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Develop a More Relational Approach to Leadership

In an AI-enabled world, the most effective leaders are those who can navigate complexity, work with what is unfolding, and go beyond frameworks to lead through relationships.

Our next online cohort starts this autumn. Our next face-to-face intake will join us at Ashridge in January.

Create an account and an enrollment advisor will be in touch to guide you through your next steps.

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In a world being reshaped by AI, human connection is irreplaceable

Many leaders are already, in effect, coaching every day—developing others, influencing outcomes, and navigating complex dynamics.

But few have had the opportunity to take a step back and deliberately deepen how they do this effectively: leading more relationally and adopting a more reflective approach.

Research consistently shows that what drives meaningful change is not process or tools, but the quality of the relationship itself. This is the foundation of relational coaching—and increasingly, of effective leadership.

Dr. Erik de Haan

Director of the Hult Ashridge Centre for Coaching

What most leadership programmes can’t teach

Relational coaching pays close attention to what is spoken and unspoken in the relationship: emotional tone, patterns of interaction, and the dynamics that shape how people think and act.

Yet most leadership development focuses on models and techniques—rather than developing the judgement required to work with these dynamics in real time.

Recognising patterns as they emerge

Staying present under pressure

Navigating complexity without a fixed script

Choosing how to intervene in the moment

At Hult Ashridge, this capability is developed through an integration of psychodynamic, organisational and coaching approaches, grounded in supervised, experiential practice with world-renowned faculty.

“The programme moved me beyond relying on tools and gave me the confidence to use the coaching relationship itself as my primary instrument. It significantly enhanced my practice.”

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Stephanie Conway

Senior Director, Talent Development, LinkedIn

Ten transformative days over ten months

Our highly experiential postgraduate certificate in executive or team coaching is the first block in our master’s in coaching track and designed for leaders, coaches, and senior professionals who want to deepen their practice and influence—and make sense of complex systems.

Grounded in our pioneering relational approach and decades of rigorously research-backed expertise, it combines psychological insight with organisational understanding to help you operate with greater clarity, confidence, and impact.

Graduates of this qualification have the option to take an assessment module to achieve the prestigious Ashridge Accredited Coach status, with integrated EMCC Senior Practitioner status, and progress to a Master’s in Coaching.

Five intensive two-day workshops at Ashridge

Learn how to apply psychological theory and the latest relational coaching techniques, and practise your skills by working in triads with your peers.

These intensive workshops are supported by five coaching supervision sessions and the completion of a reflective journal.

Workshops

Developing Coaching Strategies

Working in the Relationship: Psychological Theories of Personality

Working in Patterns: Repetition & Change

Creative Change Interventions

Professionalism in the Coaching Relationship

Start your application for our Postgraduate Certificate in Executive or Team Coaching.

Our coaching faculty

Our coaching and supervision faculty are highly experienced organisation consultants and executive coaches and supervisors. Many are also experienced psychotherapists and bring their relational and Gestalt approaches to our coaching programs.

Find out more in our brochure

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Our approach to relational coaching

Our portfolio of coaching qualifications

The Ashridge Standard: Ethics, credentials, and accreditation

Hear success stories from our alumni

Meet our expert faculty

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About Hult International Business School

Hult Ashridge has proudly been a part of Hult International Business School since 2015, when we operationally merged to form one of the most unique business schools in the world.

Hult is recognized by business education’s three most prestigious international accrediting bodies: The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), the Association of MBAs (AMBA), and EQUIS (The European Quality Improvement System).

Our programs are consistently ranked as among the best in the world by the most renowned publications, including the Financial Times, the Economist, Forbes, and Bloomberg Businessweek.

To find out more about Hult’s other programs, please visit www.hult.edu.