
Fostering a High-Performance Culture: Leaders who model resilience contribute to a healthier, high-performance culture where employees feel supported and motivated to excel.
Strengthened Employer Brand: Organisations that invest in the resilience and wellbeing of their leaders position themselves as employers of choice, attracting top talent who value a balanced work environment.
Programme Formats and Availability
| Format | Location | Dates | Duration | Fees | Availability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Face-to-face | London | September | 4-Day | £3800 | Available | |
| In-House | International Delivery | Contact our team to discuss your requirements | 1, 2 and 4-day programmes available | Price on quote | Available | |
| Online | International Availability | Available 2025 | 8-Week part-time | £2200 | Register your interest |
Core Topics:
- Basics of Resilience: This topic creates awareness of the science behind resilience and its critical relationship with peak performance for executives. Delegates will explore foundational principles of resilience, understanding how it influences decision-making, stress management and overall effectiveness in leadership roles. By examining the latest research, delegates will gain insights into how resilience can be developed and leveraged to enhance performance in high-pressure environments.
- Alignment of Personal and Professional Goals: In this topic, delegates will learn how to balance their career ambitions with personal values, ensuring that their professional mission aligns with their financial stability and personal fulfilment. Through guided reflection and strategic planning, delegates will develop actionable plans that balance their professional objectives with their core values, promoting a sense of purpose and direction in their careers.
- Work-Life Balance: This topic focuses on practical strategies for setting boundaries, managing transitions and maintaining a sustainable work-life balance. Delegates will engage in discussions and exercises that highlight the importance of creating a balanced lifestyle, providing techniques that enable them to thrive both professionally and personally.
- Prioritise Health and Well-being: In this topic, delegates will explore various methods for managing stress and improving both mental and physical health. The focus will be on integrating wellness practices into daily routines, recognising the significance of health as a foundation for sustained performance. Through practical exercises and tools, delegates will learn how to prioritise their well-being, enabling them to function at their best in all aspects of life.
- Develop Emotional Intelligence: This topic aims to enhance delegates’ emotional awareness and effective communication skills, fostering stronger professional relationships and enabling them to lead more effectively. Delegates will engage in activities designed to improve their emotional intelligence, including self-assessment and feedback mechanisms. Delegates will leave be better equipped to successfully manage complex interpersonal dynamics within their organisations.
- Implement Resilience Strategies: The final topic provides delegates with a toolkit of actionable, personalised resilience techniques to apply immediately in their professional lives, enabling them to sustain balance and achieve success amid high demand. By integrating these resilience strategies into their leadership practices, delegates will enhance their capacity to handle challenges and foster a resilient organisational culture.
- The Balancing Act for Leaders programme offers flexible delivery options designed to meet the diverse needs of individual leaders. The 1-Day Format provides a concentrated, intensive session focused on essential skills for maintaining balance and resilience, equipping delegates with immediate tools for application in their roles. The 2-Day Format allows for a more comprehensive exploration of key concepts, blending theoretical insights with practical exercises and discussions that promote personal growth and high performance. For those seeking an in-depth experience, the 4-Day Format offers an extensive examination of resilience, incorporating advanced strategies, simulations and case studies to help leaders successfully manage the complexities of executive life.
- A highly interactive programme delivered through a workshop style and format.
- Receive 1-to-1 advice and practical help.
- All materials and handbooks required for the programme will be provided to you during the programme.
- Personal coaching support: There is the opportunity to add coaching packages to this programme to provide continued support post-programme.
This Programme is delivered by Sarah Brennand, Managing Director of Illuminare Executive Education and Founder of L7 Executive Coaching.
This course comes with a Illuminare Executive Education Certification. It is also available with CPD Certification of 7 hours /points on request. If you would like to receive CPD certification, please let a member of our team know when you make an enquiry.
Why choose Illuminare Executive Education?
Illuminare Executive Education was founded to meet the needs of global corporations and professionals who appreciate and demand high-quality education and services that the UK Higher Education sector is renowned for. Here at Illuminare Executive Education, we provide it in ways that are easy to access, agile to engage with, and applied in delivery.
We are proud that our founders and team are all leading UK academics and practitioners. Our programmes are all designed to the same quality standards that UK Universities adhere to. For many years we have successfully designed, validated, and delivered new and existing UK university programmes (degrees, apprenticeships, short courses, and executive education) to meet market demand, and we continue to provide advisory services on curricular modifications to ensure they reflect the changing needs of the global market.
Here at Illuminare Executive Education, we bring you our knowledge, skills, experience, and support through provision of our own university endorsed globally recognised programmes, business services and executive coaching. As a mark of our high-quality provision, all our programmes are available with UK university certification and / or CPD certification on request.
Our team have extensive experience of working in and with organisations from around the world and will bring you the latest research, teaching and learning combined with the most current global professional practice, in ways that work for you and your organisation.
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