Diploma in High Performance Leadership

DATE: February 25, 2026 - August 26, 2026

TIME: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

VENUE: Westpark Business Campus, Westpark, Shannon, Co Clare, none

This Shannon Chamber Skillnet programme is cofunded by the Government of Ireland, the European Union, and network companies. https://www.eufunds.ie/

This Level 8 Diploma in High-Performance Leadership, is a comprehensive results-driven programme designed to enable you to enhance your leadership capabilities. It will equip you with highly effective leadership and coaching skills to lead and motivate your team and maximise performance and results. The programme content is extremely practical and addresses the day-to-day challenges faced by managers.

You will be provided with insights into what makes a leader exceptional. You will explore important issues such as self-awareness and learn skills to communicate, coach your team and lead others to greatness. You will return to your organisation with the knowledge and skills to motivate and mobilise your team around a shared vision and clear goals. Programme participants will enhance their leadership skills, including personal and team leadership, coaching for high performance and leading strategic planning for transformational results.

Programme Structure & Delivery

A highly interactive, modularised programme with 8 days of group workshops plus three individual executive coaching sessions per person. This programme is delivered over 7 months. The full programme content and detailed schedule are below. The group workshops will be held at venue in  Shannon, Co. Clare. The individual executive coaching sessions will take place online to suit the participants schedule

Programme Content and Key Topics to be confirmed 

Personal Benefits

You will be conferred with an internationally recognised qualification – Diploma in High Performance Leadership accredited (Level 8)

The Diploma in High Performance Leadership also provides you with the following powerful tools

• A Personalised Professional Development Plan to optimise your performance and achieve your goals.
• Team Profile and Team Development Plan to maximise your team’s performance.
• Strategic Plan to maximise the performance of your business unit and organisation.
• Competency in Core Coaching Skills to coach your team to achieve peak performance.
• Executive Coaching

Organisational benefits

Enhances the leadership skills of your managers/leaders across the organisation.

    • Develop and sustain a high-performance culture in your organisation.
    •  Develop the competency of your leaders and enable them to coach their teams to achieve peak performance.
    • Create an atmosphere of trust, mutual support and open communication.
    • Build high-performance expectations into everyday management practices.
    • Achieve your organisational goals with more competent, motivated and committed leaders.
    • Enable your leaders/managers to develop:
      • Personalised Professional Development Plans.
      •  Team Profiles & Team Development Plans to maximise their team’s performance.
      • Competency in Core Coaching Skills to coach their people to achieve peak performance.
      • Strategic Plans to maximise the performance of your business units and organisation.

Programme Schedule

Module Sessions 

  • Wednesday February 25th
  • Thursday February 26th
  • Thursday March 12th
  • Wednesday April 15th
  • Wednesday April 22nd
  • Wednesday May 13th
  • Wednesday May 28th
  • Wednesday August 26th

Executive Coaching Session 1 to be scheduled with participant

  • Tuesday March 31st/ Wednesday April 1st/ Thursday April 2nd

Executive Coaching Session 2 to be scheduled with participant

  • Tuesday May 5th/ Wednesday May 6th/ Thursday May 7th

Executive Coaching Session 3 to be scheduled with participant

  • Wednesday July 1st/ Thursday July 2nd / Friday July 3rd

Programme Fee: Members €1300/Non members €1500

For more information please contact Aisling Ryan at aryan@shannonchamber.ie

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