Workshops and courses

Support for you and your teams to grow your leadership skills.

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Workshops and courses that I offer include:

• Building more powerful relationships with trust

  A workshop to help you and your team build the trust that enables you to do your best work together
  Duration: About 2 hours

• Leading teams through change

  A workshop to help you and your team build trust as you navigate change and uncertainty
  Duration: About 2 hours

• Making meetings work

  A course for leaders or managers who want to improve the quality and effectiveness of the meetings that they lead
  Format: 4× 2 hour interactive workshop sessions

• Navigating difference and disagreement

  A workshop to support you to have more productive conflict in your teams
  Duration: About 2 hours

• Reclaim your time, reclaim your leadership

  A workshop to support busy leaders to take back control of their time
  Duration: About 2 hours

• The art of meaningful networking

  A workshop to support engineering leaders build their networking skills
  Duration: About 2 hours

Find out more

All of these workshops and courses can be customised to meet the specific needs of you and your teams and can be online or in person. They can be standalone, or as part of an away day, or form part of a larger programme of change or development. They can also form part of a conference of other event.

If you want to explore how one of these workshops or courses could support you or your teams develop and work more effectively together then let’s talk.

Or you can email me at joel@monkeysthumb.co.uk.

What people say about my workshops and programmes

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  I attended Joel’s “Reclaim your time” workshop, and it turned out to be exactly what I didn’t know I needed. It was genuinely grounding to finally pause and honestly examine how I actually spend my time versus how I think I spend it, and to recognize the subtle habits that sometimes hold me back from being the leader I want to be.

  What struck me most was Joel’s incredible ability to create genuine human connections with each participant in such a short timeframe. His facilitation style feels effortless and authentic - he has this gift for making everyone feel seen and heard while guiding us through some pretty deep self-reflection.

  The workshop didn’t just give me new time management techniques; it helped me understand the deeper patterns behind how I approach my work and the assumptions I make. I walked away with practical tools but also with a clearer sense of what kind of leader I actually want to be versus the one I sometimes default to being when I am rushing or overwhelmed.

  I absolutely recommend this workshop to anyone who feels like they are working hard but wants to work more intentionally. If you are curious about unlocking a more purposeful version of yourself as a leader, Joel creates the perfect space for that kind of meaningful reflection and growth.

• The best workshop I have ever attended

• This was possibly one of the best sessions I have attended… It was powerful and emotional but also challenging. I learnt a lot about myself and others that I can use to help me be braver and more confident in challenging behaviours or attitudes. It made me realise that I need to pause, consider and reflect rather than react.

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