Lead with confidence. Shape the future.
Exceptional Leadership Development Programmes
Evolve your leadership journey and shape the future of OCS with our results-driven, world-class training programmes. Our Level 3, Level 5, Level 6 and Level 7 development programmes, delivered in partnership with specialist provider Fuel Learning, are designed to empower leaders, accelerate careers and drive meaningful change across our business network.
The best leaders don’t just manage. They transform.
Traditional leadership programmes teach models you’ll never use. Abstract theories. Academic case studies. Zero workplace application. That’s why, in partnership with Fuel Learning, we’ve revolutionised our leadership development programmes. Whether it’s our Evolve Level 3, Evolve Level 5, Evolve Level 6 or our Evolve Level 7 programme – your real challenges become your curriculum. Your actual results earn your qualification.
Step into a leadership development programme that delivers real impact for you and lasting results for our organisation. If you’r ready to shape the future of OCS, then take the first step by registering your interest today.
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Join 42 OCS leaders currently on our Level 7 programme
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Join 100 OCS leaders currently on our Level 5 programme
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Join 59 OCS leaders currently on our Level 3 programme
What to expect
Targeted workshops that solve real challenges
Delivered by master facilitators and senior professionals
Dedicated leadership coaching sessions
For your real situations, not case studies
Access 30+ Elective modules
Tailor your programme to solves your challenges
Flexible funding methods
OCS and Fuel Learning are committed to developing all leaders and managers regardless of their location
Deliver a live ROI project
Deliver tangible results for OCS, whilst showcasing your leadership thinking
What you’ll gain
Develop real tools for real challenges
No irrelevant theory, just practical solutions you’ll use tomorrow
Immediate organisational impact
Every project improves actual performance metrics
Career development
Enhance your leadership capabilities and achieve greater success using proven tools and techniques
Chartered Manager pathways
Access to professional body and accredited credentials, with optional CMI qualifications
Leadership & Management certification
Formal recognition of your leadership and management capability
Evolve Level 7
Senior Leader Programme
The UK’s only senior leader development programme where every project drives measurable impact. Real leadership. Real results. Real qualification. Transform your organisation while earning recognition. Until 31 December 2025, this programme can be fully funded through the Growth & Skills levy, for eligible candidates. Find out more – book onto a Discovery Session today.
Programme highlights
- 8 Impact Workshops
- 17 months on programme
- Access 30+ Elective Workshops
- 1:1 Executive Coaching Sessions
- Learning Experiences and Mini Conferences
The development programme built for leaders who deliver, not just delegate.
Who would benefit from this programme
- Aspiring Senior Leaders :
Operations and departmental managers ready for strategic roles - Evolve Level 5 Programme Graduates:
Completers of operations manager programme seeking senior positions - Recently Promoted:
Fill real capability gaps through funded development - Established Executives:
Directors and VPs using levy for formal recognition - Strategic Innovators :
Leaders sculpting organisational futures with practical tools
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Eight impact workshops designed to solve real problems.
Evolve Level 6
Advanced Leader Programme
Transform experience into qualification. Real projects, real results, real career growth. Apply your leadership achievements to earn a full charted degree BSc.
Programme highlights
- 12 Advanced Workshops
- 24 months on programme
- Access 30+ Elective Workshops
- 1:1 Executive Coaching Sessions
- Learning Experiences & Mini Conferences
- Delivered in partnership with Hartpury University
Theory that works as hard as you do.
Learn it, apply it, measure it, prove it and gain real ROI. Our revolutionary approach brings academic theory straight to your desk. Learn it Monday, apply it Tuesday, measure results by Friday. No abstract assignments. No fictional scenarios. Just rigorous academic thinking applied to your real challenges. Finally, a degree where every theory improves your practice.
