Supporting commercial success with customised capacity building for leadership teams
Leaders today are required to simultaneously navigate a current landscape of ever-growing complexity and opportunity, while also building the markets which their organisations can thrive in in the future. As they navigate market volatility, supply chain disruption, and policy change , many organisations are looking not only to the challenges these present, but also to the innovation and commercial opportunities they create.Our customised education programmes bring together leadership teams to deepen their understanding of the strategic landscape of risk and opportunity, and the unique value creation pathways for their organisation within it. Contact Janna, Head of Client Engagement for Education Programmes, to understand how CISL can support your organisation.
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Our custom programmes for business, government and finance build on over 35 years' experience designing and delivering education. CISL works with global organisations in every sector to achieve commercial benefit, drawing on an extensive international network of specialist expertise from practitioners and academics working across industry, finance, policy and academia.
Delivered to Boards, executives and senior leaders, specific functions (e.g. Marketing, HR or Finance) and high-potential individuals, our programmes offer an effective and inspiring learning journey that is engaging, action-oriented, and outcomes-focused, aligned to your organisation’s needs, strategy, and unique characteristics.
Is customised training right for my organisation?
Successfully implementing an initial sustainability strategy; crafting successive iterations; and deepening organisational capability for future-fitness and resilience: all represent core challenges for business . Our bespoke sustainability courses are carefully crafted to equip individual leaders and leadership teams with the knowledge, skillsand confidence to develop a shared vision and organisational response.
Each course is unique. We convene specialist expertise from a range of different disciplines to deliver practical, actionable insight that is relevant to your organisation and market. Find out more about our customised education progrmames for other organisations by reading our recent case studies.
“Working with CISL has been transformative for us. Their deep industry expertise and constructive approach has helped us to shift sustainability and social impact from being perceived as an optional add-on to a strategic business value driver. This shift has empowered our executive team to see integration not just as a compliance exercise, but as an opportunity to embed sustainability into the core of how we operate and create long-term value.” VodafoneThree
How we work with you
Working closely with you, we work hard to understand your business, its operating context and culture, and the wider industry landscape, and from here, we agree your objectives. Our programmes draw on the latest scientific information and industry leadership to provide insight into key economic, environmental and social trends relevant to your context.
We can help you to examine and critically navigate systems such as finance, energy, and social development, and to evaluate your operations in relation to these, as well as providing insights into how others are doing this in your own or adjacent industries.
We work to understand your organisation’s needs and build a package that supports business objectives, which might include:
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Bespoke board consultation and intensive briefing sessions to inform decision-making on long-term strategy and capital investments.
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Strategy programme for senior leaders to build alignment on ambition and the most promising pathways to transform the organisation, its supply chain and its operating context.
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Multi-module programmes to enable senior, client-facing leaders to move from awareness to action in developing new product and client strategies.
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Development of a bespoke combination of self-paced and tutor led online programmes to enable capability development at scale across multiple functions and geographies.
Our impact
We work with over 600 global businesses every year. Through our programmes, we help individuals and teams deliver results at scale and pace. Leading organisations including multinational companies, development banks, industry associations and governmental agencies have used CISL’s customised programmes to improve organisational performance. Read more about our clients' approaches to driving transformative change within their organisations and deliver the future we want.
Discover some of the ways that CISL has been working with leading businesses and other economic actors to enable and inspire the shift towards a more sustainable economy.
“This programme was a critical step in ensuring that sustainability is fully embedded in how we think, decide, and lead as an organisation. By fostering our senior leadership with a shared understanding of emerging transition risks and opportunities, we are strengthening our ability to create long-term value for our customers, shareholders, and society, while reinforcing our role as a resilient and forward-looking insurer.” Head of Sustainability at Fidelidade
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Who else has benefited from our tailored education programmes?
We work with over 600 global businesses every year. Through our leadership programmes, we help individuals and teams deliver results at scale and pace. Leading organisations including multinational companies, development banks, industry associations and governmental agencies have used CISL’s customised programmes to improve organisational performance. Read more about our clients' approaches to driving transformative change within their organisations and deliver the future we want.
Case studies
Leading organisations including multinational companies, development banks, industry associations and governmental agencies have used CISL’s customised programmes to improve organisational performance. Recent clients include Interface, Kingfisher, the Lloyds Market Association, Network Rail, Saint-Gobain, Sainsbury’s and Tata Sons. Read more about our clients' success stories below.
Developing a growth strategy in a low carbon economy |
Enhancing social performance in different regions |
Translating the Sustainability Development Goals into local action |
Embedding sustainability across multiple business units
Delivering a transformative sustainability strategy to achieve long-term growth and ongoing progress in the Network Rail Infrastructure Projects Southern Division. |
Transforming supply chains through new business models |
Future-proofing business and embedding innovation |
Informing investment decisions |
Identifying new business opportunities |
Building leaders for the 21st century |
Deepening awareness of systemic risks |
Reviewing traditional manufacturing for a more sustainable future in Guangdong |
Read more case studies on our CISL Conversations page.
In these conversations we draw fascinating insights from leaders we work with on the approaches they have taken to drive transformative change within their organisations and deliver the future we want. |
Customised vs. tailored education
We provide customised education solutions designed to meet the specific needs of your organisation and its teams. Unlike tailored education, which focuses on highly individualised, one-on-one learning, our customised approach adapts content, delivery methods, and learning pace to align with your business objectives, current level of knowledge, and operational context. This ensures your teams receive relevant, effective training that drives performance, engagement, and results.
"This programme is an important catalyst for climate action within the Bank. We now have the knowledge, skills and confidence to engage colleagues and clients – skills that are essential if we are to promote green, inclusive growth across Africa." Dr Balgis Osman-Elasha, Climate Change Expert (Program Task Manger), African Development Bank
Want to find out more?
CISL works with global business to create bold and pragmatic approaches to compete in today's volatile and disruptive markets. For over 35 years we have helped business become more competitive and resilient by:
- Building capability: We equip organisations with expertise, capabilities and tools to build competitiveness and resilience to benefit in a transitioning market.
- Developing strategy: We use our global network of industry experts and sustainability practitioners to help businesses identify and build solutions to address the key challenges facing them.
- Accelerating innovation: We bring together high potential innovators with business and policy makers to accelerate solutions for a resilient future.
- Driving system-wide change: We bring together business, government, academia and civil society to drive coordinated, system-wide approaches to market transformation.
All our work with business is underpinned by leading-edge research, insights and tools that enable us to shape and scale transformative leadership
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