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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.

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SETTING BOUNDARIES AND IMPROVING ASSERTIVENESS AT WORK

25/03/26, 1.00-2.00pm 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 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 how to say no in a way that feels comfortable for you
  • Support in action planning the boundaries you want to strengthen in your work

CAMPAIGNING: PERSUADING WITH NARRATIVES

08/04/26, 10.00-11.00am 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 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

MAKING YOUR MEETINGS PURPOSEFUL

06/05/26, 10.00-11.00am 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 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:

  • 6 powerful questions for structuring an effective meeting
  • The confidence to facilitate the conversation – whether you are chairing the meeting or simply participating
  • 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

HELPING PEOPLE SPEAK UP AND ENGAGE IN MEETINGS

20/05/26, 10.00-11.00am on Zoom

You finally managed to get everyone in the same room or teams call… but all you can hear is tumbleweed! Either that or the same few voices are leading the conversation. It’s frustrating because you know people have more to offer.

This online workshop will give you a buffet of facilitation tools and practical tips that help people to feel more comfortable participating in meetings and which liven up meetings too. You’ll take away:

  • Understanding the main barriers to speaking up in meetings
  • Strategies for building psychological safety in your team
  • Tips on framing more purposeful questions and instructions for participation
  • A range of interactive participation tools to get people talking

GIVING COLLEAGUES CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK

03/06/26, 10.00-11.00am 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 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:

  • Understanding the importance of good feedback
  • 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

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