Our professional development-focused learning community focuses on smart solutions, building resilience and powering individual growth.

The opportunities to become more effective and efficient never dry up.

There are few things more guaranteed to ramp up the pressure than inefficient processes that cause us to feel we're wasting our time. We have a wide range of tools and techniques for reducing and removing the time we lose to inefficiency as individuals. Managers can learn to streamline their teams in a way that both they and their team members will appreciate. There will be a number of manager-focused training sessions run throughout each year, although they will be open to all to attend. When it comes to writing and delivering actionable training programmes, Heather brings her organisational psychology knowledge and experience to create original, thought provoking and actionable material, while Jen will ensure that each programme is engaging, participatory and memorable.

Challenges never cease either - they change constantly. We learn each time we face them.

We have supported people through some truly dreadful situations in the workplace. We won't claim to have "seen it all before", but it would take a lot to shock us. The workplace can be tough. We help people to overcome whatever challenges they are facing. We follow a three pronged approach. The first is to listen and to strive to understand. The second is to look for tools that the person facing difficulties can turn to. The third is to act as a sounding board as the individual decides what to do next.

A great many circumstances are improved with "tools". For example, we have a step by step process for examining and overcoming the Imposter Syndrome. Then, sometimes some information and education is incredibly useful - this is particularly the case when having to deal with a "nightmare boss". This learning community is absolutely the ideal place for overcoming issues in the workplace; we will offer education and tools, the wider community will join us in offering support, and there is also access to individual coaching to ensure that tough challenges aren't faced alone again. Make no mistake, however - we tackle these issues pragmatically by allowing people to step back, examine the issues, and take away practical steps to recovery and success.

Our specialism is preparing people to face any inevitable challenges, while enabling people to get maximum learning and growth from their experiences in the workplace.

We have been enabling people to harness their experience for growth for many years. Our skills and experience were gained in a range of settings, from blue-chip professional services firms to SMEs. We work with people at all levels of experience, and what we do works well across an incredibly diverse spread of people.

We work together particularly well because we are so different from each other. We were thrown together some years ago and quickly found we complimented each others’ strengths. Do watch this video to find out more.

We do work in-house - we have a sister company that works with SMEs. However, there are millions of people out there with no access to professional development, so we want to create a consistent source of growth for anyone and everyone who wants to do more and refuses to get bogged down in their challenges.

This community is accessible to all. We are developing 4 levels of membership.

Community members will get access to blog posts created by people some way further along the journey by themselves. They will learn from the perspectives of managers and leaders.

Library members can access and rewatch every training programme that we record. They will learn from those attending the courses how implementation works and get ideas for upward management.

Learning members can join as many live training sessions as the like. They will have access to live Q&A sessions afterwards and will also be able to influence the topics we cover through regular polls.

Coaching members get the full package - online training and discounted one-on-one coaching with either Jen or Heather. This is ideal for more senior professionals facing a specific challenge.

Whatever your budget, you can join our community and start to benefit from our training and coaching.

If you want to try us out first, you can upgrade your membership at any time.

Community member

Join our online community

£12/m

Unlimited access to our community page
Unlimited access to free course tester sessions
Unlimited access to free fact sheets about topics covered in training
30% discount on individual recorded training sessions (usual price: £30/program

Library member

Access recorded sessions any time

£42£30/m

Unlimited access to our community page
Unlimited access to free course tester sessions
Unlimited access to free fact sheets about topics covered in training
Unlimited access to library of recorded training sessions
Unlimited access to course support materials
30% discount on live training sessions (£210 - usually £300/program)

Learning member

Participate in live training sessions

£90£75/m

Unlimited access to our community page
Unlimited access to free course taster sessions
Unlimited access to free fact sheets about topics covered in training
Unlimited access to course support materials
Unlimited access to course support materials
Unlimited participation in all live training programs
Unlimited access to live Q&A follow up sessions¹
30% discount on individual coaching sessions (£250 - usually £360/hr)³

