Your growth depends on how well you lead yourself

Master the art of leading yourself before leading others

Lead with purpose and impact, at work and in life. Learn the same self-management strategies used by top CEOs.

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+1,000,000 Lives Transformed

Your future success depends on inspiring others — are you ready?

The Self-Managing Leadership® Online Programme is a powerful framework based on psychology and human behaviour, designed to enhance individuals’ clarity and confidence in navigating life and work, with purpose as the north star. 

The program empowers leader and individuals with the insights, tools, and strategies to grow, they will be better equipped to perform personally and professionally.

A Globally Recognised Leadership Programme

Helping leaders improve their lives for over 30 years.

Join over one million people who have transformed their lives with the SML programme. Become the purpose-driven leader you were meant to be today!

Our step-by-step interactive system has been designed to help you get to the next level in your life & career. You’ll learn how to:

A 10-step journey to help you unlock your 
full potential through the Power of Purpose 
by using our Online  SML® Program 

Trusted by the world's largest organisations

For Growth-Minded Individuals

What impact will you make in your next chapter?

Whether you are leading yourself, a team, or an organisation, mastering hard skills is only the starting point in today’s complex and unpredictable world. When faced with new challenges, the most reliable resource you have is yourself. Your success depends on you and your inner capability.

 If you want to create the future you truly desire, then you need to master self-leadership by becoming the leader capable of leading yourself and others.

Leadership isn’t about learning to act like a leader or adopting a role, it’s about uncovering and activating the leader already within you.

 That’s exactly why we’ve developed The Self-Managing Leadership programme! Inside, we give you the exact steps to start leading with purpose and authenticity with self-leadership at the heart of it all.

 Inside, you’ll get access to the proven methods, strategies, & frameworks used by some of the biggest Fortune 500 leaders.

 Over the last 30 years, over a million people have made impactful transformations through our programme. That’s because we show you how to turn potential into action, helping you lead effectively and purposefully in all areas of life.

“I have never come across such a well-thought-out process that really DOES WORK! 

This course hits right to the core. I feel empowered, inspired and ready to help change the world in my own way. 

Everyone should do this online course!”

Marneta Viegas
Founder, Relaxed Kids
Define Your Purpose

95% of leaders do this WRONG!

Did you know that purpose-driven leaders contribute up to 18 times more value to their organisations?

(Source: Laszlo Bock, Work Rules!)

Yet, 95% of leaders fail to establish a clear, intentional purpose that guides their actions. They mostly focus on mastering the hard skills, completely overlooking the importance of self-leadership & their purpose in the process.

 You see, the key to being a great leader is having a clear purpose that guides your decisions and future.

 Without a defined purpose, leaders often struggle to inspire their teams, make impactful decisions, and maintain a sense of direction in their careers. This lack of clarity not only affects your professional success, but also your personal growth & fulfillment.

 The Self-Managing Leadership programme is designed to address this critical gap. Our interactive system helps you define your personal purpose, align your actions with your values, and develop the emotional intelligence needed to inspire your team!

The powerful 10-step SML® framework

For a transformational journey to develop all aspects of your internal compass, and provide you with the tools and capabilities needed to become a purpose-driven leader and individual. 

A Global Support Community

We have a global network of 200+ world-class online coaches and leadership alumni to support your transformational journey

A Personal 90-Day Action Plan

Develop a strategy and plan for your next chapter, based on were you are today and what you need to do to reach your future vision. At the end of the program, you will have a personal business plan for success.

Oxford Leadership Certification

Become an Oxford Leadership Certified Purpose-Driven Leader. A proof that you are part of an exclusive global tribe, a capable purpose-driven leader and committed to make a positive impact.

Sustained Success

Personal & professional success integrated.

Very few training programmes set you up to win the long game. Today, it’s almost impossible to train for every occassion. But there is one constant that you can focus on – you.

The SML® Programme prepares you for the future by digging into the fundamentals of who you really are, your habits, emotions, values and goals. Our goal is to put you on a solid path and gets you ready for every single challenge you’ll face along the way!

90-Day Action Plan

Your 90-Day Impact Roadmap

Our programme takes you on a transformational digital journey where you’ll discover your inner “why.” You’ll develop a clear sense of direction and receive a personalized 90-Day Action Plan that will help you realize your full potential as a purpose-driven leader.
Interactive Learning Platform

Interactive Learning. Optimal Outcomes.

