Training and Development

Obnatus Training Academy

Training and Development is a crucial process for any organisation focused on long-term success. The Obnatus Training Academy offers programmes that are tailored to foster growth among leaders at all levels, in a range of industries: From first-time managers, middle management, to senior executives. We ensure your team possesses the skills and competencies to lead effectively.

At Obnatus we take a comprehensive approach to training and development, which includes a variety of strategic training programmes, workshops, and individual or team coaching sessions, focussing on everything from

  • Resilience and Burnout Prevention
  • Stress Management
  • What it means to be an Authentic Leader
  • Authentic Leadership in the Age of AI
  • Emotional Intelligence including the EQi-2.0/EQ360 assessment
  • Productivity
  • Leadership Skills
  • Team Building

Whether you need to facilitate a team offsite, run a high impact workshop, or roll out an ongoing development programme, let’s talk. At Obnatus Training Academy we create bespoke training designed to move the needle for your team.

Obnatus will soon offer ILM5 Certificates and Diploma in Effective Coaching and Mentoring in association with Arema – whether you want to train yourself or create a cohort in-house to train up your staff, please reach out with your request.

We further offer training and development on neurodiversity in the workplace through our partner Psychological Consultations – you might be looking for a rapid workplace needs assessment (more info below), ongoing specialist coaching, a neurodiversity assessment or training. Reduce the risk of escalation before formal routes are taken by employees.

And of course, based on Volker’s 20+ years in mid-market and enterprise SaaS, technology and services sales, we continue to offer sales trainings for all team sizes. Contact us for more info or an initial conversation.

“I attended one of Volker’s masterclasses and learned something I could use with my senior leadership team the very next day. It gave me a clear way to take ownership and finally understand where our misalignment was coming from. Simple. Practical. Immediately useful.”

Jon Bailey, CEO, Precision Proco

“Attending Volker’s masterclasses has been such a game-changer for me. The sessions are practical, engaging, and packed with insights I could apply right away. I left feeling more confident and inspired – highly recommend!”

Sarah Lawson Johnston, MD EMEA, Vudoo

Human-Centred Leadership in the Age of AI

These modules are our most requested sessions for 2026 because they deliver measurable improvements in leadership effectiveness, team performance, and AI adoption. Each can be scaled into a half or full‑day workshop or combined into a tailored programme designed to accelerate organisational capability and deliver rapid business impact.

1. Human and AI Leadership Sprint

Leaders gain a clear, repeatable decision framework that improves speed, quality, and consistency of execution. By understanding what to own, delegate, or augment with AI, participants reduce decision bottlenecks, increase productivity, and free capacity for higher‑value work. This results in faster delivery, fewer errors, and stronger cross‑functional alignment.

2. Psychological Safety for AI Adoption

Managers learn how to reduce friction and accelerate AI adoption across teams. By building trust and eliminating fear-based resistance, leaders unlock higher engagement, more experimentation, and a steady pipeline of AI-driven improvements. Organisations benefit from quicker ROI on AI investments and reduced wasted spend through higher utilisation.

3. Leading Through Ambiguity

This module strengthens leaders’ ability to stay effective under pressure and make sound choices despite uncertainty. The outcome is improved decision velocity, calmer teams, and fewer performance drops during change. Businesses benefit through reduced churn, higher team resilience, and more stable delivery during transformation cycles.

4. Living Strategy in an AI World

Senior teams learn to shift from slow, annual planning to continuous sensing and rapid adaptation. Leaders leave with tools that shorten planning cycles, improve strategic alignment, and enable earlier identification of risks and opportunities. The result is a more agile organisation capable of making better strategic bets with higher confidence.

5. Change Fitness and Leader Resilience

Leaders develop the personal capacity to sustain performance, manage energy, and remain effective during prolonged change. This reduces burnout, improves retention of key talent, and strengthens the organisation’s overall resilience. Teams operate with greater stability and leaders model healthy, high-performance behaviours.

Workshop Outcomes

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

  • Understand the commercial risks of outdated leadership approaches in the age of AI.

  • Apply Human + AI decision tools that improve execution speed and reduce operational drag.

  • Build psychological safety to accelerate AI adoption and maximise return on AI investment.

  • Strengthen human capabilities, namely empathy, judgment, creativity, presence, that correlate with improved performance, engagement, and retention.

  • Leave with a practical 30‑day implementation plan to embed learning quickly and demonstrate early business impact.

