The CfL Leadership Academy – Leading Myself and Others Course
Learn to lead yourself and others
The CfL Leadership Academy – Leading Myself and Others is a powerful online leadership programme designed to help you develop self-awareness, confidence, and the practical skills needed to lead both yourself and others effectively.
For over a decade, this programme has been successfully delivered in person to individuals, organisations, schools, and sports teams across five continents. Now, the same proven leadership model is available online, allowing you to learn at your own pace, from anywhere in the world.
The course is supported by Floyd Woodrow’s book “The Warrior, The Strategist and You”.
This course is designed to be accessible to everyone, with no upper age limit and participants as young as four years old engaging with the principles.
Course Overview
The CfL Leadership Academy – Leading Myself and Others course empowers young people, developing leaders, and individuals who want a practical, proven framework to improve how they lead themselves and others.
The course is divided into 3 modules:
Module 1: The Fundamentals of Compass for Life
Module 2: Leading Myself
Module 3: Leading Others
The Compass for Life interactive videos, self-study activities and map provide the toolkit to support any leadership journey, regardless of the starting point.
Course Takeways
This course will enable you to:
- Lead with a clear purpose that inspires both yourself and others
- Build a practical strategy for success, wellbeing and performance
- Communicate with clarity, confidence and impact
- Apply proven tools and frameworks to real-life leadership challenges
- Develop the mindset and resilience to lead under pressure
Bronze
Ideal for individuals who want to learn the basics.
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Module 1: The Fundamentals
Covers fundamental principles and language that will be used throughout the course. This is the start point of your journey.
Silver
Ideal for individuals who want to progress their personal leadership skills.
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Module 1: The Fundamentals
Covers the fundamental principles and language that will be used throughout the course. This is the start point of your journey.
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Module 2: Leading Myself
Provides a deeper dive into the 4 Compass Cardinals (North, East, South and West) and equips you to lead yourself towards your Super North Star.
Gold
Ideal for individuals who want to apply Compass for Life with their teams.
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Module 1 : The Fundamentals
Covers the fundamental principles and language that will be used throughout the course. This is the start point of your journey.
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Module 2: Leading Myself
Provides a deeper dive into the 4 Compass Cardinals (North, East, South and West) and equips you to lead yourself towards your Super North Star.
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Module 3: Leading Others
Gives you the opportunity to apply the Compass Cardinals to a team(s) environment towards your shared Super North Star.
Course structure
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MODULE 1: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPASS FOR LIFE
Chapter 1 – Introduction to the course
The fundamental principles and language that will be used throughout the course. This is the start point of your journey.
Chapter 2 – My guiding ‘Super North’ star
Identifying your big goals, dreams and aspirations. You have to reach for the stars!
Chapter 3 – My Strategy
Set clear milestones to help break your journey down into manageable chunks. Identifying the individuals on your team.
Chapter 4 – My Ethos
Thinking about the values that matter to you and whether you consistently demonstrate these.
Chapter 5 – My Warrior Spirit
Identifying the physical and mental strategies you need to be successful.
MODULE 2: LEADING MYSELF
Chapter 1 – My guiding ‘Super North Star’
A deeper dive into your SNS (big dreams, goals and ambitions). Thinking about your purpose for being (utilising the Japanese concept of Ikigai).
Chapter 2 – My Strategy
Adaptive leadership strategies. Learning/reflecting on the many models and tools available to help in becoming a better strategist. Covering critical thinking, the 5Ws, SMART goals, GROW, contingency planning, FLOW, De Bono’s, SWOT and the communication stairway.
Chapter 3 – My Ethos
Considering the influences on your personal ethos, exploring your role models, your values over time, developing your personal statement of intent and communicating your values with others.
Chapter 4 – My Warrior Spirit
A deeper look at yourself as a ‘warrior’, the physiological response to stress (fight, flight, freeze), positive self-coaching, anchoring and how to step out of your comfort zone and into the pressure zone.
Chapter 5 – Getting started on your journey
Evaluating the tools you have in your backpack and how you can utilise these. Moving from a sense of failure to success whilst taking accountability for your personal progress. Knowing how to recalibrate your compass at the relevant points on your journey. Evolution of your map over time.
MODULE 3: LEADING OTHERS
Chapter 1 – My guiding ‘Super North Star’
What does leadership mean and how does this relate to good and bad leaders? How do you clearly define your legacy and what does this look like.
Chapter 2 – My Strategy
Considering your team and what happens when you are not communicating well. Implementation of the strategic models (SMART, SWOT, 5Ws and 1H) with your team. Thinking creatively to solve problems.
Chapter 3 – My Ethos
What are your team values. How do your use T.E.A.M. (trust, empowerment, accountability, and motivation)? Your team culture – challenge vs. support.
Chapter 4 – My Warrior Spirit
The highest form of leadership, moving from good to elite performance. Communication to enhance your team – what happens when we give great feedback?
