The Vital Leadership Series

Masterclass Topics

Managing stress in the workplace is key to enhancing wellbeing and protecting against burnout. This masterclass explores how leaders can leverage self-awareness, create a psychologically safe environment, and understand the stress response to proactively care for themselves and their teams.

In this masterclass you will:

1. Explore practical ways to reduce burnout
2. Support your team’s wellbeing and psychological safety
3. Understand and harness your surge capacity

 

 

 

In times of change and disruption, decision making can become even more complex and challenging. This masterclass explores how leaders can understand the basic needs of the brain, take responsibility for their actions, and make good decisions in the face of uncertainty.

In this masterclass you will:

1. Understand the role of emotions in decision-making
2. Learn how to mitigate complex decision fatigue
3. Gain practical tools for better decision-making

 

 

 

 

Harnessing team dynamics is key to leading a high-performing team – even more so for diverse teams, and those working in hybrid and flexible workplaces. This masterclass explores how leaders can build empathy, connection and trust in diverse teams, and apply social awareness to understand and strengthen team dynamics

In this masterclass you will:

1. Explore social awareness, diversity and inclusion
2. Gain practical tips to improve team dynamics
3. Discover how the Pyramid of Trust applies to your team

 

 

 

Resilience is a leadership superpower in complex and challenging times. This masterclass explores how leaders can rebound from set-backs, enhance personal and team resilience, and creating spaces for wellbeing, rituals and recovery.

In this masterclass you will:

1. Discover the five core elements of happiness and well-being
2. Learn practical tips to build social capital
3. Harness the ‘third space’ for recovery and wellbeing

 

 

 

 

Change is constant. How leaders respond can make all the difference. This masterclass explores how leaders can understand common mindsets and team responses to change, apply practical tools and actions, and reflect on how their own strengths and responses shape their leadership during change.

In this masterclass you will:

1. Understand common mindsets and your team’s responses to change
2. Use practical tools and take targeted leadership actions to support your team during times of change
3. Reflect on how your strengths and responses shape your leadership during change

 

 

 

 

 

Unlock the power of embracing conflict and build capacity to tackle conflict with confidence. This masterclass explores how to reframe conflict, understand it more deeply and provides practical tools to equip leaders to have conversations that create clarity, connection, and real change.

In this masterclass you will:

1. Reframe how you see conflict and recognise its potential as a leader
2. Analyse your own experiences of conflict and compare different approaches to managing conflict
3. Apply practical tools to confidently prepare for and lead conversations that address conflict

 

 

 

 

People who prepare are four times more likely to succeed in negotiations. This masterclass explores how leaders can effectively apply common tools to prepare for a successful negotiation, so that you can enter situations with confidence and a clear understanding of what you want to achieve.

In this masterclass you will:

1. Prepare for a negotiation by identifying interests and common ground
2. Use proven techniques to create clarity for yourself and the other party
3. Open the negotiation confidently and apply appropriate leverage strategies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leaders will explore how AI enhances decision-making and productivity, while addressing ethical challenges. They’ll also learn to evaluate AI tools effectively and use insights to make informed strategic choices.

In this masterclass you will:

1. Understand AI’s role in leadership and decision-making
2. Explore ethical issues associated with AI
3. Evaluate AI tools to enhance productivity and strategy
4. Assess AI insights for better decision-making