Build a high trust, collaborative Leadership Team
Develop leaders who motivate, challenge and unite people, even when things get messy. Especially then.
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Forget the old school “results first, people second” mindset.
It might work short-term.. but it’ll cost you your culture, your talent and your momentum.
The future is results through relationships.
When your people feel seen, heard and valued, they don’t just show up, they step up.
Commitment rises. Performance lifts. Progress accelerates.
And that starts with self-leadership.
When you understand behaviour, you stop seeing people as a pain and start seeing where you can lead better.
It’s too easy to label others as ‘difficult’. When leaders realise others aren’t difficult, just different, they can adapt their approach.
Here is why this matters:
Poor leadership will cost you more than you realise
57%
57% of employees quit because of their boss
DDI World
79%
79% of employees quit because they don’t feel appreciated
OC Tanner Research
7%
7% of total revenue can be lost to poor leadership
Blanchard Company
2x
1.5 to 2 x employee annual salary is the cost of employee turnover
BuiltIn
Yet, give your leadership team the support they need to be truly exceptional and it’s a wildly different story:
256%
256% ROI based on 12% higher team productivity and retention
Harvard University
48%
48% higher profits directly linked to effective leadership
Gallup
20%
20% increase in leadership performance
Research Gate
4.2x
4.2 times more likely to outperform underdeveloped leader
Global Leadership Forecast
That’s where we come in…
Lead Your Culture
Put your full leadership team through our battle-tested training tailored to your organisation’s values and goals.
Empower your people to lead with understanding and openness so you can make bigger, better progress as a united collective.
This training is based on The Training Rock Method™, which is the result of 20 years of iteration.
It exists to repair broken relationships, restore trust, and strengthen your leadership teams.
We begin with self-leadership because, let’s face it, if you can’t lead yourself what chance do you have of leading anyone else?
"I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE IN LEADERSHIP TRAINING"
“I came into this cynical, I don’t really believe in leadership training. I’m not just saying this because it’s Christmas – this has been the only leadership training that I’m going out of feeling that I got so much out of it. ……..the way you’ve explained leadership to me really makes sense – not focussing on the superficial stuff. I realise I haven’t previously been intentional about my relationships…….I didn’t think I would ever say that 2 months ago”
Introducing the Animal Influencers
Let’s take the difficult out of difficult conversations.
At the heart of our methodology is our Trait Test™.
The Trait Test™ is based on the same psychological principles as MBTI and the Enneagram – Carl Jung is behind it all.
We haven’t reinvented the wheel here.
Instead, we use 9 animal influencers to help your leaders understand their strengths, vulnerabilities, and fears and those of their colleagues.
Are you an Ostrich going face-to-face with a Lion?
Does an Ant in your team drive your Honeybee crazy?
Is your Cat insensitive to the needs of a colleague’s Dog?
When you know who you are and who you are dealing with, you can navigate even the most challenging conversations with control and psychological safety.
It’s seemingly simplistic but don’t be fooled…
A recent client told us that the animal influencers “…feel much lighter but much deeper (than other similar tools), and immediately logical and useable”.
Simple. Accessible. Memorable.
(Our clients love it!)
"EMPOWERING BRILLIANT PEOPLE"
“Jo, the feedback continues to be outstanding. Just one day with you and the House is talking Meerkats, Cheetahs and Lions galore! I can’t thank you enough for how you show up to the sessions each time without fear, full of positivity and empowering brilliant people.”
The Impact
When your leaders better understand the lens through which they view the world AND the lens through which their teammates view the world (adapting their communication style accordingly), that’s when employees:
❌ Stop feeling dismissed, misunderstood, and overlooked
✅ Start feeling seen, heard, and valued
❌ Stop fearing judgement from the eye-rollers and FAB-bers (folded arms brigade)
✅ Start feeling safe to voice their opinions and concerns
❌ Stop avoiding (or bulldozing their way through) difficult conversations
✅ Start having confident and constructive conversations that count
❌ Stop working in organisational silos
✅ Start working as one connected entity
When that happens your business as a whole will reap the rewards…
Great talent will choose to stick around
Productivity and motivation will jump through the roof
You can wave goodbye to unproductive conflict
"ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS"
“This course is nothing short of transformational, as long as those who attend are open minded, brave and committed to maximising the opportunity. The potential impact on an organisation is limitless which makes the investment arguably one of the more important investments a business could make.
