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Leadership Training

Leadership training and development for FE organisations

You have capable people in your team. You may have already invested in their development. But something is not shifting.

The middle leaders who should be stepping up are still hesitating. The team dynamics that need to change are not changing. And you are not sure whether the problem is skills, mindset, or something else entirely.

In most cases it is not skills

Your managers know how to do the job.

What gets in the way is the belief systems, communication patterns, and leadership habits underneath the surface that no training day has ever touched.

That is where this work starts, and it is work I understand from the inside. I work primarily with FE colleges, so I know how these environments run, the pressures your managers are operating under, and what good leadership actually looks like in your context. Nothing about your world needs explaining to me.

What I Offer

Every programme I design starts with a conversation about what is actually going on in your organisation, not what the symptoms look like, but what is driving them. From there I build something tailored to your people, your context, and the specific outcomes you need. Nothing generic, nothing off the shelf.

The most common areas organisations come to me for are:

Building leadership confidence in middle managers

For managers who have been promoted for their technical skill but have never been given a roadmap for leading people.

We work on the habits, boundaries, and communication approaches that make the difference between someone who manages tasks and someone who actually leads.

Performance and difficult conversations

Most managers avoid the conversations that would make the biggest difference.

This work gives them the tools, the language, and the confidence to have those conversations clearly and without it feeling like a confrontation.

Leading through change

FE organisations are in constant flux. This helps your leaders manage uncertainty, stay steady under pressure, and bring their teams with them rather than losing them in the process.

Full day workshops from £850.00

Team communication and dynamics using DiSC

DiSC profiling gives your team a shared, practical language for how they work together. It surfaces the patterns that are creating friction, builds genuine self-awareness, and creates the conditions for better collaboration.

I deliver individual assessments, full team workshops, and follow-up coaching depending on what your team needs.

3 hour workshops from £650.00. DiSC assessment and 1:1 coaching session from £200.00

Developing women into senior leadership

If you have capable women in middle leadership roles who are not progressing, the barrier is rarely capability.

I work with organisations to address the specific belief systems and support structures that keep talented women stuck at the point where they are most likely to disengage or leave.

Prices for 1:1 coaching 6 month programme from £2,500.00

Joanna Stokes, founder of My Coach Joanna

Is leadership training the right fit?

I work with organisations that want to develop capable middle leaders, strengthen collaboration and address the patterns that may be holding their people back.

Visit Who I Help to find out more about the organisations and leaders I support. You can also explore ways to work with me, including leadership coaching, tailored training, DiSC profiling and team workshops.

If you’re unsure what your team needs, book a free 30-minute discovery call and we can talk it through.

Let’s talk

Book a free consultation – no pressure, just a proper conversation.