My work with companies

I support leaders to design and build better work cultures, from the top. This often takes the form of a programme that covers workshops, consultation working groups, peer development communities, and individual coaching to achieve:

• High self-awareness and clarity about what leadership really is, to enable intentional design and creation of the role
• A clear vision and purpose that is owned across the company and for which roles and responsibilities are clear
• Clarity and confidence to lead through periods of change and uncertainty, with employees on board and resistance reduced
• Greater knowledge about specific barriers that prevent employees from performing their best
• Action to overcome these challenges and the identification of strengths and successes to build on going forward
• A strategic plan and implementation of the factors necessary for a psychologically safe, engaging company culture where people have a positive experience of belonging, connection and status.
• Peer support communities to develop practice one experiment at a time, through Leadership Labs

I support managers to give them the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to engage their teams and achieve high performance. This usually takes the form of workshops, peer development groups, and individual coaching, to achieve:

• A re-think of expectations of managers to intentionally shape the role, and build psychologically safe relationships
• The development of emotional intelligence and compassion, from self-awareness to meeting the needs of others
• The creation of an engaging team identity that nourishes collaboration, creativity, energy and high performance
• Boundaries that enable managers to switch off from their role and that empower their teams to achieve the right balance
• Confidence to normalise and lead ‘tricky’ conversations as a team, or individually, that focus on specific aspects of mental wellbeing, using a variety of resources and frameworks
• Peer support communities to develop practice one experiment at a time, through Leadership Labs

I provide workshops and individual coaching to support entire teams and individual employees, at all levels, to build awareness and skills for:

• Meeting the needs for good mental wellbeing that includes both individual accountability and whole-company strategy
• Using what we know about neuroscience to understand the ‘why’, ‘how’, and impact of prioritising a positive experience (and the danger of getting this wrong)
• Increasing performance by understanding the impact of mental noise including overwhelm, uncertainty and change, and strategies to gain control
• Communication skills including positive ‘conflict’, effective feedback, and psychological safety, for employees to thrive.

I support Mental Health First Aiders (MHFAs), and people in similar roles, to develop their positive impact. I often ask companies:

“How do you know that your people with such responsibilities are being used as well as they could be?” – what’s the evidence?

“How are those people being looked after, developed and supported to provide what is needed within a framework of self-care?”

Together, we focus on building awareness and take-up of these important roles, as well as the effectiveness and evidence, by providing CPD to enhance practice. Such opportunities may include confidence dealing with suicide risk, or specific aspects of mental health they may want to better understand, for example anxiety.