Passion for progress
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The Professional Development Centre Ltd
Is committed to developing leadership capability and capacity at all levels of the organisation.
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”
John F. Kennedy
Becoming….a more critical leader
The Professional Development Centre define Critical Leadership as– “developing the ability to be self aware, to ask questions in order to gain further knowledge and insight. Critical leaders are able to check and challenge themselves in order to find new ways of ‘doing’ as well as helping others by being a true critical friend. Critical leaders strive to improve and do this by reflecting on behaviour and questioning current practice”.
Why learn with us?
- Online/Real time/Experiential learning
- Bespoke Programmes tailored to the needs of your organisation
- Facilitated by highly qualified and experienced professionals
- Approved by the Institute of Leadership and Management
Recent Posts
Leadership Is for Everyone – So Why Women’s Programmes?
I'm often asked, "Why run a women's leadership programme? Why not just have an open leadership programme for everyone?" It's a fair question. After all, leadership is leadership. Women don't need a different set of leadership skills. The reason is that women often...
Confidence Costs Extra (and Women Pay More) Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever found yourself wondering if you truly deserve your success — or worrying that one day, someone will “find out” you’re not as capable as they think? If so, you’re not alone. Many of you will already know this term as: Imposter Syndrome and we seem to be...
In Her Words: Women Leading in Wales
January is often a time for reflection — looking back at what has been, and turning our attention towards what could be. Recently, I’ve spent some time reflecting on a new initiative we launched in October: In Her Words: Women Leading in Wales. The concept grew out of...
Leading Across Identities and Generations: A New Era for Women in Leadership
I recently had an interesting discussion with my dear friend and mentor Charlie (Charlotte) Lister who inspired me to put some thoughts down on paper. We spoke about our passion to keep making sure we grew our “world perspective”. Thinking about that imperative we...
Women in Leadership: A Story from Wales
In Wales, empowering women through leadership programmes is more than a social good—it’s a vital strategy for creating a more inclusive, dynamic, and resilient society. When women step confidently into leadership roles—across business, education, politics, and...
Critical Leadership
Our approach is active in every sense – active learning, engaging all the senses, creating environments that help to build self awareness and critical thinking. This space may be physical or mental or, indeed, both, however, it allows room for creative and mindful thought and challenges and helps to build mental resilience. The learning is always in the service of action so our success is measured through our ability to make a difference and measure change in work-place practice.
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Critical Leadership:
How we learn to be better leaders
Our Book – on Amazon
How we learn to be better leaders (the authors)

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Contact Information
Pam Heneberry
e: pam@pd-centre.com
m: 07801 538967