Chapter 5 – Getting started on your journey
Our toolkit, our team – what do we collectively have in our backpack? Are we aware of the magnets that can take us off course? Ensuring the team compass is aligned including success culture and legacy. How is your team going to evolve over time?
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MODULE 1: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPASS FOR LIFE
Chapter 1 – Introduction to the course
The fundamental principles and language that will be used throughout the course. This is the start point of your journey.
Chapter 2 – My guiding ‘Super North’ star
Identifying your big goals, dreams and aspirations. You have to reach for the stars!
Chapter 3 – My Strategy
Set clear milestones to help break your journey down into manageable chunks. Identifying the individuals on your team.
Chapter 4 – My Ethos
Thinking about the values that matter to you and whether you consistently demonstrate these.
Chapter 5 – My Warrior Spirit
Identifying the physical and mental strategies you need to be successful.
MODULE 2: LEADING MYSELF
Chapter 1 – My guiding ‘Super North Star’
A deeper dive into your SNS (big dreams, goals and ambitions). Thinking about your purpose for being (utilising the Japanese concept of Ikigai).
Chapter 2 – My Strategy
Adaptive leadership strategies. Learning/reflecting on the many models and tools available to help in becoming a better strategist. Covering critical thinking, the 5Ws, SMART goals, GROW, contingency planning, FLOW, De Bono’s, SWOT and the communication stairway.
Chapter 3 – My Ethos
Considering the influences on your personal ethos, exploring your role models, your values over time, developing your personal statement of intent and communicating your values with others.
Chapter 4 – My Warrior Spirit
A deeper look at yourself as a ‘warrior’, the physiological response to stress (fight, flight, freeze), positive self-coaching, anchoring and how to step out of your comfort zone and into the pressure zone.
Chapter 5 – Getting started on your journey
Evaluating the tools you have in your backpack and how you can utilise these. Moving from a sense of failure to success whilst taking accountability for your personal progress. Knowing how to recalibrate your compass at the relevant points on your journey. Evolution of your map over time.
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MODULE 1: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPASS FOR LIFE
Chapter 1 – Introduction to the course
The fundamental principles and language that will be used throughout the course. This is the start point of your journey.
Chapter 2 – My guiding ‘Super North’ star
Identifying your big goals, dreams and aspirations. You have to reach for the stars!
Chapter 3 – My Strategy
Set clear milestones to help break your journey down into manageable chunks. Identifying the individuals on your team.
Chapter 4 – My Ethos
Thinking about the values that matter to you and whether you consistently demonstrate these.
Chapter 5 – My Warrior Spirit
Identifying the physical and mental strategies you need to be successful.
Meet your instructor
Floyd Woodrow is a well-known leadership and performance coach, particularly respected for his military background and work with high-performing teams.
Floyd’s coaching style and philosophy is built on 4 pillars:
- Purpose-driven leadership – Floyd emphasizes having a clear “Super North Star” – a strong sense of purpose that guides decisions, especially under pressure – is fundamental
- Resilience under stress – Drawing from his SAS experience, Floyd teaches about staying calm in chaos, making decisions with incomplete information and building mental toughness
- Simplicity and clarity – his approach is based on clear priorities, simple frameworks and action-oriented thinking
- Values and integrity – Floyd focuses heavily on trust, accountability and ethical leadership
People who work with Floyd often gain:
- Stronger decision-making skills
- Better stress management
- Clearer leadership identity
- Practical tools to apply in personal and professional environments
How you will learn
- Thought provoking videos
- Self-study activities
- Personalised leadership map
- Dashboard to track progress as you go through the course
- End of course quiz and shareable certificate on course completion
We invite you to approach the learning with an open mind and that throughout the course you are honest in your self-reflections; this is what will lead you to making the most progress.
By ensuring that our Compass is in balance we are making ourselves difficult to beat, even on our worst day.
Testimonials
What our students say
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Adam
Corporate Business Leader
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Michelle
Educational Leader
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Paul
Small Business Leader
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Floyd is exceptionally engaging, insightful and educational. His passion is addictive and infectious.
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This was really useful for what I was about to do in my school. Floyd had me really reflecting on myself and my school. I felt really inspired by the course.
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The course content was absorbing. I’ve taken so much from my time learning about the Compass for Life coupled with reading Floyd’s book. Highly recommend.
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Frequently asked questions
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The CfL Leading & Myself and Others course is designed for every stage of your journey—from those just beginning to explore leadership to seasoned professionals ready to refine and elevate their impact. Whether you’re an aspiring leader looking to build confidence and core skills, a new manager navigating real-world challenges, or an experienced leader aiming to sharpen strategy, influence, and decision-making, this course meets you where you are. Through practical insights, proven models, and real-life application, you’ll gain the tools to lead with clarity, inspire others, and drive meaningful results in any environment.
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Your online course access will be valid for six months, starting from the day you enrol. Once you have downloaded and saved your journal and map, you will be able to edit them, update them and keep them as long as you wish to.
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If you have any queries, please contact us at [email protected] and we will aim to get back to you within 2 days.