EVENTS
POWER UP YOUR DEVELOPMENT
As well as providing bespoke training programmes for orgainsations, The Self Leadership Initiative also hosts public and online training workshops. These shorter sessions focus on a core skill or tool to help you in both your professional and personal development.
COMMUNICATION PATTERNS IN GROUPS
23/10/26, 10.00-11.00 on Zoom
Do you ever find yourself in team meetings or group conversations that get stuck? Even with great people in the room there seem to be clashes of priorities or miscommunications? Well, that might be because of the underlying patterns that drive most conversations.
This online workshop will help you to identify the patterns and motives in group conversations so that you can get things back on track in diplomatic ways.
You’ll take away:
A model to help you understand conversation dynamics
Confidence to intervene in conversations that get stuck
Awareness of your own communication patterns
Tips for including people with different communication drivers
USING WORK STYLES IN TEAMS
29/10/26, 13.30-14.30 on Zoom
Does your team ever get stuck? Sometimes there are those tasks that no one wants to do, or tensions about the way things should be done. It slows things down, when really there’s a better way.
This online workshop will teach you a model of 6 work styles that show up in all teams so that you can understand the sticking points and, more importantly, what will help your team to collaborate better and flourish.
You’ll take away:
Self-awareness of your own work style
Understanding of how to delegate, work share and prioritise tasks
Confidence to manage your team’s work in smarter ways
Tools for creating a team work style map in order to identify strengths and gaps
Guidance on using work styles for having more targeted work meetings
BUILDING TRUST IN TEAMS
4/11/26, 10.00-11.00 on Zoom
Whether you are leading a team, a project, a campaign or even a family your ability to nurture trusting relationships is essential to success. But what are the ingredients of trust?
This online workshop will help you to identify and understand the different components of trust so that you can be even more intentional about your relationship building in teams.
You’ll take away:
A trustworthiness questionnaire to help you understand your current strengths and growth areas
A model of the different components of trustworthy leadership
Practical strategies for building interpersonal trust
Confidence to show up as a more trustworthy team member
DESIGNING IMPACTFUL PROJECTS AND CAMPAIGNS
11/11/26, 10.00-11.00 on Zoom
Does your project really do what it says on the tin? Some projects can fall flat because people jumped straight into action planning without digging into the impact they wanted to make.
This online workshop will help you to map out the impact of your project / campaign so that all of the planning that follows means you really make a difference.
You’ll take away:
Three different ways of looking at the purpose of your project
Understanding the layers of outcome and impact so that you can better communicate your project
Top tips for planning your impact measurement in advance
Confidence to communicate to stakeholders about the purpose of your project
PITCHING AND PERSUADING WITH NARRATIVES
16/11/26, 13.00-14.00 on Zoom
How do you get people to back your campaigns. Freebies? Mottos? Tiktok dances? They may catch a few supporters but what you really need is a powerful story.
This online workshop will help you to understand how activists build their narratives in order to connect to their audience, and give you practical tools to start using in your own campaigns.
You’ll take away:
Understanding how to draw out the emotional messages of your campaign
Examples of campaign narratives in action to illustrate their power
Practical prompts and tools to workshop your own campaign ideas
Confidence to build a narrative for your campaigns
A greater sense of connection to your ideal audience
MANAGING YOUR TIME EFFECTIVELY
26/11/26, 13.00-14.00 on Zoom
Effective time management isn’t just about packing more in or giving up precious sleep to meet a deadline – it’s fitting in the things that matter in a way that works for you.
This online workshop will help you to understand different ways of planning your time that are smarter, fit your style and help you stay energised.
You’ll take away:
3 different approaches to scheduling to suit different styles
A handy tool for identifying which tasks and activities really matter to you
Tips on how to plan in rest, balance and meaning
Confidence to plan your day in a way that suits your natural patterns
SETTING BOUNDARIES AND IMPROVING ASSERTIVENESS IN THE WORKPLACE
4/12/26, 11.00-12.00 on Zoom
Do you struggle to set boundaries because of a niggling fear that you’ll be letting people down, upsetting authority or come across as difficult? You are not alone. But healthy boundaries are essential to look after our wellbeing and therefore our effectiveness at work.
This online workshop will teach you the essentials of setting great boundaries – knowing what you want (or don’t want) ways of communicating that in a confident yet diplomatic way.
