Course Benefits and Impact

Common Purpose courses deliver tangible benefits; the impact can be seen in the positive change made in organisations, communities and wider society.

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What are the benefits of Common Purpose courses?

Common Purpose helps people, organisations, cities and regions to succeed by broadening the horizons of their leaders and developing their ability to work together to lead complex change.

This is because participants on our courses change fundamentally as leaders…

We deal with real life issues and insights - so our courses are neither classroom nor lecture based. We go beyond standard leadership models and learn instead from the successes and failures of leaders from all sectors. Participants are taken out of their familiar environment so that they re-examine why, when and how they lead.

People apply for our courses from many different backgrounds and have different outlooks. This creates an environment in which participants learn to adapt and thrive, opening up to working with different people, in new ways and places.

We connect people who might otherwise never meet. As a result participants develop lasting relationships that encourage collaboration.

"I have never been a rebel because I have always chosen to be in the system. I believe in change from the inside, and I don't believe that, just because you get into the centre of power, you inevitably become part of it. I don't think you should ever stay out of things on principle. Too many opportunities are missed as a result of this attitude."

Janet Paraskeva
First Commissioner, Civil Service Commission