Become a more sturdy, calm and grounded manager.

This 12 week programme helps you leave worries of burnout behind and know that you're in the right place, and able to navigate any challenge with confidence.

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You spend too much time at work to feel unsure about it.

You aren't sure if you're in the right place anymore and if you are in the right place you worry that maybe you aren't really up to it.
You're working weekends to catch up on your own work because you spend your days fighting other people's fires.
You have some performance issues in your team that you aren't sure you're handling well enough.
You know that something has to give but another stern chat with yourself about boundaries isn't going to cut it.

As a dedicated HE Management Coach I'm here to help you:

reconnect with yourself at this stage of your life and career
redefine your views, opinions and beliefs about yourself and your role as a manager and leader
streamline the business as usual workflows in your team to allow you to delegate well while still feeling in control
implement boundaries that actually stick and protect your energy and your team.

If you're ready to find your confidence as a manager and leader and leave worries about burnout behind then the Grounded Manager Programme is for you.

Figure out: Who am I and what do I want now?

You'll get access to a mini-course containing a series of self-reflection exercises. They will help you to review where you are at this point in your life and career: what your strengths, drivers and values are and what you want out of life and work now.

Become a sturdy, grounded manager

In the training modules we’ll untangle your perspectives on yourself and your role as a manager and leader. The modules focus on practical managerial approaches, but we’ll start with you—building your self-trust and self-belief as the foundation for everything else.

Managing yourself and your priority

One of the main things that managers struggle with is getting dragged around by other people's priorities and being buried in email overwhelm. This module tackles how to keep your main thing in it's place as the main thing. And how to deal with everything else. We'll look at ways to get unhooked from the big three: perfectionism, procrastination and people pleasing.

Managing workload and wellbeing by managing upwards and outwards

Sometimes your Senior Managers and stakeholders will make unreasonable demands of you and your team, especially when there are recruitment freezes in place or redundancies in the offing. It's quite likely that you're carrying several vacancies in your team but still have a the workload equivalent to a full team. This module is all about knowing when to push back and how. We'll be tackling saying no, setting boundaries and making better agreements.

Managing the BAU workflows

I know you know you should be delegating more but you worry about the time it takes to train people and then how to keep control of everything. So this module is all about how authority, responsibility, accountability and information flow between you and your team member(s) to keep the business as usual work ticking along. We want to run things so that you can trust them to get on with their stuff, while you make progress with yours.

PLUS you'll get

clarity about your unique challenges

There are live coaching calls to go alongside the training modules. Each session you will each get a chance to talk about your individual circumstances, challenges and questions so that you can integrate the learning into your unique context, with your team, your manager and in your situation. I'm going to support you the whole way as you get used to doing this management thing differently. Trying new things can feel uncomfortable but it's the only way to get a different result, and we both know you can't carry on as you are.

AND...

long term change that sticks

If you’re anything like me, there are some things you’ll want to explore privately, so you also get three 1:1 coaching calls with me. You can use them anytime—from the day you sign up until six months after the programme ends. It’s completely up to you and designed to be as supportive as possible.

How it works

1. Book a call or if you're already sure, just sign up below.

2. Jump into the Who am I now course at your own pace

3. We start the live calls on the 31st January to hone your management practice

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Felicity - a better sense of my role

"I gained a better sense of the role of the manager and a better sense of when, where and how to establish or change boundaries. As a result, I think I've also gained an insight into team relationships and workflows and how problems might pan out depending on what advice I offer or action I take."

Simon - more confident

"I have taken a lot away from this programme but the main thing I think is confidence.

Being more confident in my approach to management."

Kate - this training was excellent

"This training was excellent, I liked that the content was broad but also dealt with [institution specific] information that is critical to the role of the manager and how to deal with situations."

FAQs

Got a question I haven’t answered? Get in touch and I’ll answer it for you.

How is this different to programmes offered by our People/HR team or other training and development providers?

It is more comprehensive than many short programmes which might focus on just one aspect of management such as difficult conversations or delegation skills.
It is predominantly focused on line management as compared to many programmes offered to the sector, such as Aurora, which are focused on leadership development.
It is open to any line manager regardless of gender identity. It isn’t specifically for women.
It is policy informed. That means that when we come to the parts of the programme which intersect with HR policy and procedure the first task will always be for the participants to find and read the relevant institutional policy. Then the work we do will be about enacting that policy and those procedures in the most effective way for everyone involved.
It is person-centred. That means that where most HR trainings will approach matters, such as Performance or Attendance, with a very a procedural lens, we look at how to have those early, informal conversations (and the later, more formal conversations) in a way that feels grounded for the manager and maintains dignity and respect for both parties.
It is trauma-informed. That means that the programme design and all of the tools and strategies taught therein, take into account that we are all people, with our own personal history, biography and sensitivities.

It makes space for the fact that seemingly ‘normal’ events or experiences can sometimes trigger unexpected, often emotional, reactions and patterns of behaviour in us and in others. Through the programme I will support you to increase your awareness to your own reactions and behaviours. You will also learn how to make space for the emotions and reactions of others and, importantly, how to keep yourself grounded, calm and safe so that you can manage effectively if/when those emotional reactions flare up.

Another significant feature of this work is helping you understand and implement robust boundaries for the scope of your practice as a manager of people. This is not about poking around in anyone’s trauma, which would be be outside of our scope of practice. Rather it is about accepting that trauma will inevitably be present for some team members. With that awareness it is about finding ways to manage effectively and meet the needs of the business/institution while maintaining a commitment to do no further harm. That commitment is in relation to all staff, but especially to colleagues whose identity may involve the intersection of multiple marginalised groups, where trauma is known to be especially likely.

Do I need to attend the live calls?

What support is provided outside of the live calls?

Are payment plans available?

Ready to join? The next group starts in January.

Here are your options

Payment plan

This option lets you spread the cost over three months.

3 monthly payments of £431.66 GBP

Pay in Full

Whether you're funding yourself or your institution is funding you, this is the option for payment in full by credit or debit card.

£1,295.00 GBP

Is your institution paying?

Here's how to request an invoice to pay by purchase order.

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Still not sure?

If you're unsure or if you're thinking 'I'd love some support but I'm not sure I'm at quite the right level for this', book a call. We can talk about what you're experiencing and perhaps consider some other options. I also offer mentoring and 1:1 coaching which might be a better fit for you.