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Empower your leaders. Transform your business.

Great leaders adapt. Our leadership programmes give your team the skills to embrace change and lead with confidence in the AI age.

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Trusted by top companies to revolutionise their teams

  • Google
  • Deloitte Digital
  • monzo
  • Comparethemarket
  • Ford
  • HM Government
  • EY
  • Ovo energy
  • Aviva
  • Transport for London
  • Elsevier

Realise the impact of transformative leadership

Diversify your senior leadership

Diversify your senior leadership

Apprenticeships create access. They are an opportunity for individuals who may have thought progression to senior leadership was impossible.

Our flexible delivery and Levy-funded format opens the door to people who may not have the opportunity to pursue an MBA or similar qualification.

Close your skills gaps

Close your skills gaps

Great leaders don’t just manage change - they drive it. Our programmes develop the skills, agility, and strategic thinking needed to lead high-performing teams in the AI era.

Master decision-making, problem-solving, and the ability to lead with vision.

Increase productivity and improve retention

Increase productivity and improve retention

Utilise unspent Apprenticeship Levy and upskill your existing workforce.

Our leadership programmes can help you retain talent, save on recruitment and adapt roles with the most in-demand skills and behaviours that your organisation needs.

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Upskill your team

Leaders

PRIVATELY FUNDED PROGRAMME

Build a bespoke programme to develop your top individual contributor engineers into  inspiring technical leaders.

Using the MBA ‘case method,’ Leaders is designed to rapidly upskill your experienced engineers into exceptional technical leaders.

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Transformative Digital Leader

L5 OPERATIONS MANAGER

Empower your digital managers to lead high-performing teams and leverage AI in their workflows.

This programme is delivered with a series of workshops, seminars and reading groups across 3 modules.

Icons-65 13 months + 2 month assessment
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Senior Tech Leader

L7 SENIOR LEADER

Transform your senior leaders with immersive, tech-focused training.

Using the MBA ‘case method,’ this programme is designed to amplify your team’s strategic capabilities and drive real-world impact in your organisation.

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transformative leadership training

Future-proof your talent pipeline

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Turn top talent into future leaders

Close the skills gaps in your mid-level team to retain your top talent and equip them for the future of work.

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Lead in the age of AI

Develop leaders who can leverage AI, make data-driven decisions, and drive digital transformation.

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Diversify your senior leadership

Our programmes create access for individuals who may have thought progression to senior leadership impossible.

Delivery Models

Choose your learning path

Choose between levy-funded apprenticeships for immediate on-the-job impact or commercially-funded programmes for flexible training tailored to your team's goals.

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Delivery Models

Choose your learning path

Choose between levy-funded apprenticeships for immediate on-the-job impact or commercially-funded programmes for flexible training tailored to your team's goals.

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Different Learning Paths

Our offerings

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Apprenticeships

Fully-funded by the UK Government Apprenticeship Levy, apprenticeships are a way to upskill existing employees or recruit new talent. Apprenticeships deliver immediate impact by mixing our training with on-the-job learning.

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Commercially-funded programmes

Covering bootcamps, team upskilling and recruit-train-deploy Accelerator programmes, commercially-funded training programmes are a flexible, tailored approach to upskilling existing teams or building new ones.

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BUILD FUTURE LEADERS

Digital Leadership Academy

  • APPRENTICESHIP UPSKILL

    Digital Leader Apprenticeship

    Equip your digital and tech managers to drive change with AI and data-driven leadership.

    Upskill your mid-level leaders into digital pioneers who can drive AI-led decision-making, digital transformation, and ethical leadership in a rapidly-changing tech era.

    Duration
    13 months + 2 month assessment
    Apprenticeship standard

    L5 Operations Manager

    £9,000
    Funded by the Apprenticeship Levy
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  • COMMERCIALLY-FUNDED UPSKILL

    Technical Leader Programme

    Develop your top engineers into exceptional technical leaders.

    Our Leaders programme is bespoke to your organisation, and uses Harvard Business School's MBA ‘case method’ to equip your key developers with the clarity, competence, and strategic acumen to drive impact across the business.

