Developed for NHS Aspiring Chief Executives and Executives, this is the the first of 3 master classes delivered by Coach, Speaker, Author, Rasheed Ogunlaru. You will leave the session with a greater clarity, confidence, self-awareness as a future CEO, along with a deeper understanding of your strengths, brand and impact. You will also gain practical tools and insights to help you confidently leverage your brand.
Who the session is for
For the South East Aspiring Chief Executive Talent Pool and Aspirant Executives Talent Pool.
About the workshop
This inspiring, insightful and empowering session will help you explore your journey, purpose, calling and journey as a future Chief Executive or Executive and how to develop an authentic, effective and engaging brand as a leader. The session will help you take stock, identify what you uniquely offer and how to embrace and utilise it to lead with compassion and impact.
The session includes:
• The context you, the NHS, the world were in
• What is leadership? Why are you here? What is the role of a modern CEO
• My vision, mission, passion, purpose, strengths, skills and qualities
• Your brand
• Taking stock: what’s working well, areas for development
• Visible, Valuable, Velvet voice
• Rasheed’s 8 Leadership Principles Clarity; Customers/Colleagues; Courage; Cooperation, Conversations, Creativity, Compassion and Change
• What would success look, feel + be like? for you, your (future) Trust, the NHS?
• Credibility, Authority, Likeability, Authenticity and Vulnerability
• Communication Essentials for effective brands
• Summary and Action Steps
Book your Place:
Please book your place via the green RSVP ‘Going’ button below. Places are available on a first come, first serve basis. Although we will be able to see your name and email address upon submission, once extrapolated the demographic and protected characteristics data will be anonymised. We appreciate your support in providing this information, which will help us to ensure our leadership development interventions are widely accessible and inclusive.
The session will be delivered virtually. Links to join the workshop will be emailed to those who have booked, along with full joining instructions, one to two weeks before the workshop date.
Our Commitment:
We are committed to making our training as accessible as possible (please see our accessibility page), we are aware that there is more that we can be doing. Please do contact us if there are any reasonable adjustments that we can make to support you to be able to attend this programme by emailing us at [email protected]
About the Facilitator – Rasheed Ogunlaru
Rasheed Ogunlaru is a leading life coach, motivational speaker and leadership coach. His clients include entrepreneurs, entertainers, healers, leaders and organisations including the NHS and Civil Service. He is author of Soul Trader – Putting the Heart Back into Your Business and The Gift of Inner Success. He is the life & business coach partner to the British Library Business & IP Centre. He often appears on TV and Radio including appearances on BBC and ITV News and as a guest on BBC London Radio.
His career as a coach spans over 20 years; Rasheed qualified with distinction from The Coaching Academy with whom he has served as an associate trainer for over a decade. He is a trained trainer, a former Co-Director of Samaritans (Central London). Rasheed is also a singer-songwriter and a former Press Officer / Media & Communications Manager
Leadership isn’t just about making decisions—it’s about creating the conditions for the best decisions to emerge. A Space Apart is an immersive two-day programme designed to unlock your best thinking and generate powerful solutions that arise from clarity, not urgency.
In the relentless demands of leadership, time to think is often the first casualty. A Space Apart offers you something rare: the opportunity to step away from the pressures of your role, not to withdraw, but to engage more deeply—with your own thinking, with others, and with the leadership challenges that matter most.
This is an immersive experience designed to unlock your highest-quality thinking and generate solutions that emerge from clarity, not urgency. Here, you will not be required to prove yourself, compete for airtime, or find instant answers. Instead, you will discover the power of a Thinking Environment – an approach that fosters independent thought, fresh perspectives, and transformative decision-making.
Over two days, you will experience a leadership space rooted in authenticity, courage, and the kind of trust that allows for real breakthroughs. You will leave with tools and insights that can be applied immediately, helping you build a culture of deeper thinking, sharper decision-making, and genuine leadership impact.
About the programme and what to expect:
Day 1: Deep Thinking & Real-World Wisdom
- Experience a Thinking Environment first hand, creating the psychological safety needed to address your most critical leadership questions.
- Engage in meaningful reflection and structured dialogue, unlocking clarity on the challenges you face.
- Learn from a seasoned leader whose candid insights on success and failure will offer invaluable lessons for your own leadership journey.
Day 2: Navigating Complexity & Leading with Courage
- Explore how to hold creative tension—balancing current realities with bold aspirations—without falling into cynicism or idealism.
- Strengthen your ability to lead with wisdom, compassion, and courage, even in the face of uncertainty.
- Build a leadership community that extends beyond the programme—a space for ongoing support, challenge, and shared purpose.
Who’s the Programme for?
This programme is for Aspirant Chief Executives who are ready to think differently, move beyond surface-level solutions, and create meaningful, sustained change.
Book your Place:
This programme runs across two days on Thursday 15th May 2025 10.00am – 16.00pm and Thursday 22nd May 2025 10.00am – 16.00pm. To register, you must be able to attend both the days.
