Elevating experts into emotionally intelligent leaders – anywhere, anytime.

Advance from knowing to leading – with emotional intelligence as your guide.

ACP’s Rising Leaders is a 12-month online program that equips technical leaders with the human skills needed to build engaged, high-performing teams. Combining bite-sized, self-paced learning with coaching for accountability, it drives lasting behavioural change using proven psychological principles applied to real-world leadership challenges.

“In virtual teams across four companies, leaders who emphasised positive emotional connection saw team retention improve by 18% and project delivery timelines improve by up to 22%, illustrating happiness as a factor in performance and continuity.”

– Foley, A. (2024). Strategies for Leading Successful Virtual Teams.

Designed for:

Leaders working across distance or different regions
Small businesses where every investment must deliver impact
Non-profits and charities operating under tight budgets
People serious about growing as leaders

“The real shift begins when you lead yourself first.”

This program challenged me to lead differently. It helped me see what real leadership looks like when things get tough, staying calm under pressure, holding courageous conversations, and protecting psychological safety even when emotions run high. The psychological tools like SCARF and the Happiness Pie helped me understand my own triggers, manage my mindset, and communicate with more empathy and clarity.

Commercial Manager

“Suprisingly helpful”

Working with my Coach through the Rising Leaders program has been incredibly valuable. She has a way of translating leadership theory into practical conversations that apply directly to the realities of running teams and managing clients. Our sessions always leave me with clearer perspective and practical actions I can take back into the business.

General Manager

What’s holding businesses back from investing in leadership development?

Retention without overspend: Keeping great people is tough when margins are tight.
Overstretched leadership: Senior leaders juggle operations, people, strategy—with no one skilled enough to delegate to.
Working in, not on the business: Time-starved leaders face burnout and stalled growth.
Crowded markets: Standing out is harder than ever.
Competing with big players: Larger Corporates may offer higher salaries and bigger benefits.
Culture vs. cashflow: Investing in leadership and development is critical—but often squeezed by seasonal margins.
Technical leaders, not people leaders: Many were promoted for expertise, not leadership ability.
Off-the-shelf leadership training doesn’t stick: Low-cost options lack relevance and fail to shift behaviour.

Offering you a cost effective, sustainable and remote leadership pathway that focusses on genuine transformational change.

We have considered the key barriers to large leadership training investments and designed this program with the following elements in mind:

Structured self paced, over a 12-month period with approx. a 3 hour time commitment per month to enable less operational strain whilst also offering a retention strategy for key talent
100% online to reduce logistic and travel costs, and paying for last minute cancelations
Pre-recorded video content to keep costs down
Built with gold standard evidence based psychological principles delivered with a practical leadership focus
Structured with the brain in mind, think bite sized learning and applied reflective work so learning can be immediately applied, but not all at once.
Small group peer support (within your business to promote leadership alignment or external to your business to promote networking, perspective and new thinking)
An accountability coach once a month to keep leaders on track.

Skills

Think clearly, lead wisely
Negotiation and influence
Growth mindset
Strategic Emotional Intelligence
Staying calm under pressure
Resilience and emotional agility
Productivity and focus
Conflict resolution
Managing underperformance
Managing change
Coaching and mentorship
Collaboration across differences
Building positive culture

Inclusions

100% online
Access to a fully qualified coach with a background in psychology and neuroscience
12 months access to our EI Leader Lab (video library)
Monthly online live coaching sessions
Leadership Accountability Journal
Embedding Materials to keep it front of mind
ADD ON: Reflect360° Pre and post leadership capability 360
ADD ON: Personality Diagnostic
ADD ON: EI Test (MSCEIT)

Online training that hasn’t lost the human element.

Three available pathways:

Lead

(groups)

1 small group coaching call / month

The Lead pathway fosters leadership development through monthly small group coaching calls, offering insights from coaches and peers.
Ideal for leaders seeking to network with other leaders and enjoy learning in a small group environment (groups of 4).

$2,900 pp/year

Empower

(combo)

1 small group coaching call / month and Bi-annual 1-on-1 coaching

The Empower pathway combines small group coaching with quarterly 1-on-1 coaching.
Ideal for leaders seeking to learn from peers, whom also seek the opportunity to unpack key leadership obtacles and gain forward momentum.

$3,500 pp/year

Solo

(1on1)

1-on-1 coaching call / month

The Solo pathway offers a highly personalised leadership experience to achieve transfomational change.
Ideal for leaders seeking a step change in their personal leadership and senior leaders/owners seeking strategic business growth.

$7,500 pp/year

Access the course here