Who are we?
The Training Rock team has over six decades’ experience delivering leadership development and coaching between us.
We have worked with everything from global blue-chip organisations across Europe to small charities in Zimbabwe.
From fast-growth scale-ups finding their feet to established institutions needing a reset.
Different sectors, different cultures, same outcome: stronger leaders who build trust, communicate clearly and lift performance.
This is not theory.
This is real work, in real organisations, with real humans.
And we are proud of the impact.
Meet your leadership specialists:
Jo Andrews
Cheetah, Lion, Dog.
Co founder, Leadership Transformer
Truth Warrior
Katie Boston
Ant, Dog, Lion.
Co founder, Team Builder
Actor
Hakim Lakhdar
Ant, Lion, Dog.
Leadership Coach,
Compassion Champion
Our Vision
A world where leaders lead like humans. Where people feel motivated, trusted and supported to grow. Where teams thrive because leadership is real, relational and brave, not textbook or transactional
Our Mission
To equip leaders with the self-leadership, skills and confidence to have the conversations that matter. To tackle performance head-on, energise teams and build cultures where growth sticks. One leadership team at a time.
Our Values
Impact
Leadership training should change people. We measure success by real shifts in behaviour, confidence and culture. Not by how inspiring the slides were.
Adventure
Growth requires courage. We work with leaders who are ready to stretch themselves, to try new approaches and do the uncomfortable work that sparks change.
Light
We shine a light on your blindspots and hold up a mirror so that you can see what others see. Not to criticise but to create clarity. Because you cannot change what you cannot face. Self awareness first, transformation second.
Here’s what we believe:
We believe that all employees deserve to be led well.
We believe that every leader deserves to receive gold standard leadership training.
We believe that people are inherently different, not inherently difficult.
We believe that you have to be able to lead yourself before you have any chance of leading others.
We believe that practical application creates real change (and theory-based leadership training is a genuine waste of your money and time).
We don’t believe it makes economic sense to spend time, money, and frustration replacing top talent when you could invest far less in leadership training and retain them.
We don’t believe any person should be in a position of leadership if they don’t care enough about their people to develop their skills and learn to lead well.
We’re in the business of helping you stop winging (or worse, avoiding) those difficult conversations and start building a culture where people feel proud to belong.
With leaders people trust, respect, and follow.
Here’s how:
LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS PROGRAMME
Equip your leaders to have the conversations that matter: give honest feedback, disagree well and address poor performance quickly.
TRUST REPAIR WORKSHOP
(Fast Conflict Resolution)
Fast conflict resolution that gets leaders on the same page and moving forward in agreement (even when it seems impossible).
STAND AND DELIVER
High impact Presentations Skills training for leaders who want their ideas to land. Even when you’re on stage and all eyes are on you. Especially then.
This is leadership training like you’ve never experienced it before*
*Bold promise! We feel confident, though…
"TOOLS FOR BUILDING A BETTER CULTURE IN MY TEAM"
“Jo and Katie are brilliant. I learned so much about myself and my colleagues that will help me be a better leader and professional. I have an approach and tools for building better culture in my team.
Jo has a fantastic way of holding a conversation even though we are all joining online. Given that time is short she has an ability to frame and reframe ideas in a useful way. The roleplays were brilliant.”
Want to understand how this training will help your leaders, your teams, and your business?
Book a call and let’s talk.