You’ll take away:
Understanding the different types of boundaries and identifying your current style
Strategies for feeling more confident and assertive - ready to have workplace conversations about boundaries
Guidance on how to assertively and diplomatically put boundaries in place and ask for what you want
Tips on saying no in a way that feels comfortable for you
MAKING YOUR MEETINGS PURPOSEFUL
9/12/26, 10.00-11.00 on Zoom
Do you find yourself in a lot of meetings that suck? (Go off track, unprepared, get nothing done, overly long or some other issue?) You are not alone. Whether you are chairing the meeting or just participating, you can use easy tools to facilitate the meeting well and keep the conversation purposeful.
This online workshop will show you how to use questioning and facilitation techniques to create an effective agenda, coach your meeting participants and hold people accountable for achieving the goals of the meeting.
You’ll take away:
The confidence to facilitate the conversation - whether you are chairing the meeting or simply participating
6 powerful questions for structuring an effective meeting
Strategies for keeping meetings on track and hold people to account in diplomatic ways
Relief that meetings can be a valuable use of your time
OVERCOMING PROCRASTINATION AND GETTING MOTIVATED
13/01/27, 13.00-14.00 on Zoom
You’ve got a plan, you have activities on your list… but getting up and doing them feels like a strain. You could wait around and see if you feel like it later, or you could learn how to tap into your own motivation.
This online workshop will help you to understand why procrastination happens how to use practical tools to give yourself a motivational boost any time you need it.
You’ll take away:
Understanding the core components of motivation (and procrastination)
Strategies to make your tasks as motivating a possible for you
Learning how self talk impacts motivational style
Learn a handy visualisation for a motivation boost any time you need it
MANAGING STRESS AND BUILDING RESILIENCE
22/01/27, 11.00-12.00 on Zoom
Managing stress is a tricky business with so many things fighting for your time, attention and resources. You need strategies for looking after you and picking up your own energy levels after a slump.
In this online workshop, Gemma will help you to understand what stress does in the body, how we naturally respond and how we can choose new strategies that help us to bounce back and remain level.
You’ll take away:
Exploring 4 approaches to improving wellbeing
Understanding the differences between acute stress, chronic stress and burnout
Learning how to curate healthy coping mechanisms for stress
A buffet of stress busting tools so that you can find strategies that work for you.
GIVING COLLEAGUES CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK
28/01/27, 10.00-11.00 on Zoom
In order for your team to perform well, bond and grow you want a culture of giving feedback. But sometimes we accidentally slide into complaining or criticism which brings down team morale and puts us off regular feedback.
This online workshop will help you to feel more confident giving your colleagues the kind of feedback that will be constructive, well received and build trust in your team.
You’ll take away:
Recognising the common barriers and pitfalls to good feedback
Examples of best practices for giving your feedback in constructive and supportive ways
Prompts and acronyms to build your confidence in giving feedback to your colleagues
The chance to practice reframing critical feedback into more constructive alternatives
BUILDING PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY IN TEAMS
3/02/27, 13.00-14.00 on Zoom
Are you in a team where you can freely share your ideas? Try new things? Give anyone feedback? (yes, even the CEO) Admit to challenges? – if not, then psychological safety is the missing ingredient.
This online workshop will help you to understand what psychological safety is, why it matters and how team leaders can build cultures that foster and harness it well.
You’ll take away:
Understanding of what psychological safety is (and what it isn’t!)
Best practices for building psychologically safe team cultures
An easy to use psychological safety questionnaire that you can try with your team
Personalised action planning
Frequently Asked Questions
-
Yes. If you want to make a booking for your colleagues or other students then you can create guest slots at the checkout. Just remember to provide their email addresses so that they get a copy of the zoom link to their inbox.
-
Sure. If you need or prefer to be invoiced for the session then get in touch via email info@thesli.co.uk to provide the names of attendees and which workshops they will attend. You’ll be sent an invoice which needs to be paid in advance of the session.
-
That is up to you. Gemma will provide discussion prompts and opportunities to engage in the chat or on whiteboards - if you are up for joining in then that is great. If folks prefer to just listen along like a webinar then that works too.
-
These are all of the public sessions as advertised. If you missed a topic and would really like to hold it on a more convenient date / time for your team then feel free to get in touch about a private booking.
-
Anyone who wants to learn. The sessions are mostly targeted at staff and student leaders within students’ unions. However you may find students, young professionals and folks from the charity sector popping along too if the topic takes their fancy.
-
No. I don’t record sessions for a number of reasons, the main one being that I want people to feel free / safe enough to fully participate without worrying their face will turn up someone on the internet :)
I usually send out some sort of follow up resource for attendees so that they have a reminder of the content - rather than a recording.