Fantastic, insightful and hugely valuable.”
Is this right for your business?
The answer is yes.
Because it’s not about the industry, it’s about the people.
From start-ups to global corporations, here are a handful of industries we’ve worked with:
- Accounting services
- Design
- Education
- Engineering
- Financial services
- Government Think Tank
- Healthcare
- Legal services
- Marketing and communication
- Professional Services
- Media and entertainment
- Recruitment
- Retail
- Sport
- Technology
- Transportation
- Travel
- Beer (that was fun!)
"EMPOWERING TRAINING"
“This is really valuable and empowering training, delivered with heart, wisdom and humanity.”
Meet the Training Rock Team
We’re an elite team of people-first leadership trainers with over six decades of experience between us.
We’ve been knee-deep in the trenches and have experienced both work-enhancing and soul-crushing leadership.
Everything we do now is to turn good people into great leaders so the entire organisation benefits.
Jo Andrews
- Cheetah, Lion, Dog
- Co-Founder of The Training Rock
- Co-creator of the Trait Test™
- 25 years of leadership development experience.
- Nickname – Queen of Communication/Truth Warrior
- Fitness junkie
Katie Boston
- Ant, Dog, Lion
- Co-Founder of The Training Rock
- Co-creator of the Trait Test™
- Trainer, actress, coach, and expert in team dynamics
- Secret stand up comedian
- Your role-play partner
(She won’t go easy on you and you’ll love her for it!)
Hakim Lakhdar
- Ant, Dog, Lion
- NLP Certified Coach
- Two decades spent developing leadership programmes for institutions like the American Bar Association and Harvard Law School.
- Father of twin boys and in his (limited..!) spare time, is an incredible singer/guitarist!
You don’t need calmer waters. You need stronger captains.
Don’t fall into the “we’ll do it when things calm down” trap.
Chaos isn’t a reason to wait.
It’s your cue to lead better.
The clarity, confidence and skills your leaders build here are exactly what steer you through the messy middle – not after it’s over.
And the impact can happen fast.
Just ask Julian Bryan, Executive Chairman at Quill.
His business went from mismanaged chaos to three Best Companies awards in eight months after working with us…
"THE SHIFT WAS IMMEDIATE"
“After decades in leadership, I thought I’d seen every leadership programme out there.
Then we worked with Jo.
We were struggling with tough conversations and collaboration at senior level. Jo’s programme broke down barriers, rebuilt trust and gave us the tools to lead, not just manage.
The shift was immediate. Engagement went up, communication improved and the whole business felt different.
We went from internal chaos to becoming one of the best mid-sized companies to work for in the UK – in under a year.
The focus on self-awareness was transformational. Learning my TRAIT profile (I’m an Ant with Cheetah and Lion tendencies) explained exactly where I shine and how to adapt to lead others better.
If you want leadership training that genuinely changes how you think, collaborate and perform – speak to Jo. I recommend her without hesitation.”
Our work isn’t theory that fades.
It sticks. It shifts behaviour. It delivers.
Still wondering if the investment pays off?
Here’s how one CEO put it:
Before: “For this level of investment, this has to work.”
After: “HO-LY SH*T.” Ryan Allis, CEO, The 5th Ingredient
Stronger leaders. Better culture. Faster results.
Here’s what other clients had to say…
TRANSFORMATIVE
“This course has flipped my approach to leadership on its head. Jo gets so much out of us and really makes us work…
Reflecting on ourselves and really understanding that TRUST is at the heart of leadership is TRANSFORMATIVE”