Who would benefit from this programme
- Aspiring Middle & Senior Leaders
Master theory while delivering results - Operational Managers
Add academic depth to practical expertise - Evolve Level 3 Graduates
or more experienced team leaders looking for career advancement - Evolve Level 5 Graduates
Natural progression to degree-level thinking - Established Seniors
Finally connect experience with scholarship - Graduate Trainees
Blend academic learning with real application
12 Advanced Workshops
Year One: Academic foundations through workplace application
- Collaborating & Managing Relationships – Stakeholder theory using your actual networks
- Design Thinking for Enterprise – Innovation frameworks solving your real problems
- Leading Sustainably & Responsibly – CSR theory in your actual context
- Making Financial Decisions – Financial models with your real budgets
- Managing Digital & Data-Driven Marketing – Marketing theory driving actual campaigns
- Managing Operations & Projects – PM methodologies on live deliverables
Year Two: Strategic scholarship through practice
- Managing & Leading in Organisations – Organisational theory in your real structure
- Planning Research Methods – Academic rigour investigating actual problems
- Exploring Strategy & Innovation – Strategic frameworks creating real solutions
- Critical Issues in Business – Scholarly analysis of current challenges
- Leading Ethical Business & CSR – Ethics theory driving real change
- Applied Management Project – Academic research transforming your workplace
Evolve Level 5
Operations Manager Programme
Real operations. Real improvements. Real qualifications. Apply learning immediately, create measurable gains, graduate with distinction. Where assignments drive profit, not just grades.
Programme highlights
- 8 High Performance Workshops
- 17 months on programme
- Access 30+ Elective Workshops
- 1:1 Executive Coaching Sessions
The development programme built for operations leaders ready to excel:
Who would benefit from this programme
- Aspiring Operations Managers
Build capabilities before the promotion - Current Operations Managers
Master the jump from managing tasks to leading strategically - Department Heads
Sharpen strategic thinking whilst delivering today - Evolve Level 3 Graduates
Completers of Level 3 programme, looking to progress their leadership journey - Technical Specialists
Add operational leadership to technical expertise
Eight High Performance Workshops: Eight operational game-changers.
Evolve Level 3
Team Leader Programme
First-time leader? The rules have changed. Modern team leaders face real challenges. Real people. Real problems. Real pressure to deliver. Generic training won’t cut it. We’ve built something different.
Programme highlights
- 6 Leadership Essentials Workshops
- 13 months on programme
- Access 30+ Elective Workshops
- 1:1 Coaching Sessions
Built for team leaders ready to grow and elevate their career.
Who would benefit from this programme
- Aspiring Managers
Preparing to lead? Build confidence before you start - New Team Leaders
Just promoted? Get the tools as you need them - First Line Managers
Already leading? Fill the gaps fast - Supervisors – Ready for more?
Take the next step with confidence - Technical Experts
Moving to management? Master the people side
Six essential leadership workshops. Six foundations every team leader needs.
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As a business we need consistency in how we lead across every level, every team and every site. Fuel Learning has been instrumental in supporting us to achieve that.
50,000+
Colleagues bringing expertise to OCS
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I know that long-term success for OCS depends on not just hiring the best talent but on building a stable, high-quality pipeline across our existing team so they grow with us.
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My programme has given me greater focus on the overall impact – helping me network with key stakeholders, break through blockers and implement change nationally.
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(My coach) made an immediate connection with me, which made me feel empowered to share more thoughts, concerns & plans. Challenging my own thought process has altered my mindset for the better.
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To deliver on our long-term performance strategy, we must build leaders who embody best practice to drive the best outcomes and that’s why we chose to partner with Fuel Learning.
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By building our leadership pipeline we’re improving succession and internal mobility whilst also increasing our ability to retain high-potential colleagues and attract external talent who see clear, supported career pathways.
Achieve real results:
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Participant pass rate through practical application
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Participants achieve distinctions solving real challenges
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Verified returns from participant projects £4+ ROI for every £1 of levy invested
Fuel Your Future.
Register your interest.
Are you ready to shape the future of OCS? Then take the first step and register your interest in our exceptional leadership development programmes – built to deliver real impact for you and lasting results for our organisation.
Elective Workshops: Unlimited access. Zero waste.
All of our OCS leadership development programmes include unlimited access to our complete elective portfolio. Book what you need. Skip what you don’t. From handling tomorrow’s difficult conversation to understanding this quarter’s P&L. From leading next month’s transformation to building the innovation culture your CEO demands. Every elective solves specific challenges with immediate application. Because learning should solve real problems.
Lead with confidence. Shape the future.
