24th September 2025
Hilton London Canary Wharf
11th February 2026
Radisson Blu Hotel Manchester Airport

Five benefits of professional development for business leaders

In today’s dynamic and ever-shifting business landscape, the role of the leader has become more complex than ever before. As industries evolve and transform at an unprecedented rate, leaders are faced with new challenges and opportunities that demand continuous growth and learning. Professional development plays a fundamental role in equipping leaders with the knowledge, skills, […]

Discover a professional development course for every situation

A recent survey of 500 employees, in middle and upper management roles, revealed that 80% of managers currently feel that they face a barrier to their career progression at their current place of work, and 21.2% felt there was a lack of time to upskills outside of work hours. When it came to facilitating further […]

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS)

Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) is the UK’s largest campus-based business and management school, and one of the select number of business schools to be triple accredited by AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS. We deliver original thinking and teaching, informed by – and informing – the contemporary commercial environment. A recent survey of 500 employees, in […]

Leaders must keep learning or get left behind

By Professor Bryan Lukas, Academic Director of Executive Education at Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) The former chief executive and chair of IBM, Ginni Rometty, shared some words to live by in a recent interview, which really caught my attention. Her pledge to her colleagues as their employer was: “I can’t promise you employment, but […]

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS)

Alliance Manchester Business School (AMBS) is the UK’s largest campus-based business and management school, and one of the select number of business schools to be triple accredited by AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS. We deliver original thinking and teaching, informed by – and informing – the contemporary commercial environment. A recent survey of 500 employees, in […]