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The Tedder Academy's purpose is to develop exceptional leaders and commanders for the Royal Air Force.

The Academy leads the direction and development of world class personnel, through career, air and space minded command and leadership training and education to optimise the RAF's multi-domain operational effectiveness.

The Tedder Academy of Leadership brings coherence to command and leadership development across the RAF by drawing on collective thinking, academic research and lived experiences to enhance operational effectiveness across the RAF Whole Force. The Tedder Academy of Leadership is the Training Requirements Standards Authority for leadership for the RAF.

 

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Tedder Leadership Academy is found at RAF Cranwell

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Commandant

Group Captain Emma Keith BA MSc RAF

Group Captain Emma Keith joined the Royal Air Force as an Operations Officer. She has had a varied career serving in the UK and abroad. Out of profession tours have included embedding with the Army at Warminster and Outer Office positions. In April 2015 she became the first female to run RAF Officer Training. During her tenure the College won the first ever triple outstanding rating granted to a military officer training school. She won a National Award as an Agent of Change for her work at the College. Emma now works as the Commandant of the Tedder Academy of Leadership and is responsible for the strategic direction of leadership, command, coaching and mentoring across the RAF.

Emma is passionate about human performance and helping people, and teams, to achieve their full potential. She has diplomas in Exec Coaching and strategic direction, is a qualified leadership instructor and is qualified in several self-awareness tools. A trained mediator (including group mediation) with 20 + years' experience in conflict resolution. Emma is currently undertaking a PhD in the relationship between trust and conflict.