Life's Too Short Not To Love Your Work, Your Team, And Each New Day

 

  • Do you ever wish leadership felt easier, more natural and less pressured?
  • Are you looking to strengthen team engagement and performance through better communication?  
  • Would you like to feel valued, energised and fulfilled in your role as a manager?

 

Stepping into a managerial role can be both exciting and daunting.  New managers are often promoted for their technical expertise, yet the real challenge lies in not what they know, but in how they lead.  Essential skills such as communication, empathy, emotional intelligence, adaptability and self-awareness are the foundation of confident, impactful leadership.

Having experienced the gaps in such skills during my 25 year career as a healthcare professional, I've designed this mentorship programme to take you, the new managers and the aspiring leaders on a 12 month journey of growth and development.

These vital skills will enable you to connect with your teams, navigate difficult conversations and inspire trust.  They will transform your everyday interactions into opportunities for collaboration, growth and innovation.  More importantly, these skills will help you feel valued and fulfilled, because you will be leading from a place of authenticity and human connection, not pressure and performance alone.  

When you and your organisation invest in developing these capabilities, you're not only creating better managers, but rather, you're cultivating leaders who empower others, strengthen culture, and drive meaningful, sustainable success.  

 

The Power Of Soft Skills In Modern Leadership

 

Having worked with professionals in healthcare, education, business and tech, I've noticed how developing the right leadership mindset transforms not only performance and service delivery, but also wellbeing and fulfilment.  My mentorship programme is designed to develop leaders who feel confident, valued and capable of inspiring others to thrive. 

NHS England and the International School of Geneva are amongst the clients who have sponsored such bodies of work.  The unanimous feedback from workshop participants has been immensely positive.  

With one participant sharing that "there have been many big changes for her personally and professionally in the last year."  At work, she has recruited and developed a team to improve the quality of service delivery.  She puts this down to enhanced communication skills and a sense of greater confidence in her own ability and self-worth.  Her manager commented "she was unrecognisable in terms of confidence since before taking part in the project."  

Another participant shared that finding his purpose was invigorating.  "I had started to feel less motivated at work and understanding my purpose helped me reframe my role and focus on what energised me, making me more effective at work" he said.

So what now?  I'm offering you the unique opportunity of developing your skills and capabilities to transform your life and your career for the better and also, to become agents of change for the people and communities you're invested in.

 

 

 

When you join this programme, you will embark on a journey to:

 

  • Strengthen self-awareness and interpersonal insight to developing a deeper understanding of yourself, those you lead and work alongside of, and the organisational culture.
  • Examine your personal beliefs and unconscious biases to foster inclusive, equitable leadership practices.
  • Define your authentic leadership identity and lead with courage, confidence and clarity.
  • Clarify your purpose and professional 'why' to align daily actions with meaningful impact.
  • Lead with authenticity and emotional resilience, free from self-judgement and limiting narratives.
  • Communicating with clarity, confidence and influence to build trust, engagement and motivation across teams.
  • Inspire through compassionate, values driven leadership that aligns, motivates and empowers others to lead by example
  • Apply transformative leadership principles that create sustainable cultural and organisational change.

 

Programme duration:

  • Tier 1 - 3 months -  Lead from within: cultivating self-awareness and authentic leadership
  • Tier 2 - 6 months -  Navigate change with confidence: building and leading adaptive and resilient teams
  • Tier 3 - 12 months - Facilitate leadership development programmes: helping teams transform their culture from inside out

 

Programme structure:

  • One day a month for 3, 6 or 12 months
  • One mid-point virtual group catch up
  • Start date: To be negotiated
  • Small, intimate group size; no more than 6 per group 
  • Live, in person meetings for higher impact
  • Venue: To be negotiated 
  • Timing: 9:30am - 4:30pm 

 

 

What Do Clients Say About Attending This Programme?

 

  • I discovered an overall feeling of greater confidence and empowerment, to allow polite challenge, the ability to speak out and have a voice to contribute on a local, regional and national scale.  Clinical Lead Radiographer
  • The workshops have created a belief in myself that I can do and achieve whatever I set my mind to.  After the first two sessions I felt happier and more confident in myself, really beginning to notice positive changes in all aspects of my life.  Even my manager said I was unrecognisable in terms of my confidence since attending these workshops!  Clinical Governance Lead Radiographer
  • I have been more conscious and intentional about what I say and do; especially aware of how articulating empowering as opposed to limiting beliefs impact the decisions I make.  The results have been life-changing!  MRI Superintendent
  • I've adopted a more positive approach to life and a greater appreciation of challenges which would not have been the case previously.  I have found myself taking time out to appreciate life and the beauty around me.  My interpersonal relationships have improved so much.  Senior Quality Improvement Advisor
  • These workshops have made such a difference in my life.  I've been exercising stress management techniques under recent challenging circumstances to maintain my balance and avoid feelings of overwhelm.  Also, having found my values and my purpose, I feel motivated and energised to stay engaged and reach for my goals.  Senior Modality Lead

Why should you choose to work with me when there are many more coaches and mentorship courses to choose from?

  • Because I passionately believe true learning happens through experience, not theory alone.  Real, sustainable transformation happens when you're immersed in an environment that engages all of your senses.  
  • Because I believe in helping exceptional people like you, to step outside the confines of your job titles, your roles and routines, your silos and the inherited ways of thinking you've learned by example.  
  • Because I believe in your innate power, wisdom and limitless potential.  My role is to help you uncover them, trust them and lead from them, so you can live and work with confidence, clarity and purpose.  

 

WHY DOES THIS MATTER?  

Because life and leadership become lighter, more meaningful and far more effective when you know the type of leader you want to become and how to stand firmly for what you believe in.