    Duration
    6-12 months
    Price on request
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    Build future leaders

    Digital Leadership Academy

    APPRENTICESHIP

    Digital Leader Apprenticeship

    Equip your digital and tech managers to drive change with AI and data-driven leadership.

    Upskill your mid-level leaders into digital pioneers who can drive AI-led decision-making, digital transformation, and ethical leadership in a rapidly-changing tech era. 

    Duration 13 months + 2 month assessment
    Apprenticeship standard

    L5 Operations Manager
    £9,000funded by apprenticeship levy
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    COMMERCIALLY-FUNDED

    Technical Leader Programme

    Develop your top engineers into exceptional technical leaders.

    Our Leaders programme is bespoke to your organisation, and uses Harvard Business School's MBA ‘case method’ to equip your key developers with the clarity, competence, and strategic acumen to drive impact across the business.

    Duration 6-12 months
    Apprenticeship standard
    Price on request
    Enquire now

    Build future leaders

    Digital Leadership Academy

    APPRENTICESHIP

    Digital Leader Apprenticeship

    Duration 13 months + 2 month assessment

    Equip your digital and tech managers to drive change with AI and data-driven leadership.

    Upskill your mid-level leaders into digital pioneers who can drive AI-led decision-making, digital transformation, and ethical leadership in a rapidly-changing tech era. 

     

    L5 Operations Manager

    £9,000 (levy-funded)incl VAT
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    UPSKILLING PROGRAMME

    Leaders Upskilling Programme

    Duration 6-12 months

    Develop your top engineers into exceptional technical leaders.

    Our Leaders programme is bespoke to your organisation, and uses Harvard Business School's MBA ‘case method’ to equip your key developers with the clarity, competence, and strategic acumen to drive impact across the business.

    £Price on requestincl VAT
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    One size doesn't fit all

    Different learning solutions

    Different goals call for different learning paths, so we offer a variety of courses to suit every business. Read on to understand how they differ.

    Apprenticeships are on-the-job learning programmes fully funded by the UK government Apprenticeship Levy. Apprentices are employed by a business and combine on-the-job learning with off-the-job training delivered by Makers. 

    Apprenticeships can be used to upskill existing employees or recruit new talent. They typically last between 12 and 24 months, and the learner is awarded a nationally-recognised certification.

    For: Businesses who want to use their Levy to upskill teams or recruit new talent for immediate, on-the-job impact.

    Our commercially-funded upskilling programmes are private programmes for your team, with varied delivery options: from 2-day offsites to 2 months of weekly workshops.

    We take a consultative approach when you choose to upskill your team with us, aligning learner outcomes and delivery format with your business needs.

    For: Businesses who want to upskill their teams quickly, with a bespoke approach.

     

    Accelerator programmes use the ‘Recruit Train Deploy’ model to help you quickly build your tech team.

    We recruit and train new talent according to your needs, then deploy them into your team on a 12-month contract. They then receive ongoing support and coaching from us to quickly propel them to mid-level.

    For: Businesses that need tech talent - fast - and want job-ready talent with minimal onboarding time.

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    Makers is proud to be the original European tech bootcamp.

    Bootcamps are intensive 16-week programmes that rapidly upskill people into new career paths. 

    We offer bootcamps to individuals looking to retrain in tech, or switch to a new tech discipline. These could be funded by the individual or by an employer supporting a career change or upskilling.

    For: Individuals looking to fast-track their career into tech.

    CASE STUDY

    How Holiday Extras built a leadership pipeline for long term growth


    “Our tech leaders saw value from the very first module. One applied it straight away — using a visual map to shift a senior engineer from shadowing to leading. It’s already improved communication and collaboration across the team.”

    Faye Bennett, Lead Engineering Manager

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    18 Makers learners hired 75% of apprentices still with the business over seven years Career switchers thriving in engineering roles Performance gains of up to 30% on key features Leadership pipeli

    • Why Makers? Because they get it. They’re masters at turning raw potential into real-world skills.

