Programme Overview

LPP is a five-day leadership development programme, aimed at senior leaders in the police service and across the public sector.

The programme challenges leaders to step outside of their comfort zone, try different approaches and reinvigorate their creative thinking. Participants can expect to return to the workplace with renewed energy and an insight into how they, as individuals, can enable their organisation to thrive and work successfully with partners.

The programme content reflects the strengths great leaders will require to deliver effective public services in a time of austerity and diverse demands, such as:

• The ability to think broadly
• Strategic perspective
• Negotiating and influencing skills
• Increased financial and business skills
• Political awareness
• Partnership working
• Dealing with uncertainty

With tightening budgets, these leadership qualities are needed more than ever to meet the diverse needs of communities and sustain performance.

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This demanding and rewarding programme is supported by the Home Office and delivered in partnership with the Scottish Police College. Participants will work in multi-agency syndicate groups, each with its own syndicate director. The syndicate director, who is a proven executive public sector leader, will provide advice and feedback throughout the course.

Programme benefits 

By sharing ideas and experiences with peers, delegates will:

• Develop an improved understanding of the challenges and pressures faced by counterparts in other agencies
• Enhance their ability to see issues with a broader perspective

This greater understanding delivers improved decision making across all agencies, enabling more cohesive working and real change for the public.

"Brilliant, we've nothing like this. You've got the content right and right people here. The networking has been great."

(Director, NHS)

"Really stretching, very testing and I've learned a lot."

(Chief Superintendent)

• Multi-agency leaders in senior roles working in partnership to reduce crime and improve community safety
• Police chief superintendents and police staff equivalents

Multi-agency criteria:

This programme is suitable for those in a senior leadership role and working in partnership to reduce crime and improve community safety. Participants should have at least 12 months experience in their role, on which to draw throughout the course.

Delegates who have attended and benefitted from the programme to date include:

• A group manager from fire and rescue services
• A county community safety manager
• A chief executive of a national voluntary sector organisation
• A prison governor

Police service criteria: (Click here for the full eligibility criteria)

If attending from the police service, the LPP is aimed at chief superintendents and police staff equivalents.

The programme is aimed at ensuring delegates are the best that they can be in their current role. 

In addition, whilst the programme is not exclusively for delegates looking to attend the Senior Police National Assessment Centre (SPNAC), it should be seen as critical for those who do intend to apply. LPP represents progression from the Senior Leadership Programme (SLP) to the Strategic Command Course (SCC). 

Police delegates should be selected by, and have the full support of, their chief officer.

Read the course sheet for dates, availability and further information

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