LEADING YOUR TEAM
Leading Through Everyday Conversations
A one-to-one coaching programme for anyone leading a team of two to twenty people.
Does this sound like your week?
You’re busy, your team is capable and yet somehow, work and decisions keep finding their way back to you.
It’s not because you have the wrong people. It’s usually because the everyday conversations - the quick check-ins, the job handovers, the ‘got a minute?’ chats - aren’t quite doing what they could. A small shift in how those conversations go can change a lot.
People who come to this programme typically want:
Fewer decisions landing on their desk that shouldn’t be there
Team members who take ownership and get up to speed faster
A way to develop and support their people without adding more to their week
More clarity about how they lead, and confidence that it’s working
They come from changing small habits in real conversations, which is exactly where this programme works.
How it works
Eight hours of focused one-to-one coaching, spread over eight weeks. No workshops. No days out of the business. No generic content designed for someone else’s team.
A free starting conversation. Before anything else, we talk. You find out if this is right for you; I find out if I’m the right fit for you. There’s no obligation.
A clarity session. We look honestly at where you are now: where decisions are defaulting to you, which conversations aren’t landing, and what you actually want to be different. This becomes the baseline we measure progress against.
Coaching sessions across eight weeks. Each session is built around real conversations you’re about to have (or ones that didn’t go the way you wanted). You try small, specific things between sessions. We review what happened and build from there.
Practical tools, not a folder of frameworks. You’ll have a small set of one-page reference cards you can glance at before a conversation. That’s it.
The programme has a shape, but it’s not rigid. If something more pressing comes up - a difficult conversation you need to prepare for, a team issue that needs sorting, a new direction you’re thinking about - we can follow that instead.
Why not just do a training course?
Training has its place, but a group course can’t account for your specific people, your specific context, or what’s happening in your business this week. And what you learn in a classroom on a Tuesday is hard to use in a real conversation on a Wednesday.
This programme stays close to your actual work. The frameworks we use are well-researched and well-established, grounded in what genuinely drives team performance, but they’re applied to your situations, not hypothetical ones.
For context, six half-days of group leadership training through a provider typically costs around $5,000, and that’s before factoring in time away from the business, or the fact that the content is the same for everyone in the room.
Investment
$1,950 + GST for the full eight-week programme.
The free starting conversation comes first, with no commitment required.
Who you'd be working with
My background includes working in-house and as a consultant with organisations ranging from BP, BCG, PwC and the NHS to small, family-run businesses not unlike yours. I've worked across Europe, the Middle East and now New Zealand, often in rooms where almost every nationality is represented. That breadth gives me perspective, but what matters more in this work is knowing that no two people, and no two teams, are the same.
I hold an ILM Diploma in Management Coaching and Mentoring and certification as a Results Coach with the NeuroLeadership Institute. I'm a member of both the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the Association for Coaching, work under the ICF Code of Ethics, and invest regularly in supervision and my own development. I've also spent a number of years delivering coach training programmes accredited by the ICF and EMCC, so the frameworks I use with you are ones I've taught to other coaches, not just applied myself.
I've worked with small business owners, mid-level managers, and senior leaders across many different industries. Everyone I work with is different, and that's genuinely one of the things I find most interesting about this work. What I've also learned is that certain challenges come up again and again regardless of context — so while I'll bring fresh eyes to your specific situation, I'm unlikely to be hearing it for the first time.
The way I work is through conversation — direct, honest, and focused on what's actually going on for you. I won't tell you what kind of leader to be. I will help you get clearer on what kind of leader you want to be, and what's getting in the way.
I'll also be straight with you: some of these conversations will feel a bit uncomfortable, especially at first. That's not a sign something is wrong — it usually means something useful is happening. I'll be in your corner throughout, and I'll push you when it's useful to do so.
READY TO TALK
Start with a conversation
The starting conversation is free, takes about 45 minutes, and is genuinely useful whether or not you go ahead with the programme.
OUR MISSION
To support thoughtful people to lead, work, and live with clarity, confidence, and connection.
CONTACT
027 515 0312
helen@thepdspecialists.com
Cambridge, Waikato
New Zealand