Our unique and interactive platform is designed to help you transform yourself and your people with an engaging learning experience. Our digital SML model includes 10 interactive modules that help you understand your strengths and weaknesses. You’ll also learn how to define who you are as a leader based on your values and purpose.
Globally Recognised Certification

Differentiate yourself as an Oxford Leadership Certified SML® online coach

Accelerate your career path as an Oxford Leadership-certified Purpose-Driven Leader. Stand out to potential employers with a globally recognised certification from one of the world’s premier leadership development consultancies.

Now Available to You

A step-by-step framework formerly only available to Fortune 500 leaders.

Our methodologies and frameworks have helped some of the biggest organisations around the world develop over one million transformational leaders and unlock the power of purpose-driven performance.

Over One Million Lives Transformed

What previous participants say about the Self-Managing Leadership Programme

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“I have always been a reflective person but the course gave me unexpected insight and clarity about my why/purpose and my next page in life. I find the printable action plan at the end of sessions very useful.”

Latinka Ducheva

Marketing & Engagement Director at WW...

“I have participated earlier in several classical general management and leadership programs. I found the content of the Oxford Leadership program useful, the online form is very flexible. The inner compass model used in the program is brilliant and easy to remember. The program did broaden my perspective, it made me more present, more relaxed and more effective.”

Erik Goras

Manager Storage & Server Virtualization Technologi...

“I have been through many leadership programmes before, but none has had the same impact as Oxford Leadership on my approach to life and work. It has changed me as a person and leader.”

Santiago Gowland

Vice President, Uniliver

“I’ve been through many high-end executive coaching, training and personal leadership programmes. What shocked me about this one was how incredibly sharp and insightful the resulting action plan was in terms of my vision, values and actions. The short, engaging and impactful videos created the space to go inwards. I intend to bring all new hires through this process as part of their development plan.”

Walter Roth

CEO, Inward Sales

“This program has helped me have more self awareness about my behaviours and routines. The way it has been built is extremely professional and has effectively guided me through all the fundamental steps needed to reach the right action plan like a real coach. It’s a program I would recommend for everyone seeking a journey of purpose and significance.”

Roula Abou Samra

Financial Manager, Mersaco

“A source of condensed wisdom and a great tool helping to guide yourself through important turns of life, simply structured, compelling, easy to use and time efficient. Haven’t you found your purpose yet?”

Denis Gordienko

Project Leader, Skill Shift Initiative

Self-Managing Leadership® online programme

Step into the leader you are meant to be?

Empowered, authentic, and unstoppable, driven by a purpose. Dive into a rare and powerful journey of self-discovery and leadership. Enrol in the Self-Managing Leadership program today and start living and leading as your best self.

+1,000,000 Lives Transformed

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Self-Managing Leadership® online programme

Step into the leader you are meant to be ...

+1,000,000 Lives Transformed

To lead others, to be authentic, to be credible and to make a difference

Empowered, authentic, and unstoppable, driven by a purpose. Dive into a rare and powerful journey of self-discovery and leadership. Enrol in the Self-Managing Leadership program today and start living and leading as your best self.

To make a difference

Your purpose & values must become your North Star guiding  your choices, decisions and actions. Your purpose &.
For Growth-Minded Individuals

Embedding purpose and values in the way you live and lead.

To lead others

You first need to learn how to lead yourself, expand your vision and develop your EQ.

To be authentic

Your must act from the inside, guided by your own purpose and values.

To be credible

Your purpose must become integrated in your life.You need to talk your walk!

To make a difference

Your purpose & values must become your North Star guiding  your choices, decisions and actions.

1 000,000+

People have already been through an SML programme (online and offline).

9/10

People have already been through an SML programme (online and offline).

9/10

of course participants rated SML Online as either an extremely meaningful or very meaningful experience in their personal and professional life.

Our Global Network of 200+ World-Class Online Coaches

Helping leaders strategise their lives for 30+ years.

Story of the Self-Managing Leadership Programme

In 1991, one of Australia’s largest power companies hired Brian Bacon to help its executive team manage a stressful organisational transformation. 

Having spent the last 10 years using different mindfulness and neuroscience-based practices to deal with his own work-related stress, Bacon created a “Self-Leadership” workshop. It used the practices and techniques to help leaders develop an internal compass that helped them see the bigger picture and navigate through turbulent, stressful times. 

Following this, the power company became an industry example for organisational transformation and the workshop was developed into Oxford Leadership’s Self-Managing Leadership program. 

Since then, the SML program has been developed further for exclusive use in large organisations throughout Europe, the United States, India, Asia, China and Australia.

Today, Oxford Leadership is proud to support individuals across the globe with an online version of the Self-Managing Leadership programme.

