10X Management Accelerator · Advanced
You managethe people who manage.
The first transition was becoming a manager.
This is the harder one.
A cohort-based programme built for the moment you stop managing work and start leading through the people who do. Ten to sixteen weeks. Real complexity. Peers from different organisations navigating exactly the same transition.
Cohort 1 · Q3 2026 · Registering interest now
The second transition
The first time, you went from doing to managing.
Now you go from managing to leading through managers.
Your success is no longer mediated by your own output. It is mediated entirely by the capability and direction of the managers who report to you. That is a different discipline. Almost nobody gets trained for it.
What we know from our Foundations work
0%
increase in approval ratings from direct reports
0%
showed improvement on 360 feedback
Foundations Accelerator results. The Advanced goes deeper.
Built for this exact moment
The Advanced Accelerator was built for managers making the second transition.
Five focus areas at operational leader depth. A full 360 Manager Strength Index, how your managers, peers and stakeholders experience you. Ten to sixteen weeks. A cross-company cohort of people at exactly the same career moment.
Each session follows three phases: Prime (the concept and the honest conversation about why it is hard), Execute (you leave with an Execution Plan and an AI coaching partner to deliver it), and Elevate (the next session holds you to what you committed to). A Performance Partner available on demand throughout. At a level of complexity that matches where you actually are.
The programme
Not another leadership course.
The second transition, done properly.
Most managers work out the first transition eventually. Almost none are prepared for the second one. This is the faster route.
Five focus areas over ten to sixteen weeks, in a cross-company cohort of up to ten operational leaders, all navigating the same transition. Not case studies. Not generic content. Your challenges, your context, and what you are going to do differently before the next session.
5
Focus Areas
10–16 wks
Intensive Programme
≤ 10
Cohort size
1 Year
Ongoing Support
Sessions run 3.5 to 4 hours. The full 360 Manager Strength Index is included, your managers, peers and stakeholders all contribute.
Completers receive the 10X Certified Manager, Advanced credential. Add it to your LinkedIn profile.
Five focus areas
Five things that change when you lead
through other managers.
Each focus area is built at L5 operational leader depth. Peer learning across organisations at the same level makes every room richer.
Leading People
Leading People
Your managers are leading. Just not the way you need them to.
Lead and motivate across complex, diverse and dispersed teams. Diagnose team dynamics. Embed inclusive leadership. Coach your managers to coach their own teams.
Delivering Performance
Delivering Performance
The strategy makes sense at the top. It disappears before it reaches the teams.
Translate organisational strategy into meaningful objectives at every level. Design performance frameworks that drive the right behaviours across multiple teams simultaneously.
Communicating with Impact
Communicating with Impact
You are in the room with senior stakeholders now. Every word carries more weight.
Communicate with executives with authority and clarity. Build stakeholder management plans for complex environments. Develop leadership presence in high-stakes settings.
Managing Change & Complexity
Managing Change & Complexity
The decisions are bigger. The data is messier. Nobody taught you this part either.
Plan and lead operational change initiatives. Use data and metrics to inform decisions. Apply risk management principles. Navigate organisational politics without compromising integrity.
Building Capability
Building Capability
Your output is only as good as the managers you develop. Who is developing them?
Delegate strategically to develop capability below you. Apply advanced coaching frameworks. Identify high-potential talent. Design succession plans and build the bench.
Cohort 1 · Q3 2026 · Registering interest now. Book a call to be first to know when places open.
The structure
Three things happen in every focus area. Not one of them is a slideshow.
Prime
The concept, the evidence, and the honest conversation about why it is hard at this level. No slides. Interactive web pages built around what is happening in your situation right now.
Execute
You leave with an Execution Plan built in the session. One commitment, everything that needs to unblock it. Tensai, your AI coaching partner, supports you in delivering it before you are back.
Elevate
The next session opens by holding you to what you committed to. Real scenarios from your actual situation, with peers at the same level facing the same complexity.
A proven methodology built around real challenges. Rigorous accountability at every step. Applied at the level of complexity operational leaders actually face.
The transition in practice
Before the Advanced Accelerator
Your managers are doing things their way. You are not sure it is the right way, but you cannot step in and do it for them.
The strategy makes sense at the leadership level. By the time it reaches the front line it is unrecognisable.
You are in conversations with the CFO and the board. You are less confident than you look.
One of your managers is struggling. You are not sure whether to coach them or replace them.
You have a capable team below you. You are not sure how to make them better at the leadership parts of their jobs.
After the Advanced Accelerator
Your managers lead differently because of how you lead them. The improvement compounds down through their teams.
Strategy reaches the front line intact because you have built the systems and conversations that carry it there.
You communicate with senior stakeholders with the authority and precision of someone who belongs in the room.
You know exactly when to coach and when to act. Your managers grow faster because of how you work with them.
You are building the bench. The people below you are being developed for what you were not ready for.
The methodology is proven. The Advanced goes deeper.
Our accelerator methodology has been tested, refined, and proven. Here is what we know.
The Advanced Accelerator is built on a proven methodology: structured accountability, real challenges, and an AI coaching partner between every session. These results come from managers who completed our accelerator programme. We will publish Advanced cohort results when our first cohort completes in Q3 2026.
0%
increase in approval ratings from direct reports.
our accelerator pilot cohort
0%
of participants' teams noticed the difference on 360 feedback.
our accelerator pilot cohort
Across all skills measured
0.0%
average improvement across every management skill measured.
our accelerator pilot cohort
Based on Manager Strength Index assessments and 360 feedback. Advanced cohort results will be published after our first cohort completes in Q3 2026.
From our accelerator participants
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It makes it a dialogue rather than a monologue.
Kutay Saygi
Acquisition Team Lead, Connectd
How it compares
Not all programmes are the same.
