Project managers driving progress and coordination
More and more subject-matter experts are taking on significant responsibility for collaboration, progress, and results — without having formal personnel responsibility. This includes project managers, coordinators, and other key individuals who lead colleagues across functions and departments. To succeed, they need the right leadership capabilities.
At CfL, we provide training tailored to your organization, ensuring your informal leaders can inspire, build commitment, drive effective processes, and confidently navigate their leadership role.
Training makes a difference for both motivation and effectiveness. With the right tools and coaching, they gain stronger influence, greater confidence, and increased day-to-day impact.
Project managers driving progress and coordination
Specialists responsible for tasks and informal team leadership
Senior consultants, technical leads, and other key contributors
Staff taking on more responsibility due to organisational restructuring
We tailor every training programme to your organization. Here are some of the core topics and competencies we typically work with:
Navigating the challenges of leading without formal authority
Aligning expectations and fostering a collaborative culture
Influencing without formal power
Change management and situational leadership
Building trust and strong professional relationships
Team development
At Danfoss, VP Michael Bjørn aimed to strengthen leadership skills across the High Pressure Pumps division. He brought together 36 leaders - with and without direct reports - from around the world for a three-day targeted training programme.
Michael Bjørn wanted to ensure unified leadership development for all types of leaders, regardless of whether they were responsible for projects, processes, or people. In his words: Good leadership requires training. You need to be aware of your leadership style so you can adapt it to the situation, whether you're leading projects or people.”
CfL delivered a customized SLII® programme, blending online preparation with in-person training, all adapted to tight schedules, diverse cultures, and varied leadership roles.
The result? An average satisfaction rating of 4.7 out of 5 - and more importantly, a real impact. As Michael Bjørn puts it: “When you do leadership training this way, you create a deeper sense of anchoring. It means we actually apply what we’ve learned – and leadership becomes part of the culture."
CfL offers flexible programmes for informal leaders, tailored to your organization's needs, goals, and culture:
We customize both content and delivery format to your organisation, with options for in-person, online, and hybrid solutions.
"How do you lead and empower others without having formal authority? Many have a project management course or two under their belt, yet find themselves at a crossroads - holding great responsibility without being properly prepared. That’s why we’ve developed programmes dedicated specifically to this role. It’s one of CfL's core strengths - and with great impact."
Get the whole organization on board when turning strategy into action – and build engagement across all leadership levels, so everyone contributes actively and wisely toward your shared goals.
Equip your specialists with essential leadership tools so they can combine deep expertise with clear direction, strong collaboration, and greater influence.
How do you future-proof your organisation in times of uncertainty? Get a tailored workshop for your leadership team to help you identify early signals from your surroundings and create clarity and direction.
Bring new leaders, experienced managers and those in need of a skill upgrade together for targeted training. The result is a shared language, a practical toolkit, and stronger cross-functional collaboration.
Create a culture of psychological safety with focused leadership development and open, facilitated dialogue - leading to more trust, better well-being, and stronger collaboration.
We facilitate internal leadership networks that provide a trusted space for peer learning, knowledge sharing, and developing joint solutions across teams.
Looking to improve your leaders’ well-being and reduce isolation or burnout? We help you work proactively with leadership well-being, so impacting the entire organisation.
Explore proven and effective leadership frameworks that support success and foster a healthy workplace culture, for example, the popular SLII® model.
Not all needs fit into fixed categories. At CfL, we design (almost) any type of development programme. Contact us if you're facing a challenge – and we’ll find the solution together.