SML® Program Curriculum

Our 10-Step Leadership Compass Model

Develop a strategic plan for yourself to guide your career over the course of 10 comprehensive modules.

Where have I come from and how did I get here?

Identify what stage you are at in your life.

  • See where you’ve come from and what you’ve learned
  • Identify what (good and bad) patterns of thinking, responding and behaving you’ve acquired
  • Determine what scale of change you need to undertake
  • Discover your presence and ‘total intelligence’ as a purpose-driven leader

What does my story tell me about myself?

Assess the personal strengths and positive patterns that you can build on for the next chapter in your life.

  • Identify the weaknesses and negative patterns that need to be dealt with
  • Gain perspective on your story and what’s really going on by examining your life as a ‘detached’ observer

If I live my truth, what am I supposed to be doing with my life?

Explore the power of your purpose and keeping the right intention.

  • Clarify your “why”
  • Develop your personal compass to guide you through the next chapter in your life
  • Unlock the key to steering the trajectory of your next chapter

What values and guiding principles support my “why”?

Identify the core values connected to your purpose in order to guide and influence major choices, decisions and relationships. Distil the values which give shape and definition to your character as an individual and person.

What does my vision ideally point to? How do I need to adjust the way I see?

Define your focus for the next chapter of your life.

  • Use your guiding values to clarify a vision for your future self in all aspects of life
  • Identify any barriers blocking you from realising your full potential

What are the barriers that I will probably face while moving towards my vision?

Explore the obstacles and challenges you must conquer to achieve your vision. Dig deep into the root cause of old patterns that are compromising your success.

What do I do and how do I do it?

Together, these modules will show you how to pinpoint the key decisions that will reinforce your goals and strategies for achieving your vision.

What are the immediate steps to move towards my vision?

Our coaches will guide you in developing a 90-day action plan for creating the change you are looking for in your life and career. Through this exercise, you’ll find out how to sustain your energy, commitment and enthusiasm for the direction you choose.

What habits and patterns do I need to change?

In this session you will discover different ways to carry your action plan into reality. By the end, you’ll already have taken steps toward building new habits and behaviours vital for your long-term success.

For Growth-Minded Individuals

Embedding purpose and values in the way you live and lead.

+1,000,000 Lives Transformed

Your own personalised 90-day action plan to help you achieve your persona

Your own personalised 90-day action plan to help you achieve your persona

Your own personalised 90-day action plan to help you achieve your persona

People at the Heart of Everything we Do

We have a panel of online coaches to support your Transformation Journey.

Reach out to know more about our online coaching program.
About the Self-Managing Leadership® Programme

Frequently Asked Questions

By unpacking your purpose and turning it into a 90-day action plan, you can decide what you want to do in your personal life, and how to get there. Inside the SML® programme, Oxford Leadership provides you the tools to make the change yourself.
Anyone can benefit from following our 10-step programme to find purpose and create an actionable plan for the next chapter of their life. Specifically, we’ve designed the SML® course to help aspiring leaders, career switchers, university students, and lifelong self-improvement devotees gain clarity around where they want to go.
If you’re looking to expand your role and influence as a leader, the SML® programme helps you level up your leadership skills by becoming a purpose-driven leader with clarity and the emotional intelligence required to lead people and teams. Previously only available to C-suite and senior management in large organisations, SML® gives you access to the same frameworks and methods used to train leaders at many Fortune 500 companies.
Absolutely! The 10-step SML® model is first and foremost a personal development program designed to help you define your inner leadership compass so you can better achieve success in all aspects of your life – including your studies. Our alumni include university and college students who have used the SML® to plan out the next period of their life after graduation.
Yes! SML® is the perfect programme to help you gain clarity on which direction to steer your professional life, especially if you’re looking for a new path to embark on. Our digital platform not only makes it easy to create a clear vision for yourself but also gives you the tools to help you turn your vision into reality.
Most self-development programmes focus exclusively on either your personal or professional life. SML® takes a holistic approach to self-improvement by integrating your personal and professional purpose and goals to lead yourself to a better self. Unlike many other self-development courses, SML® guides you through a transformation process that moves you forward in your role as a leader at work, in your social circle, and in your personal life.
Once you enrol, you’ll have instant access to our digital platform, which will guide you through each step of the SML® programme. Our platform is entirely browser-based, so you can pick up where you left off from almost anywhere in the world, as long as you have a device with an Internet connection.
SML® is specifically meant as a self-paced learning programme that allows you to take as much time as you need to set a course for your future. While the resulting action plan follows a 90-day schedule, our alumni often run through the SML journey at multiple points in their lives to help them plan out their next chapter.

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