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Unique Thinking Events For Executives, Small Business Owners & Their Teams.

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"The best kind of learning is when you forget you are being taught, quite brilliant. Thanks Karen"

Jason King,

Director Bayfield Vehicle Hire

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Not Your Conventional Leadership and Team Events

If you are looking for traditional leadership events, with a reading list as long as your arm and assignments as dry as a desert, this probably isn’t the site for you.

Equally, if you are looking for team building events that require participants to arrive in climbing boots and waterproofs, ready to be strapped into a safety harness, you are probably in the wrong place too.

But, if you are looking for something a little bit different - something that will get you thinking about what it really means to be a leader in modern business, help you make connections between people and between ideas and, ultimately, grow your business - without giving up months of your social life, or getting your feet wet - then you might just find something of interest.

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The Golden Thread

Created by Karen Carpenter, Senior Practitioner with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, all events listed on this site have coaching principles at their heart,  with a primary focus on self-discovery and learning from each other.

Drawing on insights accumulated over more than 30 years in healthcare management - including several years as a freelance consultant and trainer - and filtered through the lens of history, the natural world, positive psychology and anecdotal experience, each event offers a unique framework for thinking through leadership, business, and team challenges.

To browse the site and find out more about the options available, click on the links in the section below.

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