Coaching member

Access training and coaching on demand

Price on application

Best value

Unlimited access to our community page
Unlimited access to free course taster sessions
Unlimited access to free fact sheets about topics covered in training
Unlimited access to course support materials
Unlimited access to course support materials
Unlimited participation in all live training programs
Unlimited access to live Q&A follow up sessions¹
A monthly one-on-one coaching session with a coach of your choice (usual price £360/hr)²
Additional coaching available with 30% discount on individual coaching sessions (£250 - usually £360/hr)³

Price reductions will be in place until 31 October 2025. This is as we build out the community with a library of on-demand training programmes. From 1 November 2025, the full prices be in place. However, if you pay annually and join us before 1 November 2025, you can renew for your second year with a 20% discount on the full price for being a pioneer joiner.

1. The live Q&A sessions will be held 2 and 4 weeks after each training programme. Attendees will be able to ask questions before and during the session that Jen and Heather will answer, and the group will discuss how they are implementing their learnings. It will be an opportunity for us all to learn and gain confidence from each other. However, for more sensitive topics you will be able to message us privately with your questions. If you have a Learning membership, we will recommend coaching where appropriate, but it will be entirely your choice whether to accept our recommendation.

2. The Coaching membership is not yet in place, so this is indicative only. Privately we each charge £300 + VAT per coaching session (£360 in total), so our idea is to base this level on a reduced price of £250 including VAT. We will also be making individual coaching available to all members at some point in the future.

In our philosophy, you can only do you brilliantly - everything else is a pale imitation. We help people to thrive authentically.

People used to think it was safest - least stressful - to wear a persona to work. Society has changed, research has been conducted, and we now know that we are least at risk of stress if we strive to succeed as ourselves. We also get our work done to a higher standard, in less time, when we aren't pretending to someone or some thing that we aren't. Jen and Heather have taken this to be heart - they always show up as themselves. And you will discover just how different we are from each other as you get to know us.

For more information on this subject, please read our blogpost (see below for articles).

In a number of skills-based courses, we will be taking the "practice it until it becomes second nature" line. These do not require any level of inauthenticity. These are skills that any and all of us can master, regardless of our preferences, talents and personalities.

Planned for the first three months are the following training topics. However, we will be listening to community members. We have over 20 courses almost ready to go, so if a particular topic comes up in conversations, we will react - this is a community, not a fixed programme.

Practical ways to overcome the Imposter Syndrome
Understanding organisational culture
Perfect prioritisation when the pressure is on
Preparing for successful “difficult conversations”
Clear communication for top-down and bottom-up thinkers

Gaining courage during periods of uncertainty
An introduction to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Recognising and tacking stress and mental ill health in the workplace
Is my boss a narcissist? How to spot the signs and protect yourself.
Taking decisions with confidence and clarity

Before each programme is run, we will publish a short video introducing the topics we are going to cover. All members of the community can view these introductions for free, and share them with others outside the community. If you want to attend the session as a live participant and are a Community or Library member, you will be able to purchase attendance at the discount promised on your plan.

We run and record training sessions that last up to an hour. We cover topics thoroughly, from a range of perspectives. The aim is that every participant/viewer will be able to take the learnings away, ready to use.

If you attend a programme live, you will also get to join a Q&A session 2 weeks later.

We have over 50 years of experience between us, including 15 years delivering powerful professional development online to an international client base. We know all the extras that make this work; recordings to view afterwards, supporting documents, plus live guided Q&A sessions. We take extra steps to ensure genuine growth.

We are knowledgeable, thorough and available - this isn't another training site

Online training is great, but you have to go an extra mile to make it as valuable as in person learning. We know from long experience the four elements that make up that extra mile. This makes the big difference between just watching a YouTube and really taking on board everything we teach.

1- hour sessions, packed with learning

Supporting documents, including guides to help with self-reflection

Direct access to us, your trainers, through the community pages

A curriculum designed to enable true growth - not just quick fixes

For leadership coaching, please visit our sister site

As well as running this community, we also offer in-house coaching and training for organisations, and standalone coaching for individuals. You can find out more on our other site, OPCoachUK. You can also learn there about how Clifton Strengths, or MBTI could help you at this juncture in your career.