The Centre for Psychologically Responsive Leadership
Psychologically based Support and Development for Leaders & Teams
EVOLVING Leadership
We provide support & guidance to managers and organisations, drawing upon psychological theory, research and practice to help
individuals and teams to:
Develop your team strategy
Psychologically Responsive Frameworks for practice
Identify strengths, resources & development points for individuals, teams & systems
Address challenges, 'stuckness' & unhealthy dynamics in teams
Build team resilience & your leadership skills
Develop & embed vision & values
Skills & tools for team development
Team Away/Development Days
We are accredited Spotlight facilitators
- Spotlight is a simple, yet powerful, profiling tool designed with performance in mind, which is based upon the science of psychology. It incorporates both behavioural style and mindset. Spotlight personality profiling sessions can be undertaken as an individual leadership coaching exercise, or can be used within teams (including profiles for each member, individual brief coaching, a team development day and a team Spotlight 'map' and resources)
We also provide specific bespoke (specific to the needs of your organisation) training on:
- Developing Psychological Responsive teams/organisations
- Psychologically Responsive Leadership
- Impact of stress, pressure and trauma
- Mental health and wellbeing resilience
- Resources and proactive strategic planning
- Positive relational dynamics and communication
- Managers, staff, partner organisations & clients
- Assessing the strategy for psychologically responsiveness
- How successful the implementation of the strategy is
- Any wellbeing/therapeutic frameworks
- The organisations/teams’ strengths & challenges
“Having worked with a number of talented psychologists and professional services throughout my career in education that spans over 20 years, I can hand on heart say that in the last 12 months alone working with CMCAFS, I have gained more than I imagined. I have developed personally and learned so much. Their support has enabled me to reflect personally, shape my own thinking, actions and responses as a leader which I will forever be grateful for.” Carolyn Lawler, Head of Virtual School and Inclusion, Liverpool
We also provide an in-person 8 day Leadership training course for managers or aspiring managers based on our training framework. (Please ask for more detailed information).
The EVOLVING Leadership Podcast
In our EVOLVING Podcast series Dr Gill I’Anson and Dr Sue Knowles talk with leaders, academics and intellectual thinkers from a variety of backgrounds about their thoughts and experiences of the key elements of good, psychologically responsive leadership. The EVOLVING framework, which provides the basis for these discussions, draws upon the key aspects of leadership from an organisational and clinical psychological stance, and the available research, theory and practice knowledge.
Who Are We?
Clinical Psychologist & Evolving Lead
Gill qualified in 2001 and worked within CAMHS services and took the lead for Paediatric Psychology within this role. Gill worked for many years providing Expert Witness Psychological Reports for legal proceedings and provided psychological consultation to various professionals. She has trained and worked therapeutically with children, adults and families throughout her career. Within CMCAFS Gill is the lead psychologist for our Leadership provision. She also leads on contracts with partner organisations, providing systemic psychological formulation and consultation. Gill also hosts the EVOLVING leadership podcast.
Clinical
Psychologist &
Lead For CMCAFS