The portfolio · est. 2010 · global

Five flagship
programmes.
One mission.

Better managers, better results. The complete World Class Manager portfolio is now available on subscription, by year, or for whole organisations. Built on insights from 250,000 managers across 50 countries and 1,000 organisations.

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5
Flagship programmes
250k+
Managers trained
50+
Countries
1k+
Organisations
HSBC● BBC● NHS● LNER● ACCA● Domestic & General● Royal College of Physicians● UCL● McCain● Day Lewis● Cygnet Healthcare● Monsoon● Graze● One Housing● Hammersmith & Fulham● Institute of Actuaries● National Oceanography Centre● HSBC● BBC● NHS● LNER● ACCA● Domestic & General● Royal College of Physicians● UCL● McCain● Day Lewis● Cygnet Healthcare● Monsoon● Graze● One Housing● Hammersmith & Fulham● Institute of Actuaries● National Oceanography Centre●
A note before you begin

Each programme is its own world.
Built for the people
who run them.
Read like a magazine.

Five rooms. Five worlds.
One coherent portfolio.

What follows is not a list of products. It is a tour. Each section is its own moment, with its own atmosphere, designed for the leaders who recognise themselves in it.

Read in order, or jump to the one that calls you. Pricing, modules, and the option to buy live inside each section. Rio is at the bottom if you have questions.

The Portfolio World Class Manager HR Cultures Change Leaders Emergency Services Wellbeing
01 The flagship · Built since 2010

World Class
Manager.

The complete management curriculum that has shaped how 250,000 managers across 1,000 organisations lead, decide, and grow. Twenty-seven modules, three series, three ways to take it. The flagship of the World Class Manager portfolio.

27
Modules
270
Tools
CPD
Accredited
Choose your version

Series 1, Series 2, or the full curriculum with Wellbeing built in.

Series 1 builds the foundations, the twelve modules every manager should hold. Series 2 layers on the advanced craft, the difficult conversations, the coaching, the strategic thinking. The combined version gives both. The Series 1+2+W version adds the Wellbeing series, built with Lancaster University.

Pick what fits. Switch later if you want to. Each version is available monthly, annually, or for whole organisations.

Subscription

Monthly access, per learner

  • All 24 modules of World Class Manager
  • 270 practical tools, ready to use immediately
  • Cancel anytime, full access while subscribed
£28 /month
Per person, billed monthly
Subscribe — £28/month
Best value

One year of full access

  • All 24 modules of World Class Manager
  • CPD accredited certificate on completion
  • One full year, learn at your own pace
£329 /year
Save vs paying monthly. 12 months full access.
Enrol — £329/year
For organisations

Unlimited access, 150+ managers

  • All 24 modules for every manager in the business
  • Project manager's guide and 6-weekly engagement reports
  • Bespoke launch support and onboarding
£50,000
Unlimited access · from £33,000
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02 For HR Professionals
02
For HR Professionals

The HR programme
built by the people
you serve.
Every day.

Most HR programmes are built by HR, for HR. World Class HR was built on insights from over 100,000 managers and 1,000 organisations. Ten CPD-accredited modules across the full HR lifecycle, designed to grow your capability, confidence, and commercial impact.

10
Modules
100k+
Manager insights
1yr
Full access
CPD
Accredited
The discipline

The full HR lifecycle, in ten chapters.

Subscription

Monthly access

  • 10 CPD-accredited modules
  • Practical, immediately applicable frameworks
  • Cancel anytime, full access while subscribed
£25 /month
Per person, billed monthly
Subscribe — £25/month
Best value

One year of full access

  • 10 CPD-accredited modules across the full HR lifecycle
  • Full year, learn at your own pace
  • CPD certificate on completion
£299 /year
Save vs paying monthly. 12 months full access.
Enrol — £299/year
For organisations

Unlimited access for HR teams

  • 10 modules for your entire HR function
  • From £25,000 for 150+ HR professionals
  • Bespoke onboarding and engagement support
£25,000
Unlimited access · 150+ professionals
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03 Reshaping how organisations actually work
03 For senior leaders · Built on UGRs®

Culture
isn't a poster
on the wall.

World Class Cultures

The unwritten rules. Made visible.

Built on the UGRs® framework developed by Steve Simpson and Stef du Plessis over 30 years. Used by McLaren, global financial institutions, and 250,000+ managers. The most practical, evidence-based model for understanding and shifting organisational culture available today.

Ten transformative modules. Real frameworks. The language and tools to shape culture with intention.

Subscription

Monthly access

  • 10 modules built on the UGRs® framework
  • Tools to diagnose and shift culture
  • Cancel anytime
£25 /month
Per person, billed monthly
Subscribe — £25/month
Best value

One year of full access

  • 10 modules · UGRs® framework · 30+ years of research
  • Used by McLaren, global financial institutions
  • CPD accredited certificate on completion
£299 /year
Save vs paying monthly. 12 months full access.
Enrol — £299/year
For organisations

Culture, at scale

  • 10 modules for your senior leadership and HR team
  • From £25,000 for 150+ leaders
  • UGRs® framework, embedded organisation-wide
£25,000
Unlimited access · 150+ leaders
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04 For leaders driving change
04 For change leaders · 7 modules

A programme
that changes how
you lead change.

Seven modules. Two exceptional faculty practitioners. One complete framework for leaders who need change to actually land and last. Led by Jennifer Bryan and Lou Robey, with Wayne Clarke contributing the complex problem-solving module.

7
Modules
2
Faculty
CPD
Accredited

Three ways to begin

Take it monthly while you decide. Take the year for the full programme and CPD certificate. Roll it out to a leadership team or whole organisation.

Subscription

Monthly access

  • 7 modules from Jennifer Bryan and Lou Robey
  • Workbooks and practical tools included
  • Cancel anytime
£19 /month
Per person, billed monthly
Subscribe — £19/month
Best value

One year of full access

  • The complete 7-module change leadership programme
  • Comprehensive workbook included
  • CPD accredited certificate
£219 /year
Save vs paying monthly. 12 months full access.
Enrol — £219/year
For organisations

Change leadership at scale

  • 7 modules for your entire change leadership cohort
  • From £15,000 for 150+ leaders
  • Bespoke launch support
£15,000
Unlimited access · 150+ leaders
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05 For the leaders who run towards what others run from
05 Police · Fire · Ambulance · Blue light

Built for the unique
demands of leadership
under pressure.

World Class Emergency Services adapts the full World Class Manager curriculum, module by module, for the operational realities of police, fire, ambulance, and emergency response leadership. Sixteen modules. The same evidence base. Tailored to the people who lead when others stand back.

16
Modules
CPD
Accredited
1yr
Access
Subscription

Monthly access

  • 16 modules adapted for blue-light leadership
  • Same evidence base, tailored content
  • Cancel anytime
£19 /month
Per person, billed monthly
Subscribe — £19/month
Best value

One year of full access

  • 16 modules built for emergency services leadership
  • CPD accredited certificate on completion
  • Full year of access
£219 /year
Save vs paying monthly. 12 months full access.
Enrol — £219/year
For organisations

Service-wide deployment

  • 16 modules for every leader in your service
  • From £33,000 for 150+ officers
  • Tailored launch support for emergency services
£33,000
Unlimited access · 150+ officers
Talk to the team
An add-on for any programme

Work Health & Wellbeing.

A standalone three-module wellbeing series, built in partnership with Lancaster University. A focused, accessible add-on for any of the World Class Manager programmes, or as a standalone learning experience.

£49 /year
3 modules · Lancaster University · 1 year access
Enrol — £49/year
Organisation enquiry, from £5,000
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