Enhanced Leadership Competence Diagnostic & Report
The enhanced leadership diagnostic provides an objective snapshot of current leadership capacity, presented through a structured diagnostic and detailed written report identifying priority development areas and capability indicators.
Enhanced Diagnostic & Developmental Coaching Session
Convert diagnostic insight into a structured six-month leadership plan through a dedicated developmental coaching session.
Build directly on the Leadership Diagnostic and written report to interpret findings, set priorities, and create action.
Leadership Competence Foundation Programme
£297.00
Leadership becomes accidental when responsibility outpaces internal capacity. This programme supports the move to conscious leadership through deliberate capability development.
Across 18 structured modules, explore how leadership capacity develops over time, how pressure exposes gaps in judgement, self-regulation, responsibility, and decision-making, and how these capacities can be strengthened intentionally.
The programme is intended for leaders seeking clearer judgement, greater stability under pressure, and more sustainable leadership practice.
Leaders
Developing competence and confidence at all stages of the journey
- Leadership Competence Diagnostic
- 1-2-1 Leadership Coaching
- Leadership Competence Foundation Programme
- Apprenticeship and Professional Development Programmes
Teams
Developing collective leadership capacity where it matters most
- Team competence Diagnostic
- Team Coaching & Mentoring
- CONSCIOUS Leadership System Training
- Bespoke Team Events
Organisations
Developing competence - at scale!
- Organisational Competence Diagnostic
- Learning Needs Analysis
- CONSCIOUS Leadership System Integration
- HR Consulting & Advisory
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Avoiding Accidental Leadership: A Competence-Based Approach to Conscious Leadership
Many leadership failures are not caused by poor intent, lack of effort, or insufficient knowledge. They emerge when responsibility grows faster than a leader’s internal capacity to manage complexity.
In Avoiding Accidental Leadership, John Climpson explores how leaders often drift into positions of influence without deliberate development—and why traditional leadership models frequently fail to address the real challenges leaders face.
Drawing on academic research and extensive leadership coaching practice, this book introduces the CONSCIOUS Leadership Competence System, a research-informed framework built around four interdependent capacities:
- Cognitive Competence — how leaders think and make sense of complexity
- Emotional Competence — how leaders experience and regulate themselves
- Social Competence — how leaders relate to others and the wider system
- Meta Competence — how leaders reflect, learn, and evolve over time
Rather than prescribing behaviours or styles, the book reframes leadership development as an internal, developmental process—one that supports leaders in becoming more conscious, adaptable, and effective as contexts change.
