Leadership Workshops, Behaviour Change Training & Mentoring
Helping leaders build the conversations, confidence and behaviours that make organisational change stick.
Whether you're introducing a new way of working, developing managers or navigating organisational change, my workshops combine practical leadership skills with evidence-based behaviour change to create movement that lasts.
Change doesn't happen because people attended a workshop
It happens because people leave thinking differently, and then behave differently. That's why every session is practical and discussion-led, built around the real challenges your organisation is actually facing, not hypothetical case studies. The goal isn't more information, it's better conversations, better decisions, and greater ownership across the team.
How I can help
Workshops, programmes and mentoring each do a different job, and most organisations end up needing more than one at different points.
Workshops introduce the thinking, practical sessions on behaviour change, The Ministry of Not Yet, and how to have better conversations around change. They build awareness quickly, and they're often where the shift starts.
Leadership programmes build on that over time. Longer-form (often 4 half days) and structured around learning, practice and reflection, they're for organisations who want the capability to go deeper than a single session allows.
Mentoring comes in once training has finished, supporting leaders as they embed what they've learned into everyday decisions and conversations, this is where confidence turns into habit. Unlike coaching, which works through someone's own individual challenges, mentoring is focused on applying what's already been introduced.
Popular workshop themes
- Understanding resistance — why capable people still hesitate; introducing The Ministry of Not Yet
- Leading change — helping teams move from agreement to action
- Better conversations — practical behaviour change skills using motivational interviewing and solution-focused approaches
- Leadership confidence — building ownership, delegation and accountability
Built around what you actually need
Every organisation is different, so rather than delivering the same workshop every time, I design around the conversations, leadership challenges and organisational changes you're navigating. That can mean a 90-minute introduction, a half-day or full-day session, a multi-session leadership programme, ongoing mentoring alongside training, or a bespoke mix of leadership development, behaviour change training, coaching and action learning, built specifically around your team.
Let's start the conversation
Every organisation faces different challenges, so I don't believe in forcing people into off-the-shelf programmes. We'll start by understanding what's changing, what's getting stuck, and what you're hoping will be different. From there, we can decide together whether a workshop, leadership programme, mentoring, or a combination of approaches is the right fit.
Emily Robertson, MSc · Turning resistance into insight that moves teams forward · Based in North Tyneside