Getting out of your own way: Conscious self-leadership for founders and business leaders

A three-part exclusive workshop series, in collaboration with NECC, designed to help you understand your inner world and lead yourself more effectively.

Session 1: Understanding Your Internal System

21st April 2026

Explore the foundations of self-leadership by understanding the internal patterns that shape how you think, feel, and act in your role.

You will:

Learn why your “inner game” directly impacts your results

Identify key internal parts such as the critic, achiever, and pleaser

Develop awareness of how these parts influence your behaviour

Be introduced to the core qualities of effective self-leadership

Session 2: Working with Protective and Vulnerable Parts

12th May 2026

Go deeper into the patterns that protect you, even when they hold you back.

You will:

Recognise protective strategies like overworking, control, and avoidance

Learn a structured approach to understanding your internal responses

Build a more compassionate relationship with challenging patterns

Explore how to channel these behaviours more productively

Session 3: Handling Inner Conflict

9th June 2026

Strengthen your ability to navigate competing priorities and internal tensions.

You will:

Identify common internal conflicts that affect leadership and decision-making

Learn techniques to manage competing “voices” within your thinking

Develop stronger self-leadership in high-pressure situations

Build a clearer, more confident way of moving forward

Who it’s for

Founders, business leaders, and decision-makers who want to improve focus, reduce internal friction, and lead with greater clarity.

Format

3 x half-day workshops (9:30–12:30)

Delivered at Catalyst, Newcastle Helix

Small group setting (max. 20 participants)

Includes guided exercises, reflection, and peer discussion

A 3-part workshop series to help you understand your protector parts (e.g. perfectionist, procrastinator) and lead yourself, your business and your team with more compassion, clarity, and confidence

Facilitator: Norma O'Sullivan

Norma O'Sullivan is a leadership development coach who supports scaling companies to grow technically strong individuals into self-aware, strategically minded leaders.

With a career spanning law, construction, and organisational change consulting, she brings real-world experience of the challenges facing ambitious organisations. Her work is grounded in the belief that meaningful, sustainable success comes from individuals doing the inner work to understand their drivers, strengths, and blocks.

Norma’s style is warm, humorous, and open, creating a space where people can drop the armour and engage honestly. She moves beyond box-tick training, offering a more reflective and practical approach that helps leaders show up with clarity, integrity, and direction.

Clients regularly describe her sessions as:

“Invaluable”

“Engaging”

“Challenging and thought-provoking”

“A space for open and rewarding sharing of experiences”