Celebrating 10 Years of Arden Matheson with the Launch of Our Signature Leadership Programme
To mark a decade of developing exceptional leaders, Arden Matheson is proud to launch our Lead with Impact programme.
Designed for both emerging and experienced leaders, the programme captures core learning, techniques and a toolkit that sets apart the average leaders to the most impactful leaders. Through a powerful blend of expert-led training and peer-to-peer learning, you’ll gain the confidence and clarity to lead yourself, your team, and your organisation effectively and with impact.
Whether you’re stepping into leadership or refining your leadership edge, Lead with Impact will take your leadership to the next level.

Core Focus Areas
Growth in Confidence & Clarity
Strengthen leadership presence, self-belief and decision-making with current practical tools and proven leadership techniques.
Learn from other Leaders
Gain insights and fresh perspectives through peer-to-peer learning and fellow business leaders.
Lead with Impact Overview
- 9 impactful in-person monthly workshops hosted at our offices at the University of York, with lunch and refreshments included.
- Extended half day workshops from 9.30am – 2.30pm.
- Insight Discovery profiling to understand your leadership profile and reflecting on your own strengths and potential blindspots as a leader.
- Interactive sessions covering current and insightful leadership models, research and techniques for successful leadership.
- Peer-to-peer development with other business leaders across different sectors.
- Thought provoking sessions to step back, reflect and shape your own leadership action plan.
- Delivering a leadership toolkit to support you in your leadership journey.
- Optional 1:1 coaching between workshops to enhance your leadership development and personal growth.
“I have been on many leadership and management training sessions. The Leadership Programme covered recent and relevant material that was fascinating and I really enjoyed the programme. Thank you!”
“As a new leader in my business area, I found the Leadership Programme insightful, informative and beneficial. I have already taken steps to implement the learning and I feel more confident in my approach”
“Not only does Holly bring enthusiasm and positivity to a team, she provides a fully commercial approach, which consistently achieves results. She engages teams at all levels and actively seeks solutions to improve performance. I have always enjoyed working with Holly and found her to be supportive, personable and professional at all times”
“The LEAP course delivered by Holly was both enjoyable and insightful. For me, it helps managers create a set of tools that genuinely help guide teams of people and their projects through tough times and unforeseen challenges that arise out of working remotely for long periods of time. I’d recommend to those looking to find new ways of thinking when you need that extra support and also help when the day to day contact we are so used to isn’t there.”
“Holly developed a highly successful sales evaluation and development programme for the business, which continues to deliver accelerated revenue growth and a healthy ROI. Holly has a passion for sales and sales management, coupled with exceptional communication skills, as you would expect from such a strong trainer.”
“I recently took part in the LEAP Virtual Development Programme. I found the content to be excellent and full of best practice in areas such as connect, communicate, resilience and engagement.
This was a virtual training course but the quality of the trainer and interactive approach allowed me to fully engage, not only with the subject matter but my peers as well.
Would definitely recommend it!”
“When I asked Holly to provide some training for us, I knew her passion and dedication to the recruitment world would have a huge impact on my people. 2 years later, Holly feels like part of the team, she is frequently working with small groups, 121s and also handling on desk management observations. We have had direct results from the training she has delivered over the years and I can not recommend Holly enough – she is 100% focussed on her content and relevance and inspires my team to always want to deliver what they have learnt.”
“Thank you for a really interesting and valuable training programme. I believe the entire programme was of benefit. Key areas include – Being part of a new group and the interaction, a well balanced programme which encouraged everyone to be engaged and take part. I would like my team to complete the LEAP programme.”
“In the 15 years of working in recruitment, I can honestly say this training has added the most value for me and my team. We have delivered 5 successive Regional ‘Best Evers’ as a result of the changes we have embedded. So many of the team have delivered personal ‘Best Evers’ over the life of the programme and since – and overall my region is currently 38% ahead of last year on margin!”
“I have had the pleasure of attending training delivered by Holly and found her style to be thought provoking, challenging but above all very helpful. I worked with Holly when working on a project reviewing one of our assessment centres and the work Holly had designed and shared, has made a big difference to the way we evaluate. Without question, Holly is someone I would look to gain input from, as she always makes the time to give a considered opinion.”


