Leadership is more than managing tasks—it’s about setting direction, motivating people, and keeping teams engaged, even when the pressure is on. Yet traditional leadership training often falls short, offering generic advice that doesn’t translate into real-world conditions.
This one-day intensive masterclass is designed for leaders operating in demanding, fast-moving environments. It provides practical, evidence-based strategies to help you build a team that performs—without micromanagement, guesswork, or burnout.
✔ Want to develop a clearer, more confident leadership approach
✔ Are keen to understand leadership through a neuroscientific lens
✔ Need to improve team performance through clarity, accountability, and engagement
✔ Struggle with pushback, resistance, or team fatigue and need effective ways to manage it
✔ Want to lead without micromanaging while maintaining high standards
This isn’t theory for theory’s sake. It’s a practical, research-led approach to leadership—giving you the skills to lead well under pressure, sustain performance, and maintain your own resilience.
• Leading under pressure – practical strategies for keeping yourself and your team steady
• Self-leadership – developing the habits and mindset that set the tone for your team
• High-impact communication – handling resistance, tough conversations, and getting buy-in
• Accountability without micromanaging – ensuring people take ownership of their work
• Influencing strategies – improving relationships and making your message land
If you want to build a capable, engaged team that gets things done—even in fast-changing environments—this masterclass will give you the tools to make it happen.
Session One: The Leadership Shift – The Mindset of a Modern Leader
The day begins with foundational leadership principles. What does effective leadership look like today? How do leaders develop self-awareness and self-regulation to guide their teams effectively?
We explore:
📌Why traditional leadership models don’t
work in fast-moving environments
📌The shift from managing work to leading people
📌The role of stress in leadership—how it affects decision-making and relationships
📌The High-Performance Leadership Formula – building engagement and accountability
Session Two: Influencing and High-Impact Communication
Good leadership is as much about how you communicate as what you communicate. If people don’t listen, engage, or take action, leadership becomes an uphill struggle. This session provides practical tools to help you influence effectively and manage resistance.
📌 How to get through to anyone—even in high-pressure situations
📌 Giving feedback that leads to growth rather than defensiveness
📌 Handling resistance and pushback without escalation
📌 Gaining buy-in, including when managing upwards
Session Three: Leading When It’s Messy – Motivating and Guiding Employees
Not every team is engaged, proactive, or easy to manage. This session focuses on how to build a well-regulated, high-performing team in high-stress environments, using research-backed approaches from performance neuroscience and organisational psychology.
📌 Neuro-informed psychological fitness—leading effectively under pressure
📌 Building teams that recover well and maintain performance
📌 Creating environments that improve focus, motivation, and resilience
Lucie is an experienced leadership and well-being specialist who works with individuals and organisations at every stage of growth. She has supported early-stage businesses in refining their strategy, securing funding, and launching successfully, while also partnering with larger organisations to develop leadership capability, improve communication, and navigate difficult conversations with confidence.
Her expertise includes culture change consulting, leadership development training, and organisation-wide well-being programmes, helping leaders create lasting impact in their teams and businesses.
Lucie’s clients include Ecobee, Adelphi Values, Modibodi, Ford, NATO, and more. She specialises in working with remote and globally dispersed teams, bringing a practical, human-led approach to leadership development. Her work is grounded in neuroscience, positive organisational psychology, and resilience research, ensuring that leadership is both effective and sustainable.
While she primarily works online, Lucie also travels globally to deliver Masterclass Days, including The Leadership Shift and The Leadership Pause—immersive, high-impact workshops designed to equip modern leaders with the skills to lead with clarity, confidence, and impact.