Not even close.
Everything in the right column is included in your £1,200 fee. No add-ons. No upsells.
One-day
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Cohort
programmeCohort
included
10X Advanced
Accelerator10X Advanced
Built around your real management challenges.
Off the shelf. Relevant to no one.
Generic curriculum.
Every session is built around what the managers in the room are actually dealing with right now.
An AI coach in your corner between sessions.
Tensai, your AI performance partner, supports you in delivering your commitments between every focus area.
You leave with a plan, not just notes.
You leave with a folder. It stays closed.
Your Execution Plan is built in the session. The next focus area opens by holding you to it.
A real person to call when you're stuck.
On-demand access to your Performance Partner through Coach Connect on LeadersLab.
Support that continues after the programme.
Ends on the day.
Limited follow-up.
Up to a year of continued support, community access and coaching after the programme ends.
Full 360 assessment: not just self-report.
The full 360 Manager Strength Index. Your managers, peers and stakeholders all contribute. You see the complete picture.
And everything below is also included
No slides. Sessions built around your situation.
Death by PowerPoint.
Pre-built decks.
Interactive web pages built to bring each focus area to life, dynamic to your situation.
Peers from different organisations at the same level.
Single organisation only.
A cross-company cohort of operational leaders all navigating the same transition.
24 live events per year.
Full access to the LeadersLab live event calendar throughout and beyond your programme.
A community of 6,800+ managers.
Ask questions, share challenges, get answers from people doing the same job.
60+ masterclasses and courses on demand.
The full LeadersLab library alongside your structured programme.
A credential that proves the transition.
Varies.
The 10X Certified Manager, Advanced credential. Add it to your LinkedIn profile.
This programme is for managers of individual contributors moving into manager-of-managers roles. If you are earlier in your management journey, our Foundations Accelerator is the better starting point.
All of the above included at £1,200. No add-ons.
Be honest with yourself
Is this right for you?
Built for you if
You manage individual contributors who are themselves managers, or you are about to make that transition.
You have been managing for three or more years and are navigating a significant increase in scope and complexity.
Your success is now mediated through other people's management ability, not your own direct output.
You need to operate with data, budgets, stakeholders and strategy in ways you have not been formally prepared for.
You are ready to commit to ten to sixteen weeks of showing up and following through.
Probably not for you if
You are in your first management role and managing a team of individual contributors. The Foundations Accelerator is built for exactly that transition.
You are looking for a formal qualification rather than genuine capability change at this level.
Your organisation needs a bespoke programme scoped to a specific business problem. That is what our Performance Partnership is for.
Not sure which is right? Book a call with Danny. He will tell you honestly.
Full refund guarantee
If after your first session you decide the Advanced Accelerator is not right for you, we will give you a full refund. No questions asked.
From our accelerator participants
“The positive energy brought to the workshop really helped keep everyone engaged. A well-delivered session that kept the group focused and involved throughout.”
Your facilitator
Danny Leeds
Principal, Manager Acceleration at 10X Managers
Danny has spent his career doing one thing: making leaders actually lead. With a Level 7 in Strategic Leadership from Sussex Business School, a Level 5 Coaching Professional qualification, and years of hands-on delivery across commercial, public sector, and charity organisations, he knows that the gap between a good manager and a great one is rarely talent. It is tools, structure, and the right support at the right moment.
As Principal of Manager Acceleration at 10X Managers, Danny designs and runs the Foundations and Advanced Accelerators. Open-cohort programmes built for managers going through the hardest transitions in their career.
If you want to talk about whether the Advanced Accelerator is right for you, book a call. He will be honest if it is not.
“The key takeaway was direct engagement and applying principles immediately, not overthinking them. I've already started acting on that.”
Kate Lomax, Principal ACM Consultant · Foundations Accelerator
Common questions
Everything you want to know before you register.
Foundations is built for the transition from individual contributor to first-time manager. Advanced is built for the next transition: from managing a team of individual contributors to leading through other managers. Different programme, different challenges. The same rigorous approach: real challenges, personal accountability, and an AI coaching partner between sessions.
Between three and a half and four hours per session. Longer than Foundations because the challenges are more complex and the work in the room goes deeper. The same Prime, Execute, Elevate structure applies throughout.
No. The Advanced is designed for managers with three or more years of experience who are navigating the manager-of-managers transition. If that is where you are, you do not need to have completed Foundations first.
The first Advanced cohort is planned for Q3 2026. Dates are being confirmed now. Book a call with Danny to register your interest and be among the first to know when places open.
Yes. The Advanced programme includes a full 360 Manager Strength Index: not just a self-assessment. Your managers, peers and stakeholders all contribute. You see how you are experienced as a leader, not just how you experience yourself. That data shapes the programme and tracks your progress.
Yes, and many do. The programme is priced at £1,200 per person. If you need an invoice for your organisation or L&D team, we can provide one. Talk to Danny on your call and he will sort it.
If after your first session you decide the Advanced Accelerator is not right for you, we will give you a full refund. No questions asked.
Up to ten. We protect cohort quality over cohort size. Smaller cohorts with the right people make for richer peer learning, particularly at this level. Your peers' experience is a significant part of the value.
Your LeadersLab access continues for up to a year. You keep the community, the live event calendar, the masterclass library, and Coach Connect. The programme ends. The support does not.
Probably not yet. The Advanced is designed for managers three or more years into their first management role who are moving into or already in a manager-of-managers position. If you are earlier in your management journey, the Foundations Accelerator is the right starting point.
Still have a question? Book a call and ask Danny directly. No pitch, no pressure.
Cohort dates being confirmed now
The second transition,
done properly.
Starting Q3 2026.
£1,200
per person · no hidden fees · no ongoing commitment
Book a call with Danny to register your interest and be first to know when places open.