Team & Leadership Development
Helping teams grow in healthier ways
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Strong teams don’t grow through pressure alone.
They grow through trust, reflection, communication, curiosity and connection.
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At Where The Mind Grows, I offer nature-led team and leadership development experiences designed for charities, VCSE organisations and purpose-led teams wanting to work together more sustainably and intentionally.
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Because leadership isn’t just about strategy and performance. It’s also about how people feel, communicate, collaborate and grow together along the way.
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And alongside experienced coach and facilitators, you and your team can learn from a mentor with 3.8 billion years of expertise in resilience, team work, growth and adaptability .... Nature!
Nature as a guide for leadership & growth
Nature has been adapting, collaborating and evolving for millions of years and this is the wisdom your team or organisation need!
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Beyond the amazing shifts in body and brain when we spend time in Nature that offer a calmer, open communication and the mindset and focus to learn, explore and problem solve too.
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The Natural world can help you and your team develop insight into some of our modern challenges in workplace culture and role delivery.
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If you think, this all sounds 'too woo for you' be assured that amongst the trees, backed by neuroscience and coaching frameworks and resources, teams are easily open to explore a living systems approach to personal development and leadership.
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Because what's offered here, is what so many workplaces are missing faced with the constant change, complexity, need for resilience and stretched resources. A new view and a change of perspective may be exactly what your team needs right now, to ensure your people and your workplace can evolve and grow in a healthy way!
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This work combines reflective practice, nature connection and practical facilitation to help teams explore how they work together and where they want to grow.
Areas we can explore together
Team Development
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Supporting teams to strengthen communication, trust and connection.
Sessions can focus on:
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Team relationships and dynamics
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Confidence
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Boundaries
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Conflict Resolution
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Collaboration and communication
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Psychological safety
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Team values and culture
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Reflection and shared learning
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Navigating change together
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Re-connection after periods of stress or challenge
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Available as half-day, full-day or longer-term programmes
These can be delivered from private woodland site near Ripon, North Yorkshire or in a Nature space near you, UK wide.
Leadership Development
Nature-led leadership experiences for people leading with care, courage and complexity. One to One or as groups of leaders
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Together we might explore:
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Sustainable leadership
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Preventing burnout in leadership roles
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Leading through uncertainty and change
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Confidence and authentic leadership
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Reflective leadership practice
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Systems thinking and regenerative leadership
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Values-led decision making
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Boundaries & threshiolds
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Imposter Syndrome & self doubt
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Creating psychologically safe cultures for teams
This is particularly supportive for leaders carrying emotional labour, navigating complexity or trying to create healthier workplace cultures.
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Typically delivered from private woodland in North Yorkshire, as walk and talk sessions, or from Nature spaces near you, UK wide.
Team Away Days & Retreats
Thoughtful away days that create space for teams to pause, reconnect and think differently together. Learning from what you need or helping you challenge the status quo, to change and shift culture or team practices and approaches
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No awkward icebreakers in conference rooms.
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Instead, these experiences are grounded, engaging experiences that invite reflection, conversation, creativity and genuine connection often outdoors and always human-centred & encouraging diversity of thought to support engagement.
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Sessions can include:
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Guided walks
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Reflective activities
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Group facilitation
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Nature-based practices
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Creative thinking
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Visioning and planning
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Seasonal themes and metaphors from nature
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Typically delivered from private woodland in North Yorkshire, or from Nature spaces near you, UK wide.
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You might also like to check out the workplace well-being page here
Who is this work for?
I work with organisations wanting to nurture healthier, more connected and sustainable ways of working.
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Including:
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Charities and VCSE organisations
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Community and social impact teams
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Education providers
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Environmental organisations
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Caring professions and support services
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Purpose-led businesses
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Especially those navigating:
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Team disconnection
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Communication challenges
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Leadership pressure
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Organisational change
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Rapid growth or de-growth/ redundancy
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Burnout and fatigue
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Culture development
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Sustainability or Regenerative cultures
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If you work in a corporate setting but these opportunities resonate with your team needs and the direction you wish to take your culture, do get in touch. This may include tech, creative. legal or innovation sectors who can evidence they are growing their practice of care for people and planet health.
Rooted Leadership for Changing Times
The world of work is changing. Sometimes too fast for us to process within or around us.
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Many organisations are recognising that constant pressure and urgency aren’t sustainable , for people or for culture.
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Nature shows us another way. One built on adaptability, interdependence, rest, resilience and growth that happens over time.
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That’s the heart of this work.
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Not becoming “better machines”, but creating workplaces where people can thrive as humans, and part of nature too.
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To discuss your team development opportunities or leadership growth needs.
Email info@wherethemindgrows.co.uk or boo a free 30 minute consulation below
Let's grow something healthier together
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Whether you’re planning a team away day, supporting leaders through change or looking to strengthen workplace culture, I’d love to help shape something meaningful for your organisation
