Birmingham · Cohort 16 · MMXXVI

A school of senior
leadership. Direct
and deliberate.

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Cohort 16OPEN
BeginsOCT 2026
FormatHybrid · BHX
Seats remaining09 / 16

A Birmingham-based school for senior practitioners building the next decade. Leadership mindset, soft-skills mastery and educational materials — direct, deliberate, taught by senior faculty in cohorts of sixteen.

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Direct, openly published.
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We do not run retreats. We do not sell frameworks. We do not coach in mantras.

We teach the disciplines of senior leadership the way schools have always taught the things that matter: slowly, in cohorts, by people who have done the work.

  1. 01Founded in Birmingham in 2019 by three former heads of leadership development from FTSE 100 companies. We started teaching because the conference industry was failing the senior practitioner.
  2. 02Cohorts are sixteen. Always. A larger cohort is a conference, not a school. We admit by interview, not application form.
  3. 03Programmes are structured but not scripted. Faculty respond to the cohort they are reading with — not the curriculum that was written eighteen months ago.
  4. 04If you do not finish measurably different — defined by your own pre-stated criteria — we refund the second half of the programme. Full stop.
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Six programmes. One standard.

Each programme is built around a single transformation. Cohorts of sixteen, taught by senior faculty.

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Leadership Mindset

A six-month school in the four classical disciplines of senior leadership: composure, judgement, repair and care. For directors and heads of function.

26 wks · cohort 16 · hybrid · £9,200
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Executive Presence

A six-month studio in voice, body and the language of consequence for the boardroom.

24 wks · cohort 16 · £6,400
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Career Acceleration

For mid-career managers stepping into director-grade roles for the first time.

14 wks · cohort 18 · £3,400
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Mentorship Craft

The literature and craft of mentoring.

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Educational Materials

Bespoke curriculum design for in-house teams.

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CPD Modular

Accredited quarterly short courses.

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Four stages of the year.

01

Diagnosis

The first month. A studio examination of what you do well and what the rooms quietly note when you leave.

02

Doctrine

The reading list, the lectures, the philosophical scaffolding. Leadership as literature.

03

Rehearsal

Weekly studio drills with peers and faculty. Filmed, transcribed, replayed.

04

Return

A Fellowship paper, an alumni circle, and a quietly different working week.

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Apply directly.

No sales team. No funnel. Applications go to a faculty member and come back within three working days.

School
158 Edmund Street
Birmingham B3 2HB
Phone
0121 496 0218
Email
school@freemanqje.info

Application

Application received. A faculty member will reply within three working days.