we explore the five steps and create a change toolkit to serve us in everyday leadership

Each week focuses on one core step of personal change mastery—designed to mirror the real, emotional journey of navigating uncertainty.

Week 1: What is change?

We explore change. What does it look like in organisations. Where does it comes from, how does it manifest.

We look at what change looks like in organisations. How people navigate change differently, how that shows up at work. We think about our own Change Mastery - our way of handling change and uncertainty, the strengths, the challenges. We also look at organisation values v our own values.

This first week is about setting a foundation for understanding change before we start to think about our own challenges as a leader.

Toolkit conversations -

Change Mastery - An understanding of how you navigate change

The Empathy Gap - acknowledgement that we navigate change differently

The Values Dilemma - Organisation v personal values in moments of change

Week 2: The importance of the Pause

Create space to notice. Step off the treadmill. Slow down to reflect.

Tune into your patterns, assumptions, and default reactions to change.

We often rush to fix, act, or “drive” change before taking stock of what’s actually happening, inside ourselves and around us. Without pausing, we lead from reactivity, not intention. This step helps you reconnect with presence and tune in to what matters in times of change. This step demonstrates the importance of creating quality space to think and helps you step forward as a connected, grounded, focused leader.

The pause sets the tone for everything that follows.

Toolkit conversations -

The Good Pause - What does good pausing look like for you?

Organisational Pause - What does pausing like at work?

Time to Think - How can thinking be embedded in culture, the way things are done?

Week 3: embracing Messiness

Lean into the discomfort. Map your inner landscape of change.

Explore resistance, confusion, confidence and the parts of yourself that want to stay safe, and the parts that help you push forwards.

All meaningful change is messy. But when leaders avoid or suppress that messiness in themselves, they become intolerant of it in others, shutting down challenge, honesty, or emotional expression. This week helps you normalise the discomfort, so you can meet others with empathy and hold space for the full human experience of change.

This is where we get true connection and engagement.

Toolkit conversations -

Knowing yourself - understanding the things that will help you, the things to look out for

Understanding your audience - how we acknowledge ‘messiness’ in change

Messy Maps - an acknowledgement of the challenges, milestones, breakthroughs

Week 4: Understanding how to use Play

Shift from control to curiosity. Experiment with new ways of thinking and being.

Drop the need to be right and embrace creative tension.

We get stuck in control mode and limit innovation, co-creation, and risk-taking. By re-engaging your playful, curious mindset, you unlock new possibilities and invite others to do the same. This week is about loosening your grip, so change becomes a shared exploration, not a rigid directive. When leaders play, people feel safe to experiment.

This is where we find solutions to challenges and opportunities.

Toolkit conversations -

Play Space - what play looks like, how you use it

Play Space at work - what play could look like as part of change in the organisation

Problem solving tools - how we can find solutions

Week 5: knowing not to skip the Trying stage

Take aligned action. Choose small, intentional steps rooted in awareness not fear.

Lead from values, not performance.

Too often, as leaders we act from urgency or optics, demonstrating control rather than staying true to what matters. This week is about leading through practice, not perfection. You’ll learn to take action from a place of alignment, even when the path is uncertain. These small, authentic steps build trust and momentum in those you lead.

This is where we we identify the small steps that make the big differences.

Toolkit conversations -

Creating Small Steps - how we take steps with overwhelm

Capacity v Capability - how we balance skill v space to deliver

Wobble Day toolkit - how to get through bad days

Week 6: Restarting with intention, and an acknowledgement of the challenge ahead

Begin again, wiser. Reflect, refine, and recommit.

Understand that leadership is not linear and that's where the power is.

Change doesn’t follow a straight line and neither does growth. The best leaders know how to begin again with humility and resilience. This final week helps you embrace iteration, learn from what didn’t work, and return to your purpose with fresh clarity. When leaders model restart, they create cultures where learning and adaptability thrive.

Toolkit conversations -

Setting the intention - being clear on the plan, approach, way forward

The Showing Up deal - how you are going to show up, get support, support others

Yes and Nos - The important yeses, the important Nos