Please register your place via the green RSVP ‘Going’ button below. Although we will be able to see your name and email address upon submission, once extrapolated this data will be anonymised. We appreciate your support in providing this information, which will help us to ensure our leadership development interventions are widely accessible and inclusive.
The programme will be delivered virtually. Please ensure that you can access a confidential quiet space for the duration of the session. The joining instructions, including the meeting room link, will be sent one week prior to the session. If your circumstances change and you can no longer attend, please email [email protected].
Our Commitment:
We are committed to making our training as accessible as possible (please see our accessibility page), we are aware that there is more that we can be doing. Please do contact us if there are any reasonable adjustments that we can make to support you to be able to attend this programme by emailing us at [email protected].
About the Facilitator
Mitzi Wyman has been a Non-Executive Director in the NHS and was a consultant with the Kings Fund and a member of its Patient and Family Centred Care Faculty. She has trained extensively with Nancy Kline, originator of the Thinking Environment™ and has used this approach with leaders to ignite the finest thinking in their teams, creating conditions where all can thrive. As a member of the Time to Think Faculty, Mitzi brings a proven approach that enables leaders to think independently, deeply, and courageously.
An environmental lawyer by background, with a training in organisational psychiatry and psychology, Mitzi’s passion is working with people to build outstanding organisations where people really thrive; where they can say what they really think, and where others actually listen. This approach creates an environment of trust, where fresh, independent thinking can flourish, leading to better outcomes for staff, service users, patients and clients.
Leadership isn’t just about making decisions—it’s about creating the conditions for the best decisions to emerge. A Space Apart is an immersive two-day programme designed to unlock your best thinking and generate powerful solutions that arise from clarity, not urgency.
In the relentless demands of leadership, time to think is often the first casualty. A Space Apart offers you something rare: the opportunity to step away from the pressures of your role, not to withdraw, but to engage more deeply—with your own thinking, with others, and with the leadership challenges that matter most.
This is an immersive experience designed to unlock your highest-quality thinking and generate solutions that emerge from clarity, not urgency. Here, you will not be required to prove yourself, compete for airtime, or find instant answers. Instead, you will discover the power of a Thinking Environment – an approach that fosters independent thought, fresh perspectives, and transformative decision-making.
Over two days, you will experience a leadership space rooted in authenticity, courage, and the kind of trust that allows for real breakthroughs. You will leave with tools and insights that can be applied immediately, helping you build a culture of deeper thinking, sharper decision-making, and genuine leadership impact.
About the programme and what to expect:
Day 1: Deep Thinking & Real-World Wisdom
- Experience a Thinking Environment first hand, creating the psychological safety needed to address your most critical leadership questions.
- Engage in meaningful reflection and structured dialogue, unlocking clarity on the challenges you face.
- Learn from a seasoned leader whose candid insights on success and failure will offer invaluable lessons for your own leadership journey.
Day 2: Navigating Complexity & Leading with Courage
- Explore how to hold creative tension—balancing current realities with bold aspirations—without falling into cynicism or idealism.
- Strengthen your ability to lead with wisdom, compassion, and courage, even in the face of uncertainty.
- Build a leadership community that extends beyond the programme—a space for ongoing support, challenge, and shared purpose.
Who’s the Programme for?
This programme is for Aspirant Chief Executives who are ready to think differently, move beyond surface-level solutions, and create meaningful, sustained change.
Book your Place:
This programme runs across two days on Wednesday 14th May 2025 10.00am – 16.00pm and Wednesday 21st May 2025 10.00am – 16.00pm. To register, you must be able to attend both the days.
Please register your place via the green RSVP ‘Going’ button below. Although we will be able to see your name and email address upon submission, once extrapolated this data will be anonymised. We appreciate your support in providing this information, which will help us to ensure our leadership development interventions are widely accessible and inclusive.
The programme will be delivered virtually. Please ensure that you can access a confidential quiet space for the duration of the session. The joining instructions, including the meeting room link, will be sent one week prior to the session. If your circumstances change and you can no longer attend, please email [email protected].
Our Commitment:
We are committed to making our training as accessible as possible (please see our accessibility page), we are aware that there is more that we can be doing. Please do contact us if there are any reasonable adjustments that we can make to support you to be able to attend this programme by emailing us at [email protected].
About the Facilitator
Mitzi Wyman has been a Non-Executive Director in the NHS and was a consultant with the Kings Fund and a member of its Patient and Family Centred Care Faculty. She has trained extensively with Nancy Kline, originator of the Thinking Environment™ and has used this approach with leaders to ignite the finest thinking in their teams, creating conditions where all can thrive. As a member of the Time to Think Faculty, Mitzi brings a proven approach that enables leaders to think independently, deeply, and courageously.
An environmental lawyer by background, with a training in organisational psychiatry and psychology, Mitzi’s passion is working with people to build outstanding organisations where people really thrive; where they can say what they really think, and where others actually listen. This approach creates an environment of trust, where fresh, independent thinking can flourish, leading to better outcomes for staff, service users, patients and clients.