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Training: Excelling in trustee culture leadership for future readiness

Strengthen your ability to navigate board dynamics, influence key decisions, and lead with confidence through a programme that places culture and practical impact at the centre of trusteeship.

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About  Elevate your trustee leadership

A uniquely tailored programme that puts culture at the heart of good trusteeship and is designed to help trustees navigate the growing demands of their role and be successful.

It equips trustees to steer a course around trustee board dynamics and develop a mindset and skill set to have impact on issues of importance.

This involves practical case-based training helping trustees who want to make a difference and be effective in influencing within a trustee board and with key suppliers and stakeholders. The course brings together pensions and leadership expertise with practical application tools.

Why Attend

  • Deepen your cultural awareness

    Understand how culture shapes effective trusteeship and learn to apply it meaningfully within your board environment.

  • Strengthen your board influence

    Develop the mindset and skill set needed to contribute confidently, influence outcomes, and add value to discussions that matter.

  • Navigate complex dynamics

    Gain tools to manage trustee board interactions, supplier relationships, and stakeholder expectations with clarity and effectiveness.

  • Apply learning through real cases

    Work through practical, case‑based scenarios that help you translate pensions and leadership insights into real‑world impact.

Agenda

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Module 1 | The growing demands of trusteeship

9.00-9.20: Introduction to the programme, presenters & attendees

9.20-10.20: Group discussion on what keeps trustees up at night lead by Simon Ellis, Chair of Trustees

A facilitated discussion exploring the key challenges facing trustees today. This ice breaker encourages participants to share experiences and sets the tone for the course. We’ll consider the current pensions landscape, the pressures this creates for trustees, and how the role is evolving as they balance increasing complexity with long‑term strategic thinking.

Learning outcome: trustees learn from each other in sharing successes and challenges

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Module 2 | Trustee leadership skills

10.20 - 10.50: Part 1 (30 mins)

10.50 - 11.10 Coffee Break

11.10 – 12.10 : Part 2 (60 mins)

A focused exploration of the factors that support or hinder good decision‑making and governance. This module introduces different decision‑making styles to help trustees navigate board decisions more effectively, while also developing a critical mindset to manage complexity with confidence.

Learning outcomes

  • Strengthening knowledge on decision-making styles and understanding where you fit
  • Understanding the blockers to good decision-making on a trustee board and recognising them when they occur
  • Developing creative and critical thinking to help manage complexity and long-term strategic thinking
  • Tools to challenge stakeholders and suppliers in the right way to get the information you need
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Lunch

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Module 3 | Influencing stakeholders

This module equippes trustees to steer a course around trustee board dynamics and develop a mindset and skill set to have impact on issues of importance.  Toolkit provision for ongoing application to specific trustee challenges beyond the training.

Learning outcomes

  • Help trustees steer a course around trustee board and sponsor dynamics
  • Help trustees influence and engage in an effective way
  • Develop a mindset to have impact on the issues of importance
  • Tools that enable trustees to excel
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Coffee break

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Module 4 | Trustee culture board dynamics

This module brings together the learnings from the first three modules and looks at the dynamics of Trustee Board culture and the important contributions that trustees can make in having a positive influence on that culture.

Learning outcomes:

  • How culture can help drive positive outcomes
  • The impact that trustee board culture can have on decision-making
  • How trustees can positively influence good trustee board culture
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Wrap Up - a discussion around personal actions

  • Opportunity to ask questions and discuss the key learning outcomes. This final session will consolidate the knowledge and skills developed through the course.

Costs

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Members £699
Non-members £799

Location

20 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7JE
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Topics of discussion

  • Strengthen your leadership capability to operate effectively in a complex pensions environment
  • Enhance decision-making by understanding bias, group dynamics, and governance behaviours
  • Build confidence to challenge constructively and influence key stakeholders
  • Develop practical tools to shape a high-performing trustee board culture
  • Navigate future risks and regulatory demands with greater clarity and impact

Who should attend

  • Pension Trustees
  • Chair of Trustees
  • Secretary to the Trustees

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