Jeremy Sandbrook

I am a corporate lawyer by professional background and have never had any formal leadership education. My learning to date had all been "on the job" and trying to take on board what I perceived to be the effective habits from other leaders.

I had reached a point where I had to find another way to do things so that leading my team was a not a secondary part to my role but the primary focus. LBT was the start of that journey.

I now have a framework by which to become a more effective leader. I took a long break at the end of the year to focus on my family due to 3 years of COVID separations. I have returned feeling recharged and determined to put the LBT learnings into practice. I am cognizant that this is a journey, not a destination.

LBT provides a toolkit which can be revisited for an entire leadership career and the lifetime access to the materials is reflective of this. It's authentic and practical throughout.

At the time, I needed something which I could squeeze into my schedule and having lifetime access was a major attraction. This gave me the security that if life got in the way, I could still complete the content at a later date. At the price point compared with any other comparable courses, I did not sweat on the value for money proposition. My 12 months plus research of listening to the podcast was more than enough evidence on this front. The question for me was more the time commitment. I was very prepared to make it work but was concerned what pressure this may place on my family given our elastic band was already fairly stretched. We found a way to do it, even with a few work curveballs along the way.

So many! Actually striving to make yourself redundant in your current role, as opposed to indispensable. This was something which I realised was a whole new lens for me and something which offered a lot in terms of my leadership development.

I think everyone will be different. The great thing is the flexibility offered to find a way that works for the individual. For me, it was listening to the weekly content whilst cycling to and from the office. I then tried to reflect at the end of the week and work out my biggest challenge in that area and convert that to a question for the seminar.

I always got through the content and probably managed the reflection 60% of the time but hearing other questions in the seminar was highly worth the time investment.

It is as personalised as you make it as a student. The team does a great job in making this feel as personal as possible.

The "I don't have time" excuse for me was a symptom of my problems. LBT provides all the tools to become a professional effective leader. It is an exceptionally well constructed toolkit, delivered with integrity and passion for the topics. The greatest challenge comes next in utilising those tools and not allowing LBT to be just a training course.