We’ve two great sessions coming up in November focusing on leadership. One looks at leading under pressure the other focuses on leadership skills of the future.

Leading under pressure: preventing burnout, overload and decision fatigue

Date: Wednesday 18th November 2026
Time: 10am to 1pm
Price: £65 +VAT members / £75 +VAT non-members
Venue: Online
Delivered by: Thrive Training Collective

Leadership in smaller and growing organisations can become increasingly pressured, reactive and isolating.

Operational responsibility, staffing challenges, workload pressures and constant decision-making often sit with the same individuals, creating long-term risks around burnout, communication, culture and organisational resilience. This practical workshop focuses on helping leaders recognise overload earlier, manage competing priorities more sustainably and develop healthier approaches to leadership, delegation, boundaries and decision-making whilst maintaining organisational accountability and direction.

• Recognising burnout and overload in leaders and teams
• Managing competing priorities and constant pressure
• Decision fatigue and reactive leadership
• Boundaries, delegation and sustainable workload management
• Leading more clearly through uncertainty and change

This is an ideal training course for business owners, SME leaders and manager, team leaders and supervisors, growing organisation and new or developing managers

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The leadership skills of the future: Why human-centred leadership is a business advantage

Date: Thursday 26th November 
Time: 10am to 11am
Price: £25 +VAT
Venue: Online
Delivered by: Realise HR

The leadership qualities organisations need most today aren't soft skills. They're business skills.

Claire McLean of Realise HR will explore:

• Why leadership is changing
• The shift away from command-and-control leadership
• Why trust, transparency and authenticity matter more than ever
• The impact of hybrid working, wellbeing and multigenerational workforces
• What employees expect from leaders in 2026 and beyond

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Six months mentoring programme 

Don’t forget we also offer a six-month leadership mentoring programme delivered by Alec Pearson Coaching.

Through previous cohorts Alec has supported a range of businesses in various sectors including the Chamber’s Managing Director Suzanne Caldwell.

"When I saw the promo for our mentoring scheme I was struck by what an interesting opportunity it was and thought it seemed crazy that we were offering this to other businesses and not benefiting from it ourselves. So I decided to give it a go myself. I certainly haven’t been disappointed. I love Alec’s approach. It’s really helped me to think about how I’m leading the business and taking it forward, as a leader myself and with my management team. With succession planning and what the phases of that mean in practice as part of that. It’s also helped me personally in making clear headspace rather than constantly having my head down.”

If you’d be interested in working one on one with Alec on any area(s) of leadership or any of our other six mentors please email Lesley Robinson, Head of Business Growth & Support to register your interest – lesleyr@cumbriachamber.co.uk