DNB International Business School

MQA Registered · HRDC Refundable · City & Guilds / ILM Approved Centre

Leadership Development Program

Management keeps the ship running. Leadership decides where it sails. Our leadership development program in Mauritius takes experienced managers, department heads and business owners beyond day-to-day management — developing the self-awareness, strategic thinking, coaching ability and influence needed to lead people through growth, change and uncertainty.

  • Develop self-awareness and emotional intelligence as a leader
  • Think strategically and communicate a vision people follow
  • Coach and develop the next generation of managers
  • Lead change and build high-performing teams
  • HRDC refundable — with a pathway to ILM qualifications

For Experienced Managers & Senior Leaders

Flexible Learning (Online / Blended / Face-to-Face)

Pathway to City & Guilds / ILM Qualifications

HRDC Refundable for Employed Participants

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5,000+

Professionals Trained

Locally & internationally

10+

Years of Excellence

In HR & leadership training

200+

Corporate Clients

Across all industries

20+

Countries Reached

Africa, Asia & beyond

75%

HRDC Refund

On eligible programmes

Duration

Short Program — flexible scheduling

Study Mode

Online / Blended / Face-to-Face

Format

Leadership diagnostics, coaching practice & a personal leadership plan

Certificate

Certificate in Leadership Development

HRDC Refundable

Up to 60% refund for eligible participants

About the Program

At some point, competent management stops being enough. Teams grow, markets shift, change lands faster than plans can absorb — and organisations need people who can set direction, carry others through uncertainty and grow the leaders coming up behind them. That is a different skill set from running the day-to-day, and it rarely develops by accident.

This leadership development program is built for experienced managers and business owners in Mauritius ready for that step. Starting from a leadership styles diagnostic and honest self-assessment, you will develop emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, coaching skills, influence and change leadership — and leave with a personal leadership development plan. New and first-line managers should start with our Manager Training Program; this program is the next step. Graduates can progress to internationally recognised City & Guilds / ILM leadership and management qualifications, and the program is frequently delivered in-house through our corporate training solutions for entire leadership teams.

What You Will Learn

  • Leadership vs Management: What Changes at the Next Level
  • Self-Awareness & Emotional Intelligence for Leaders
  • Leadership Styles Diagnostic: Your Default & Your Range
  • Situational Leadership: Adapting to People & Circumstances
  • Strategic Thinking & Communicating a Compelling Vision
  • Leading Change: Taking People Through Uncertainty
  • Coaching Skills: Developing the Managers Behind You
  • Building & Sustaining High-Performing Teams
  • Influence & Stakeholder Management Without Authority
  • Decision-Making Under Pressure & Problem Solving
  • Leading Across Generations & Diverse Teams in Mauritius
  • Resilience, Personal Effectiveness & Your Leadership Development Plan
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Who Should Enrol?

  • Experienced managers and department heads ready to move from managing tasks to leading direction
  • Senior professionals identified for succession into leadership and executive roles
  • Business owners and directors in Mauritius scaling beyond what they can personally supervise
  • Leaders taking teams through change — restructuring, growth, digitalisation or new markets
  • Organisations developing their leadership bench — delivered in-house for management and executive teams
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Career Opportunities

Leadership capability is the deciding factor for senior appointments — the program prepares you for the roles where organisations are led, not just managed.

Senior Manager

Department Head

Operations Manager

General Manager

HR / L&D Manager

Director / Executive Track

What Our Participants Say

Senior managers, department heads and business owners across Mauritius have stepped up to leadership with DNB Business Institute.

"The leadership styles diagnostic was uncomfortable in the best way — I discovered I was leading everyone the way I like to be led. Learning to read what each person actually needs changed how my whole department performs."

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Nitish R.
Head of Department, Financial Services

"We were restructuring and morale was at the bottom. The leading change module gave me a practical playbook — communicate early, name the losses honestly, involve people in the how. We kept every key person through the transition."

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Caroline V.
General Manager, Tourism Sector

"I built my company to 40 people and hit my own ceiling — everything still needed me. The coaching module taught me to develop my managers instead of solving for them. A year on, I finally work on the business instead of in it, and two of my team completed the ILM qualification through DNB."

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Fabrice P.
Founder & Managing Director, Construction SME

Leadership Training With International Standing.

This leadership development program is delivered by DNB Business Institute, an MQA-registered institution and an approved City & Guilds and ILM centre. ILM is the UK's leading specialist awarding body for leadership qualifications, and graduates of this program can progress to ILM leadership and management qualifications recognised in 100+ countries. Eligible employed participants can claim an HRDC levy refund of up to 60% through the Human Resource Development Council — and we handle the G1 and G3 paperwork for you.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Manager Training Program builds the core skills of managing a team day to day — delegation, feedback, performance conversations — and is ideal for new and first-line managers. This Leadership Development Program is the next level: strategic thinking, leading change, coaching other managers and influence, designed for experienced managers and senior leaders.

Yes. The program opens with a leadership styles diagnostic and structured self-assessment, so you understand your default style, its strengths and blind spots — then you learn to flex across styles depending on the person and situation, which is the mark of a mature leader.

Yes. DNB Business Institute is an HRDC-approved training provider, and eligible employed participants can claim a levy refund of up to 60% of the program fee through their employer. We assist with the G1 and G3 paperwork. Learn more about the HRDC refund process.

Yes. Leading change is a core module — why people resist, how to communicate through uncertainty, how to keep performance and key people during restructuring, growth or digitalisation. Participants work on a real change situation from their own organisation.

Yes. Leadership development is one of our most requested in-house programmes — delivered for management and executive teams with diagnostics and case work built around your organisation's real challenges. See our corporate training solutions or contact us for a proposal.

Graduates typically progress to an internationally recognised City & Guilds / ILM leadership and management qualification through our programme pathway — ILM is the UK's specialist leadership awarding body, recognised in over 100 countries. Leaders responsible for people development also pair this with our Learning and Development Course.

Managing got you here. Leadership takes you further.

Develop the vision, influence and coaching skills to lead — not just manage.

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