      Mike Yorwerth COO

    • Our tech leaders have seen immediate value from the very first module.

      Faye Bennett Lead Engineering Manager

    • The training that they do with Makers gears them up to be huge problem solvers.

      Ghulam Rasool Transformation Lead

      The UK's leading tech training provider

      Market-leading results

      Fanatical about quality

      Renowned as the gold-standard provider of technical education, we’re obsessed with quality - and consistently get the best results.

      Expert and proprietary

      Our curriculum is built in-house and delivered by industry specialists.

      Committed to inclusivity

      We're striving to create a more equitable tech industry: our 2024 learner cohort was 46% diverse ethnicities and 40% women.

      Learning specialists

      The Makers approach develops resilient, growth-oriented learners. Alumni typically progress 2x as fast as their peers, and 90% of Makers were promoted after their training. 

      80%

      of Makers apprentices achieved merits of distinctions in 2024

      96%

      of Makers alumni said our training transformed their life

      84%

      apprenticeship achievement (completion) rate, vs the industry average of 59%

      90%

      of Makers learners have been promoted since completing their training

      Why Makers

      Market-leading results


      Makers-Logo_Icon-Black-1  Fanatical about quality

      We consistently top the leaderboard for apprenticeship results and achievement rate. 

      Makers-Logo_Icon-Black-1  Committed to inclusivity

      Our 2024 learner profile was 46% diverse ethnicities and 40% women.

      Makers-Logo_Icon-Black-1  Industry-leading coaches

      Our leadership coaches are industry professionals who've led teams, scaled businesses, and driven innovation.

      Makers-Logo_Icon-Black-1  Hands-on learning

      We use the Harvard Business School case study method to solve real-world, complex problems that are applicable to learners' roles.

      80%

      of Makers apprentices achieved merits or distinctions in 2024.

      96%

      of Makers Alumni said we transformed their life.

      90%

      of Makers Alumni were promoted post-training.

      Our Approach

      The Makers Difference

       

      The Learning Experts

      Learning Quotient (LQ) is the ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn. Makers embeds this in every programme to create lifelong learners.

      Excellence Without Exception

      We’ve spent over a decade refining our approach to leadership and tech training, trusted by top brands and recognised as the gold standard in apprenticeships.

      Industry-Leading Coaches

      Our leadership coaches are experienced industry professionals who’ve led teams, scaled businesses, and driven innovation in the world’s most dynamic sectors.

      Hands-on Learning

      We use the Harvard Business School case study method, challenging leaders to solve real-world, complex problems. This develops skills that are immediately applicable to their role.

       

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      beyond leadership

      Future-ready leadership

      Exceptional leadership is about more than strategy—it’s about people, influence, and impact. Our Leadership programmes help leaders build trust, resilience, and high-performing teams, while sharpening their ability to drive organisational success.

      We use the Harvard Business School-style case study method, challenging leaders to solve real-world, complex problems.

      With expert coaching and hands-on learning, participants gain the strategic, digital, and people-focused skills to lead with confidence in an evolving tech landscape.

      Download a brochure to learn more:

      Transformative Digital Leader Senior Tech Leader

      The Makers Difference

      Build the Leaders Who Build the Future

      LQ is the ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn—Makers embeds this in every programme to create lifelong learners.

      We’ve spent over a decade refining our approach to leadership and tech training, trusted by top brands and recognized as the gold standard in apprenticeships.

      The future of leadership is human: enhanced by AI, driven by insight, and built on continuous learning.

      Our leadership coaches aren’t just educators; they’re experienced industry professionals who’ve led teams, scaled businesses, and driven innovation in the world’s most dynamic sectors.

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      Driving AI Success
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      Case study

      Holiday Extras: a leadership pipeline for long term growth

      Holiday Extras doesn’t just want to grow talent. They want to keep it. That means offering clear development pathways. When they couldn’t find any leadership training tailored to tech, they turned to Makers.

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      "Our tech leaders saw value from the very first module... It's already improved communication and collaboration across the team."

      Faye Bennett Lead Engineering Manager
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