what we offer

Online, face-to-face, or a blend of both…

We humans can be very resourceful, capable, and creative. At Humantalk, this is our starting point. And whilst in today’s context of rapid technological progress, big data, and artificial intelligence, we face disruptive change and complexity; our never-ending appetite for fresh expression suggests homo sapiens are far from finished determining how we show up in the world. Change brings challenge, but it also offers fresh opportunities.

In the midst of our ever-changing environment, a powerful constant is the connection between the stories we live by, our self-talk, and what we push out into the world to the humans we work with. As our environment responds to us, this experience begins to inform our sense of individual and collective identity and purpose. This humantalk influences everything from our leadership style to our mental health, and defines the kind of future we’re co-creating.

At Humantalk, we use our multisector experience and multidisciplinary approach to bring you coaching, training events, and learning programmes - crafted for your unique huddle of humans. Everything we do is to help you get the best out of yourself and others. Everything we offer helps you think, feel, and act your way forward. 

Consultancy services

Not sure where to begin? Bring us in for a conversation, to contribute to your leadership development programme, well-being initiative or HR project, or to present to your senior leadership team and wider workforce. We’ll help you measure up…  

Consultancy services range from a one-off intervention to regular project support over an extended period.

Executive coaching

Providing support and healthy challenge to leaders at all stages – from chief executives and director-level leaders, to first-time line managers. You will receive coaching from an experienced, accredited coach working to the ICF code of ethics.

As part of our coaching support we can offer a range of psychometric tools to give you more data on who you are choosing to be, how you’re coming across, and opportunities for growth. Our founder, Ben, is an registered test user for ability and personality with the British Psychological Society.

Training & facilitation

From half day sessions to five-day programmes, we draw together research from a range of disciplines to stretch your thinking. Working with neuroscience, psychology, leadership concepts, design thinking, and beyond…we craft what we do to help you lead and work better.  All of our programmes can be delivered online, face-to-face, or a blend of both formats.

Humantalk is also an instructor member of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England. We run half day, one day, and two day courses accredited by MHFA England - a community-interest company leading the way in workplace well-being. 

Mental Health First Aid training is a globally recognised evidence-based programme designed to increase mental health awareness and first aider skills, underpinned by national/global research and evaluation.

EXAMPLE case study - helping humans during the Covid-19 pandemic

During the Coronavirus pandemic, Humantalk has been privileged to work with a specialist nursing service whose teams of nurses, healthcare professionals and people managers continued to provide exceptional levels of healthcare provision in the face of ongoing pressure, disruption and complexity. To help this client in their important endeavours, we designed and delivered a bespoke management development and performance programme – Healthy Management. Bringing together our experience in leadership and organisational development with our expertise in workplace mental health and well-being, we rolled out an online programme of team workshops, interactive learning materials, and 1-2-1 coaching for people managers.

Working closely with internal stakeholders, together we developed an approach to deploy and sustain the momentum created by Healthy Management so that the benefits could be experienced and capitalised well beyond the end of the programme. It was a huge privilege to support this fantastic client of ours during the coronavirus pandemic and we look forward to working with them again soon.

Impact analysis:

86% of participants rated the programme as ‘excellent’

100% of participants rated the programme as either ‘very good’ or ‘excellent’

An average increase in knowledge across the cohort of participants of 47%

An average increase in confidence of application across the cohort of participants of 70%  

The identification of 12 areas of organisational application following the programme