If you’re ready to elevate your communication, leadership, and other human skills, we’re here to guide you every step of the way. 

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The Problem

For years, ESSENTIAL human skills have been overlooked, undervalued, and underdeveloped.

We’ve all worked with or been led by someone who avoided the hard conversations. Who gave feedback so vague it was useless. Who had all the technical brilliance in the world but struggled to actually lead.

Nobody taught them how. That’s the problem.

These gaps show up everywhere: in the teams that go quiet when things get hard, the managers who reschedule one-to-ones because the day job feels more urgent, the cultures where nobody says what they actually think.

The impact is real. On people. On teams. On the work and organisation.

Everyone deserves access to the tools and knowledge to grow as a human being at work. That starts with taking the people stuff seriously.

Our Solution

For over a decade, we’ve been committed to democratising learning, bringing it to the people who’ve been left out of it for too long.

We create learning experiences that help people develop the skills that actually matter right now:

  • Leadership
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Self-awareness
  • Communication
  • Empathy
  • Critical thinking


The human skills that no technology can replace.

What makes us different?

We’re still in it.

We lead our own teams, have our own difficult conversations, and put everything we teach into practice every single day.

We know what poor communication costs a team. We know what it feels like when trust breaks down.

And we know what changes when people finally get the tools to do the people stuff well.

As AI reshapes how we work, we believe the most valuable thing any organisation can invest in is its people’s ability to think, connect, and lead with humanity.

A lot of the people we work with are what we call accidental leaders.

Technically brilliant people in engineering, manufacturing, and technology who got promoted because they were exceptional at the job. Not because anyone ever taught them how to lead people.

We work with those people, and the organisations that want to set them up to actually succeed.

Hear From Our Learners

Lucy Gardiner
Management Essentials Programme
My resilience and confidence have grown. My self-belief is higher, I am more able to deal with challenges and I am more self-aware.
Rafael Rodriguez
Management Essentials Programme
Definitely improvements on the way I communicate with my colleagues and how I feedback to them.
Kate Ogle
Management Essentials Programme
It has really helped build my confidence, helped me develop as an individual and giving me the motivation to continue to develop internally but my wider team as well.
Ray Potts
Management Essentials Programme
The training was brilliant and I have learnt lots of new tools and techniques to make me better in the work place and as a person in society.
Russell Rafferty
Management Essentials Programme
I am more open to other approaches to solving a problem. That ideas are malleable and can be moved to best fit with the people that are engaging in the programme at hand.
Michael Errington
Management Essentials Programme
I have a newfound confidence, it has brought forward a lot of things I knew I had but never had the tools to use.
Jo Davies
Lean In, Power Up retreat Attendee
I experienced a life changing retreat with some of the most incredible females - it was up there with one the most transformative decisions I have made in my professional career. Thank you so much to Michaela Reaney Claire Preston for their guidance, coaching and hosting skills par excellence.
Sarah Monk
Lean In, Power Up retreat Attendee
To meet such an incredible group of people, be inspired, howl with laughter, be nurtured, reflect, learn and be gifted a life reset all in the space of 36 hours. The thought, planning, energy and enthusiasm that went into the weekend was not only awe inspiring but delivered such incredible results.
Charlotte Fuller
Lean In, Power Up retreat Attendee
This group of incredible women was a breath of fresh air. filled with openness. kindness, positivity, collaboration and a lot of laughs! Thank you Michaela Reaney and Claire Preston for cuitivating such a wonderful community and experience! Sign me up for all the great things community in the future.

Contact Us

If any of this has landed, if you’ve recognised yourself, your team, or your organisation in what you’ve read, let’s talk.

Human skills aren’t just “nice to have.” They’re the difference between a team that copes and a team that’s genuinely good at working together.

We work best with organisations that are ready to be honest about where they are and committed to doing something about it. If that’s you, we’d love to hear from you.

Book a discovery call and let’s figure out what your team needs.

Explore More About Us

Our Community

Leadership shouldn’t feel like you’re figuring it out alone.

Starts With Us is an ongoing leadership membership community for people who want practical support, honest conversations and the confidence to lead well.

Our Work

Starting with real conversations, ending with people leading differently, teams communicating better, and organisations that felt the change.

No tick-box training.

No off-the-shelf programmes.

Free Resources

The most in-demand skills for 2025 aren’t technical – they’re human.

And everyone deserves access to these skills, which is why we’re sharing a few of our top resources for FREE below.