Helen Fraser
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Leadership development that moves managers from capable to trusted

Programmes built around the challenges your leaders are facing this quarter, not a competency framework borrowed from somebody else's organisation.

All Skills Training

Format

A series of half or full day workshops with coaching between

Length

Typically three to six months end to end

Delivery

Face to face across the UK, or online

The thinking

Capability gets a manager noticed. Trust is what makes people follow them through a difficult year. The distance between the two is rarely about technical knowledge.

A leadership programme here usually runs as a series of workshops with coaching in between, so what is discussed in the room gets tested in the business before the next session and refined in the light of what actually happened.

What it covers

The part people remember afterwards

01

Setting direction people believe

Turning strategy into language a team can repeat and act on without a slide deck in front of them.

02

Building trust deliberately

Understanding what earns and erodes trust, and how your own style lands with very different people.

03

Accountability with respect

Holding a high standard without losing the relationship, especially with people you like.

04

Leading through change

How to lead when you do not have all the answers and cannot promise certainty.

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Who it is for

You will recognise yourself here

  • 01Middle managers being prepared for senior roles
  • 02Senior leadership teams who need to lead as one group
  • 03Owner led businesses growing beyond the founder
  • 04Organisations going through restructure, merger or rapid growth
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Where this is delivered

Sessions run face to face anywhere in the United Kingdom, from London and the South East to the Midlands, the North and Scotland, at your offsite venue or your own offices.

Where teams are spread across sites, time zones or countries, the same work runs online in shorter, focused sessions, so nobody is left listening in from the edge of a room.

Client voices

What people say afterwards.

Every quote below is from a client of Helen Fraser, shared without attribution because coaching conversations are confidential. No scores, no stars, no marketing gloss.

Helen really listened and understood what we are trying to achieve as an organisation and as a team. The workshops were fun, engaging and delivered beyond our expectations.
Workshop programme, client organisation
Thank you for the coaching, it has made my working life just so much easier. Everyone in the organisation should do this training.
Skills training client
My self awareness is now so much higher than before, I feel really positive about the way forward now, thank you.
Coaching client
A highly practical and enjoyable session resulting in a set of skills that I can use both in and outside work! I wish I had known some of this stuff 10 years ago!
Skills training delegate
Helen is able to build rapport and engage with people at all levels.
Learning and development lead
Helen has coached and supported me personally through some challenging moments in my work and home life and her ability to listen with compassion and to genuinely work at empowering you to find your own meaning and solutions is exceptional.
One to one coaching client
A team relaxing and talking together outside after a development workshop
Teams work better when the people in them understand each other.

Let us start a conversation

Get in Touch With Helen

“It really is not until you get chatting to someone that you know whether you are talking to the right person for you.”

Helen Fraser, coach and leadership trainer

No obligation, no pressure. Share a few details and Helen will reply personally. Sessions are available face to face or online, across the UK.

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