Leadership development
for your talent
Right now, throughout our organisations, there are brilliant, determined and talented people who have the potential to become extraordinary leaders.
Here’s the question… how many of them will actually become extraordinary?
The fact is, if we continue to develop leaders in the way we always have, many of them will fail to fulfil their true potential, or will fulfil their potential elsewhere.
We are on a mission to change this. There is a better path – a path that enables our best talent to become the leaders they are capable of becoming and the leaders we urgently need.
Welcome to Ivy House: Turning the talent of today into the leaders of tomorrow.
In-House Programmes
Whether you’re looking to support your emerging leaders, graduates, apprentices or early-in-career talent, we’ll work with you to design a programme that deliver exceptional results for your organisation.
Open Programmes
Our award-winning open programmes bring together a group of bright, driven future leaders from across a range of corporate organisations, charities and education to build an incredible external network.
Game-changing keynotes
Our thought-provoking keynotes bring cutting edge industry knowledge to schools and organisations. We will inspire you to think differently about how best to develop your brightest emerging talent; transforming your people and results.
The Ivy House Award for students
The Award brings life-changing personal and professional development to year 10, 11 and sixth form students, giving them the clarity and confidence they need to step up and lead in all aspects of life – ensuring they thrive in the classroom and beyond.
Leadership development for teachers
Our award-winning leadership development programmes provide you and your staff with access to the very best personal and professional development, delivered by the most senior leadership and life coaches in the country.
Free resources for everyone
Access a range of free resources from The Award, listen to podcast and hear teachers’ thoughts on challenges and success in education and find out what student’s have to say on what’s important to them.
“How many extraordinary leaders do you know? Not many? Interesting, right? So why are we still taking our brightest, bravest emerging talent down the same path we took our current leaders? It’s time for a major change.”
ELKE EDWARDS
Founder of Ivy House
Why we exist
At Ivy House we are on a mission to put leadership and life skills at the heart of how we develop every new generation and, in turn, drive personal, organisational and societal change; to give your emerging talent and future leaders the knowledge and skills to thrive in work and life… and to stay well.
1 Leadership crisis
| of WEF respondents believe there is a global leadership crisis | |
| of senior execs have confidence in the rising leaders in their firm | |
| of managers are perceived to be lacking leadership skills by their employees |
2 Skills crisis
| of employers said lack of skills was the main reason for entry-level job vacancies | |
| of CEOs see the unavailability of key skills as the biggest threat to their business | |
| said that new graduates were not adequately prepared for the world of work |
3 Wellbeing crisis
| students admit to struggling with feelings of anxiety | |
| of university students claim to have had problems with their mental health in the last 12 months | |
12.8 | million working days were lost due to work-related stress in 2019 |
Ivy House has a net promoter score of 95
About us
A team on a mission
The Ivy House team have dedicated their careers to enabling others to become extraordinary leaders and create extraordinary lives. Led by Elke Edwards – founding partner of the multi-award-winning executive development company, Blue Sky Performance Improvement – we have seen what happens when talented people with a drive to succeed are given life-changing knowledge.
We turn leadership development on its head; broadening the concept of leadership, teaching different skills and doing it earlier – at a time in a person’s life when it really can make all the difference.
Our big vision is to give this opportunity to the leaders of the future, worldwide.
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