BETTER LEADERS TOGETHER FOR ORGANISATIONS
Ongoing leadership development for your managers
Help your managers turn leadership learning into everyday practice.
Better Leaders Together gives your managers ongoing access to practical leadership learning, guided reflection, useful tools and peer development alongside other people responsible for leading others.
Monthly leadership learning and coaching sessions - Guided reflection - Practical tools -
A community of thoughtful managers
Better Leaders Together (BLT) is an online leadership membership and community for managers, designed to give them ongoing development and practical support throughout the year.
Leadership is not one job. It is a thousand small moments.
The reality of leading people
Managers make decisions about people every day. Some are straightforward. Others follow them home. They may look calm and capable from the outside while privately wondering whether they handled something well, whether they should have said more, whether they handled something well, whether they should have said more, whether they stepped in too quickly, or how they can approach the next conversation more effectively.
That’s the reality of leading real people.
And it’s why leadership development can’t only be about learning something once and then being expected to know what to do forever.
Better Leaders Together gives managers an ongoing place to think, reflect, ask questions and continue developing as those real situations happen.
A course or development day can introduce useful ideas, frameworks and skills. The real learning happens when managers try to apply them: in the conversation that does not go as planned, the expectation that needs to be clarified or the team dynamic that changes.
Better Leaders Together provides an ongoing structure for managers to continue learning, applying, reflecting and developing after formal training has ended.
Leadership development cannot stop when the workshop ends
LEARN
APPLY
REFLECT
DEVELOP
BLT creates a continuing rhythm that helps managers move beyond knowing about leadership and become more thoughtful and capable in how they practise it.
How your managers will learn and develop
Better Leaders Together provides an ongoing rhythm of learning, application and reflection, helping managers turn useful leadership ideas into everyday practice.
Monthly leadership learning sessions
Managers explore relevant leadership themes, practical approaches and the everyday situations where that learning can be applied.
Practical application tools
Prompts, frameworks, guides and templates help managers prepare for conversations, apply their learning and reflect on what happened afterwards.
Guided reflection and coaching
Thoughtful questions and coaching support help managers step back, examine their approach and identify how they want to develop their leadership practice.
Cross-sector peer learning
Managers learn alongside people leading in different roles, organisations and sectors, gaining perspectives they may not encounter within their immediate workplace.
Stronger leadership communication
Managers develop the confidence and skills to communicate clearly, approach difficult conversations thoughtfully and balance kindness with accountability.
Greater reflection and self-awareness
They become more aware of their assumptions, habits and responses, helping them make more intentional choices about how they lead.
Developing leadership judgement
Managers strengthen their ability to consider different perspectives, assess everyday situations and choose an appropriate leadership approach.
Authentic and sustainable leadership practice
They continue developing without feeling they need to adopt a polished leadership persona that does not feel natural or sustainable.
How BLT fits with the support you already provide
Better Leaders Together can complement your existing leadership development, including internal programmes, workshops, coaching and development days. It gives managers an ongoing place to continue learning, applying ideas and reflecting on their leadership practice between more formal development opportunities.
It also has a different role from HR support. Your organisation’s policies and HR guidance provide the framework for formal people matters. BLT focuses on developing the manager: their judgement, communication, confidence, self-awareness and ability to put leadership learning into practice.
Better Leaders Together for Organisations
Simple, flexible leadership development for the managers in your organisation.
Organisational membership is £50 per manager, per month.
That is £600 per manager for a full year of ongoing leadership development and support.
Founding Organisation rate
Organisations joining during the first six months of BLT can access a founding rate of £25 per manager, per month for their first six months of membership. After that, the standard organisational rate of £50 per manager, per month applies.
Places are managed by your organisation and can be transferred if someone changes role or leaves.
Organisational membership is more than purchasing a group of individual subscriptions. Your managers receive the full BLT membership experience, while your organisation also has a direct relationship with me through managed places, an initial partnership conversation and an annual partnership review. This helps BLT sit within your wider approach to leadership development, while protecting the confidentiality your managers need to use the community openly.
More than a group membership
Simple for your organisation
Places are managed by your organisation and can be transferred if roles change or someone leaves. You have one organisational relationship with BLT rather than needing to manage separate individual memberships
Useful for your managers
They receive the full Better Leaders Together membership experience alongside leaders from a wide range of organisations and sectors.
Private, respectful and carefully moderated
Members are expected to protect the confidentiality of people and organisations, remove identifying details and discuss situations responsibly. Clear community boundaries help managers learn and reflect without BLT becoming an alternative HR reporting or advisory channel.
YEAR 1
BLT Partnership Set-Up Conversation: A 30-minute conversation at the start of your membership to understand your organisation’s leadership development priorities, the capabilities you would like your managers to strengthen and how BLT can complement your existing learning and development activity.
EACH YEAR
Annual BLT Partnership Review: A 45-minute conversation towards the end of the membership year to reflect on the leadership capabilities your organisation has been seeking to develop, consider broad engagement and development themes, and review how BLT complements your wider learning and development approach.
Who is Better Leaders Together for?
A space for people who care about leading well.
BLT is for managers and leaders who care about how they lead and want to keep developing.
