Do you want to cultivate a leadership approach that nurtures growth, embraces diversity and sparks innovation?

Transform your leadership approach with the Big 8 toolkit

What is the Big 8? 

The Big 8 is a powerful toolkit which enables education leaders to create a relational and highly focused work culture, with clarity around expectations, and space for innovation. Built on insights from psychology and client-centered coaching, the tools focus on how to empower individuals to think and act with autonomy by creating overall team coherence and psychological safety. The tools are practical and learnable – although we all find some of them easier than others!

What you will gain

• Be able to support those around you to build trusting relationships, and raise self awareness, creating a positive team environment
• Be able to agree ways of working and hold each other accountable for this
• Confidence to give and receive feedback to enhance performance and strengthen team culture
• Greater confidence from team members to share their insights and so gain a variety of perspectives that create real and lasting change

What you will experience

• An initial two days of immersive training, which includes learning the theory, research and how to put the Big 8 into practice
• Termly online refresher workshops, with the wider Big 8 Practitioner Network
• Access to a variety of resources to fuel your ongoing development, including a research paper, self-evaluation tool, reflective activities and demonstration videos
• Becoming a certified Big 8 Practitioner, with a badge for your email signature, CV and social media
• A 10% referral discount to encourage others to experience the Big 8

* 1 year membership of the Big 8 Practitioner Network included, which starts after your in person sessions (£195 per year thereafter – opt out at any time).