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Where leaders go to become exceptional.

For themselves. For their people. For their organisation.

Who We Are

We’ve been on the receiving end of poor leadership

Here’s an honest truth for you… we’ve also been on the delivery end of poor leadership.

Not because we didn’t care but because – at the start of our leadership journeys – we hadn’t received any ‘best-practice’ training and didn’t know any better.

The shocking thing about it?

Industry stats suggest that it takes *most* leaders up to 10 YEARS to receive any gold-standard training.

That’s 10 years of missed opportunity (and likely a lot of destructive relationships).

We exist to ensure that as many people as possible can enjoy work, rather than endure it so everyone can reap the rewards.

And for that… we need great leaders.

Breakout discussion, Manchester
The Training Rock. Leadership Training.

It’s well known that the strength of the relationship between employee and direct leader correlates with job satisfaction and performance. We give leaders the skills to build those relationships in a way that’s unique to The Training Rock.

It’s been 25+ years of iteration and now, we’ve cracked the code.

Self-leadership and collaboration.

These are what matter most.

If we can’t lead ourselves we have no hope of leading anyone else..

If we can’t collaborate with others – no matter how different they are to us – we cannot reach our potential, individually or together.

We’ve travelled across continents, brought this training to some of the world’s largest global corps, and worked in almost every industry imaginable.

The Training Rock Method has now been fine-tuned and battle tested with self-leadership and collaboration at the heart of everything we do.

And there are four vital differentiators to our training that make both of these things inevitable

#1 The TRAIT Test

Simple. Accessible. Memorable.

Instead of whipping out a manual to figure out what it means for Sophie in accounting to be an ENTJ or Enneagram 3…

What if you were told that Sophie is a Lion?

Without giving you more information, you can probably guess what traits she’s likely to possess.

The TRAIT Test gives you your top 3 Animal Influencers along with their strengths and vulnerabilities.

Because once you understand your influencers (and the influencers of those around you), you very quickly spot why:

  • People-pleasing dogs struggle to challenge non-compliance
  • Peacekeeping Ostriches avoid confrontation at all costs
  • Competitive Cheetahs like to win to the detriment of their relationships
  • Organised Honeybees get frustrated by drop-and-go Ants

The behaviour of everyone in your team begins to make more sense.

Which means you can tailor your approach depending on their unique behaviour traits.

Your people will feel seen, heard, understood, and valued – everything they need to do their best work!

#2 The T.R.U.S.T. Model

Consider this the secret weapon to forging strong relationships that build trust and enable leaders of all personality types to effectively handle any conversation with anyone, about anything.

Without breaking trust (or breaking a sweat).

This 5-part process applies to any people-centric scenario.

Our clients have called it ‘the roadmap they’ve been looking for’.

#3 Practical application

At The Training Rock, we’re practice-based.

We focus on real life, real conversations, and practical habit-building.

No hiding behind theory and worksheets, simply ‘dive in and get your hands dirty’.

Leaders finish the training with the skills and confidence needed to have unavoidable tricky conversations.

Because they’ve practised having them in the training room many times before the programme ends.

Change comes from DOING, not THINKING about doing.

#4 Intensity

WARNING: If you’re looking for surface-level, tip-of-the-iceberg, not-going-to-make-an-ounce-of-difference leadership training… we aren’t your people.

Our programmes typically run over 8-weeks and require 2 x 2 hrs per week for the duration.

As you can imagine, we’re after organisations and leaders who are committed to change (not a checkbox exercise).

Meet Your Leadership Specialists

The Training Rock team has over six decades’ experience delivering training and coaching between us.

Jo Andrews

Who We Are

Cheetah, Lion, Dog.
Co founder, Leadership Transformer
Truth Warrior

Katie Boston

Who We Are

Ant, Dog, Lion.
Co founder, Team Builder
Actor

Hakim Lakhdar

Hakim Lakhdar

Ant, Lion, Dog.
Leadership Coach,
Compassion Champion

Our Vision
We want to see a world where workplaces are full of people-focused leaders who motivate, inspire, and empower their team members to achieve their full potential.

Our Mission
We’re giving leaders the tools, skills, experience and confidence to develop their teams, address performance issues, and keep motivation high; one leadership team at a time.

Our Values

Impact
On individual leaders and workplaces as a whole. We’re driving real change in the leadership space through propelling self-leadership and collaboration.

Adventure
Change should feel exciting! We love nothing more than working with leaders willing to embrace new ways of working.

Light
Openness to shine a light on our blindspots. Because we cannot improve on what we do not see, acknowledge, and accept.

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 create motivated productivity smashers and hardcore advocates…

With leaders people trust, respect, and follow.

Here’s how:

Lead Your Culture
(Team Leadership Programme)

Put your full leadership team through our programme for training that  makes a difference.

Take The Lead
(Open Leadership Programme)

Join the next cohort of leaders determined to become the person their team chooses to follow.

Invite Jo to speak
(Global Leadership Keynote Speaker)
 
Book Jo for hot twists and new takes on how people can become exceptional leaders of high-performing teams. 

 

This is leadership training like you’ve never experienced it before*

Want to understand how this training will help
your leaders, your teams, and your business?

Book a call and let’s talk.

Who We Are