AI training for leaders and executives
Build the AI skills you need at speed through funded, flexible apprenticeship units, turning AI knowledge into measurable business value while developing leadership capability across strategy, governance and delivery.
Designed for leaders responsible for growth, innovation and transformation, AI Leadership Units provide the skills to identify AI opportunities, accelerate adoption, strengthen governance and deliver lasting competitive advantage.
Our AI training units for leaders
Each unit is a 5-day, instructor-led, standalone learning experience. Complete a single unit to address a specific need, or progress through a defined pathway to build overall capability.
AI Strategy & Opportunity
Learn to make informed decisions about AI by understanding its organisational impact, benefits, and risks.
The unit covers ethical considerations, governance frameworks, and how to make the most of AI initiatives while balancing opportunity, risk, and readiness.
AI Adoption, Procurement & Governance
Get the skills to move from AI strategy to defensible, evidence-based, and responsible adoption.
The unit focuses on procurement decision-making, supplier evaluation and governance design.
AI Delivery & Organisational Transformation
Oversee the implementation of AI systems and guide AI-enabled transformation across your organisation.
The unit focuses on delivery oversight, workforce impact, risk management and sustained governance.
Why AI Leadership
Why choose AI Leadership Units?
AI is no longer a technical decision – it's a leadership responsibility.
88% of leaders say AI is critical for competitive advantage. But only 44% feel ready. Our AI leadership apprenticeship units quickly equip leaders with targeted skills to set clear AI direction, adopt AI responsibly, and lead AI-enabled organisational change.
- Define AI priorities
- Govern AI at scale
- Translate AI into impact
Fully-funded through the Growth and Skills Levy
Use your levy to fund high‑quality training, without the rigidity of a traditional apprenticeship, giving you more control over timelines, skills outcomes, and budget utilisation.
AI Leadership apprenticeship unit FAQs
What are apprenticeship units?
Apprenticeships units are a new government initiative, which is designed to make apprenticeship training more accessible and more impactful for both businesses and learners.
Apprenticeship units allow learners to complete a segment of an existing apprenticeship standard, rather than completing the full curriculum. This allows businesses to address their skills gaps at a much faster pace and learners to apply their newly acquired skills sooner.
What are the entry requirements for AI Leadership units?
Learners must be employed and must be 19 years or over.
They must also be working in a leadership position within an organisation with autonomy to deliver technological change and inform investment decisions.
How are apprenticeship units funded?
Apprenticeship units will be funded through the Growth and Skills Levy, in the same way that apprenticeship programmes are currently.
The big difference however, is in the flexibility. Apprenticeship units give businesses greater control over how long their teams are training for, what skills they are learning and how they use their levy budget.
Both the Growth and Skills Levy and apprenticeship units were introduced to make the UK's skills system more flexible, allowing for the faster adoption of emerging skills, such as literacy in data and AI.
What are the benefits of apprenticeship units?
For learners
- Flexible with work life: shorter units allow learners to better fit learning around their existing workplace commitments.
- Faster skills application: Rapid and targeted skills adoptions means learners can apply what they've learnt in the workplace faster.
- High-impact skills: Learners can focus their training on the skills that are most needed in their business.
For employers
- Close skills gaps faster: Units allow business to accelerate learning and gain access to critical capabilities faster.
- Faster ROI: Employees return to their full-time role sooner, equipped with high impact skills.
- Flexibility levy spend: Units allow businesses to spend their levy funds on the skills they need most.
What technologies are covered in AI Leadership units?
Tools used in these units include:
- Microsoft Copilot
- OpenAI ChatGPT
- Anthropic Claude
- Google Gemini
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