Change Catalyst

Programme Masterclasses

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  5 Mar 25

  Session One: High Performance Leadership

  Jamil Qureshi

  One of the world’s most in-demand experts in High Performance

  Jamil’s session takes us through a practical understanding of how to cultivate mindsets for optimising talent in a disrupted world. Using principles that have been shared with six people who have used theses ideas to become number one in the world in their chosen field, and with insight into the companies he advised last year, delegates will be taken through an insightful and entertaining look at how we can create positive change through obtaining different outlooks.
  

  This session will give insight into:

  How we can change behaviours by changing thinking
  How we can create a culture of responsibility
  How we can create a mindset for performance and growth
  How we maintain motivation

  More about Jamil Qureshi
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  2 Apr 25

  Session two: ED&I Leadership

  Dr Asif Sadiq MBE

  Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for Warner Bros Discovery
  

  In his session, Asif talks about how diversity and inclusion (D&I) is no longer a “nice to have” - it’s now a business imperative. He discusses the challenges and opportunities of the future of D&I, how organisations can instill a journey of learning through creating psychological safety for all and how leaders can transform the “why” for Inclusion by being authentic, vulnerable, and above all, simply human.

  The session will explore:

  The journey from diversity and inclusion to belonging
  Why ED&I learning is a journey not a one off training
  5 ED&I topics to discuss with your team
  What leaders can do to promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace

  More about Dr Asif Sadiq MBE
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  7 May 25

  Session three: Neuroscience of Leadership

  Stephanie Fairhurst

  Thought leader and Psychological Skills Mentor at Chimp Management (The Chimp Paradox)

  Stephanie specialises in helping business professionals and companies improve performance and productivity, bringing about individual change in an organisational setting. She facilitates getting the best out of teams and individuals by helping them understand the human mind as a manageable machine and developing insight and emotional skills to improve performance through achieving greater happiness, success and confidence.
  

  By attending this session delegates will gain leadership insights, tools and techniques to:

  Understand the key elements of the “Chimp Model” i.e. The Chimp, The Human and The Computer
  Improve self-awareness, manage your “Chimp” and understand the underlying elements of emotional intelligence
  Reduce individual stress levels and achieve stable performance
  Improve communication with both clients and team members
  Improve your performance both personally and professionally
  Develop strategy to improve your team’s confidence and performance
  Recognising and dealing with imposter syndrome
  Promoting effective leadership through role-modelling, safety net creation, and praise/recognition
  Neurodiversity and its relation to the "Chimp Model"

  More about Stephanie Fairhurst
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  4 Jun 25

  Session four: Digital Leadership & Future Human Behaviour

  Thimon De Jong

  World-renowned author and expert on generational leadership & the influence of human behaviour

  Thimon de Jong is a behavioural expert specialising in the future of human behaviour. In a turbulent, digitalising, uncertain world, making sense of the future is more important than ever. Thimon is a world-renowned behavioural expert who helps you understand what people are going to do next and what that practically means for leaders and organisations. He works for clients like Morgan Stanley, Google, IKEA and L’Oreal and lectures at the social psychology department of Utrecht University.

  In this session, leaders will learn:

  What kind of leadership is needed in the 2020s where the world is in a state of ‘polycrisis’ (a time of great disagreement, confusion, or suffering that is caused by many different crises happening at the same time)
  How to be a digital leader and leverage new technologies (e.g. AI, Metaverse) best while keeping human engagement and trust as high as possible
  How to manage the multi-generational work place where the youngest generation – Gen Z – is causing quite a bit of turbulence
  How to get their teams and themselves to embrace future (technological) change

  More about Thimon De Jong
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  2 Jul 25

  Session five: Commercial & Strategic Leadership

  Chris Brindley MBE

  Award winning strategic leader and executive coach in business and sport

  Chris has led businesses in different industries, as well as the world of sport. These range from large multi-national businesses through to start ups. Chris has operated at Executive level, in growth phases and also more challenging times, such as the banking crisis of 2008 and more recently Covid-19. In more recent times Chris has operated as both Non-Executive Director and Chair of businesses in industry and sport, providing strategic direction and an in depth understanding of the commercial challenges ahead. As a business coach, Chris works with senior leaders to enable them to work “on the business” as well as in the business.

  Chris will share some of his tools on the Change Catalyst programme and these will include:

  An introduction to the Balanced Business Scorecard (BBS) to ensure a business is able to clearly measure whether its strategy is working. This will include an opportunity for delegates to explore key measures needed in their own business
  Strategic planning tools such as PESTLE and SWOT which will help understand the internal and external factors that will help shape future strategy
  The 3 Revolutions that businesses will need to constantly review to ensure that they remain agile in a VUCA world
  How to create capacity as a leader to ensure regular strategic and commercial planning takes place

  More about Chris Brindley MBE
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  30 Jul 25

  Session six: Change Leadership

  Professor Damian Hughes

  Best-selling author, performance expert and co-host of the ‘High Performance’ podcast

  A firm favourite on our Change Catalyst programme, Damian is a highly respected performance expert, having worked with many high-profile names throughout his career. As well as being author of 12 best-selling books, Damian is also well-known for co-hosting the ‘High Performance’ podcast.
  In his session, Damian covers how the highest-performing people are able to successfully face change – and how you can too.
  Drawing on interviews with record-setting athletes, Olympic coaches and leading business founders, Damian introduces the five simple steps that take you from where you are to where you want to be. And then introduces the cutting-edge research that explains why these surprisingly simple tools are so effective.

  These will include:

  Dream: Imagining the life you want
  Leap: Daring to go after it
  Fight: How to reframe the inevitable setbacks that occur
  Climb: How to create momentum
  Arrival: What happens next?

  More about Professor Damian Hughes