A Blend Education Course

Six Lessons of Leadership

Brought to you by Ronan Dunne, former CEO of O2 and Verizon, now chairman of Six Nations Rugby. Drawing on decades of experience, Ronan brings his six lessons directly to you, ready to put to work immediately.

Ronan Dunne: Chairman of Six Nations Rugby

Former Chief Executive Officer

O2

Former Chief Executive Officer

Verizon

Chairman

Six Nations Rugby

A first look at the course

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Great leaders don’t do it all themselves. They help other people be the best versions of themselves.

Ronan Dunne

You'll learn how to...

Handle a crisis without following the standard playbook

built on the ‘fact-pack’ method Ronan used live on air, when a national network outage cut off 7.9 million customers.

Give your team real power, not delegated busywork

modeled on the trust Ronan handed 17 people stuck on a stalled legal call, he set a deadline, then left the room for good.

Turn a decision nobody wanted, into one everyone can back

with the common context method: how to translate one decision into language every level of the business can act on.

Build a team that's stronger for its differences

using the question most leaders skip during hiring: does this person bring something the team doesn’t already have, or just more of the same?

Six lessons, built to be used immediately

Each lesson closes with a reflection prompt and a short check on the idea, so it becomes something you apply, not just something you finished.

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Impact Over Output

reflection · quiz

02

Build an Effective Team

reflection · quiz

03 

Exercise Judgment Wisely

reflection · quiz

04

Leadership at Every Level

reflection · quiz

05

Authentic Leadership

reflection · quiz

06

Know the Question Before Answering

reflection · quiz

Led by

Ronan Dunne

Ronan started his career as an accountant in the City of London before spending two decades in telecoms, leading O2 UK as CEO and later running Verizon through major transformation. He is now Chairman of Six Nations Rugby. These six lessons are drawn directly from decisions he made at that scale, not theory borrowed from someone else’s career.

Ronan Dunne: Chairman of Six Nations Rugby

What past participants of Blend Education say

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This course brought the topic down to earth and provided tools and specific use cases that can be applied in the flow of work.

Steve Ellis

Global Head, Growth & Strategy, EF Corporate Learning

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The course was enlightening and well balanced with actionable steps.

Priscila Gomes

Senior Strategy Consultant, Axis Innovation

Six Lessons of Leadership

Six lessons, each with a reflection prompt and a quick check built in, so what you learn on your own schedule actually gets used on the job.

$299 • watch on your own schedule

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CPD Certified

Independently assessed and certified by The CPD Certification Service, the accreditation body used by Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Deloitte, the Cabinet Office, and NHS England for their own professional development programs. 

Completing this course adds a formally verified credential to your record, recognized by chartered bodies and regulators in over 100 countries, not just Blend’s word for it.