In-house training
Training designed around your people
Practical courses and workshops for your leaders, managers and teams, built around your real challenges rather than pulled off a shelf.
What would you like your people to learn?
Learning on real work: Everyone leaves with something real
Every course is built around a live challenge from your organisation, so people practise on their own work. Whatever the subject, they leave with:
Work they can use straight away
A plan, a map or a redesign of something real, started in the room and ready to take back to their desk.
Tools they'll keep using
Templates and methods they've already tried on their own work, so they know how to use them again.
A shared way of talking about it
Everyone in the room learns the same ideas and words, which makes it easier to work on it together afterwards.
The confidence to try it
Having done it once, on something real, people feel ready to do it again without help.
Clear next steps
Everyone knows what they're going to do next, and who's doing it with them.
How a course comes together
A first conversation
About who the training is for, what's going on for them, and what would make it worth their time.
Shaped around your work
I adapt the course to your organisation, and build it around a live challenge your people bring.
On the day
Hands-on and practical. People learn by working on their own material.
Afterwards
Everyone keeps the tools and templates, and the work they started carries on back at their desks.
What people said
People still talk about your training. I think it's been the most impactful we've had in a very long time. I use the model loads.
“I thought the course was brilliant. The trainers were very friendly, knowledgeable, upbeat and interactive. Very well done; best course I have attended in years.”
Course participant, a housing association “My team absolutely loved the sessions and returned full of energy and enthusiasm.”
Manager, a housing association
Some of the organisations I've worked with
Free tools to try
More than 60 models and frameworks in our free tools library, most with a template you can use straight away.
Questions people ask
Can you change a course to fit us?
Yes. Every course is adapted to your organisation, and if none of them is quite the shape you need, I'll design one from scratch.
How many people can come?
It depends on the course. The half-day session for change sponsors works best with six to ten people, while the fundamentals course can take up to twenty. Most others run best with small groups.
Where does it happen?
In person at your offices or a venue you choose, anywhere in the UK, or fully online, wherever your people are.
Do people get a certificate?
No. The courses build capability rather than a qualification, so people leave ready to use what they've learned in their own work. If formal certification is what you need, an accredited provider is the right route.
Is there a rate for charities?
Yes. Registered charities and social enterprises pay a reduced rate on every course.
How do we get started?
Get in touch and tell me who the training is for and what's going on. We'll work out the right course together.
James Freeman-Gray
Who you'll work with
You'll find me in the room rather than at the side of it - facilitating, designing with your people, and bringing the kind of energy that makes serious work feel lighter.
I lead every piece of work myself, from the first conversation to the handover, with senior associates alongside when the work needs more hands.