It works for people who are relatively new to managing others and for those who have been leading for years.
This isn’t remedial support - it’s continuing development for the complicated, rewarding and sometimes exhausting business of leading other people.
Your managers will feel at home in Better Leaders Together if:
They genuinely care about how they lead.
They would benefit from ongoing development and support.
They sometimes need somewhere outside their immediate team to think things through.
This will be less suitable if:
They’re looking for rigid scripts, quick fixes or a way to control other people’s behaviour.
They need case-specific HR, employment law or formal procedural advice.
BLT develops managers’ judgement, communication and leadership practice. It does not interpret an employer’s policies, determine formal action or replace internal HR, safeguarding or legal processes.
About Better Leaders Together
I’m SHARON SMITH, the creator of Better Leaders Together.
I created BLT because I know what it feels like to lead, care deeply about doing a good job and still spend far too much time replaying conversations, second-guessing decisions and trying to keep everybody happy.
Looking back, I didn’t need somebody to rescue me or tell me exactly what to do.
I needed somewhere I could talk through the situations occupying too much of my brain, hear another perspective and work out what I wanted to do next.
That’s what Better Leaders Together provides.
I bring my experience of leading, coaching and developing leaders, alongside practical questions, tools and resources.
Members bring their own experience, curiosity and perspective.
The value doesn’t come from pretending one person has every answer - it comes from helping people think, learn and lead better together.
A few questions to help you decide if Better Leaders Together is something your organisation needs:
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Better Leaders Together gives your managers ongoing access to leadership development, practical resources, live conversations and a community of other people responsible for leading others. It gives them somewhere to reflect on everyday leadership situations as they happen, helping them develop their confidence, judgement and ability to lead people well, while complementing the policy, HR and leadership development support already available within your organisation.
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Managers can receive developmental support with many everyday leadership challenges, including preparing for difficult conversations, communicating expectations, approaching informal performance conversations, responding constructively to conflict, building confidence, managing boundaries and navigating team dynamics.
BLT helps managers consider how they communicate, exercise judgement and lead the next step. It does not determine formal employment action or provide case-specific policy, HR or legal advice.
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Yes. Better Leaders Together is designed for managers and people leaders at different stages of their leadership journey.
A newer manager may be developing confidence and learning how to handle people issues for the first time. A more experienced manager may be dealing with greater complexity, looking for a fresh perspective or wanting space to reflect on established habits and approaches.
They do not need to be at exactly the same level to learn alongside one another.
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Training and development programmes usually focus on particular knowledge, skills or approaches over a defined period. BLT provides ongoing access to learning, reflection and support as real leadership situations arise.
It can work alongside workshops, internal programmes, coaching or other leadership development, giving managers somewhere to continue thinking, applying what they have learned and asking questions as new situations emerge.
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Managers often benefit from talking to other people who understand the realities of leading a team.
An online leadership community gives them access to perspectives beyond their own organisation, alongside regular opportunities to learn, reflect and think through leadership challenges.
For smaller organisations in particular, it can give managers access to a wider leadership network when there may only be a small number of managers within their own business.
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BLT is designed to fit around the realities of a manager's working life rather than become another programme they have to complete.
Managers do not need to attend every live session or contribute to every conversation. They can use the sessions, resources and community in ways that are useful and realistic for them.
The value comes from having ongoing access to support and making use of it when it is relevant.
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The aim is for the development to show up in how your managers lead day to day: how they communicate, approach difficult conversations, make decisions, set expectations, manage people and take ownership of their role.
The organisational relationship also creates opportunities to reflect on how BLT is supporting your managers and to consider any wider leadership development needs emerging across your organisation.
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BLT is designed to provide managers with a private, respectful space to think, ask questions and learn with others. Members must anonymise the situations they discuss and must not share names, identifying details, confidential documents or information that could identify an employee, colleague or organisation.
BLT does not report the content of individual members’ contributions to their employer. Any organisational conversations focus on overall engagement, broad development themes and the value of the membership, not what a named manager has said.
Managers remain responsible for following their employer’s policies, reporting requirements and professional responsibilities. Where an issue requires formal HR, safeguarding, legal or specialist involvement, that takes precedence over community discussion.
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Individual membership is designed for a manager purchasing BLT for themselves. Organisational membership is designed to form part of your leadership development provision. Your managers receive the same trusted BLT membership experience, while your organisation benefits from managed, transferable places, a direct partnership relationship with me and an annual review of engagement, broad development themes and priorities for the year ahead. Individual contributions within BLT are not reported back to the purchasing organisation.
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BLT does not provide case-specific HR advice or tell managers what formal action their organisation should take. Support focuses on leadership judgement, reflection, communication and preparation.
Members are expected to follow their employer’s policies and seek appropriate internal or specialist advice where required. Organisational policy and formal professional guidance always take precedence over general discussion within BLT.
Give your managers ongoing support for the moments when leadership gets complicated.
Sometimes they need somewhere to think, somewhere to ask, or somewhere to hear a different perspective.
Or they simply need a template they can use to help them complete a leadership task.
If you are considering BLT as part of your organisation’s leadership development, book a conversation with me. We can talk about your managers, what you want them to gain, and whether BLT is the right fit.