Investment

Half-day workshop: £3,000
Full-day workshop: £5,000

Workshops are typically designed for groups of up to 15 participants to ensure depth of discussion, practical application, and individual attention.

Each engagement is tailored to your organisation and designed to generate tangible business outcomes within weeks, not months.

Further Workshops and Training Modules

Our Flagship Course for SLTs
The Leadership Alignment Accelerator

The Leadership Accelerator is a six-week programme designed to help senior leaders move from overwhelm to sustainable high performance.

Through six focused sessions, you will:

  • Reset Priorities: Replace “busy work” with high-impact activities.

  • Quiet the Critic: Silence self-doubt and build trust in your instincts.

  • Master Conversations: Develop a playbook for honest, aligning team dialogue.

  • Cultivate Presence: Lead with calm, authentic conviction rather than performance.

  • Sustain Drive: Recognise and prevent burnout while maintaining momentum.

  • Build Your Blueprint: Consolidate your insights into a concrete 90-day plan.

Blending neuroscience-backed practices with practical diagnostic tools, this course equips you to translate personal clarity into organisational alignment. It is ideal for leaders seeking to balance influence with wellbeing while fostering environments of clear accountability. We often deliver this to SLTs with a weekly 90 minutes session over 6 weeks.

Resilience

These workshops build practical resilience so people can handle pressure, recover from setbacks, and stay effective without burning out.

Participants will:

  • Explore what resilience means in modern workplaces (not “toughing it out”)

  • Identify personal stress triggers and early overload signals

  • Assess habits that strengthen or drain resilience

  • Learn tools for managing mindset, regulating energy, and responding well under pressure

  • Practice quick resets after difficult moments, and protect focus when demands are high

  • Look at the role of team culture (psychological safety, support, realistic expectations)

By the end, they’ll leave with a clearer view of their resilience patterns, immediate techniques to use, and a simple action plan to stay grounded and productive in challenging situations.

Burnout Prevention

This workshop helps participants understand burnout early, and gives practical ways to protect energy, focus, and wellbeing.

Participants will:

  • Learn what burnout is, and how it differs from normal stress or a busy season

  • Recognise early warning signs (emotional exhaustion, reduced motivation, irritability, feeling “on”)

  • Explore common causes (unclear priorities, constant pressure, weak boundaries, pushing through without recovery)

  • Reflect on personal patterns of overcommitment and under-recovery

  • Use prevention strategies: clearer boundaries, smarter workload habits, planned recovery, and better capacity conversations

By the end, they’ll have increased awareness of their risk factors, a clear view of sustainable performance, and a simple action plan for long-term wellbeing.

Rapid (Neurodiversity) Workplace Needs Assessment

This offer helps organisations understand and support complex people issues before they escalate. It combines practical workplace insight with rapid expert assessment to improve clarity, reduce risk, and support better outcomes.

  • Understand what is happening beneath the surface of workplace tension or underperformance.

  • Identify psychological, neurodivergent, and environmental factors that may be affecting performance.

  • Spot early signs of stress, conflict, burnout, or potential absence.

  • Provide practical recommendations for support, communication, and workplace adjustments.

  • Help leaders, HR, and teams respond earlier and more effectively.

It is designed for situations where a high performer is struggling, conflict is growing, or neurodiversity may be a factor.

Leadership Skills

This leadership skills workshop is designed for senior leaders who want to lead with greater clarity, confidence, and impact. It combines practical tools, reflection, and facilitated discussion to help participants strengthen their leadership style and improve team performance.

Participants will:

  • Clarify priorities and focus on what matters most.

  • Strengthen influence through calm, grounded leadership.

  • Improve communication in high-stakes conversations.

  • Build resilience and stay effective under pressure.

  • Create a practical action plan they can apply immediately.

This workshop can be delivered as a half-day, full-day, or offsite session, tailored to the needs of your leadership team.

Teambuilding

Team building workshops help teams strengthen trust, improve communication, and work together more effectively. It creates space to step back from day-to-day pressure, reflect on how the team is working, and build more connection, clarity, and accountability.

Participants will:

  • Strengthen trust and psychological safety.

  • Improve communication and reduce misunderstanding.

  • Clarify roles, expectations, and ways of working.

  • Build stronger collaboration across the team.

  • Leave with practical actions to improve team effectiveness.

The session can be tailored for new teams, established teams, or teams facing change, conflict, or growth.

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