Wellbeing training for UK leaders, managers and senior teams — because the people carrying the most responsibility need it most.
Leadership is heavier than it looks. Leaders and managers carry team decisions, difficult conversations, sustained pressure, and often their own burnout warning signs they don’t have time to notice. Most workplace wellbeing training focuses on the team — this is training for the people leading the team.
Our Leadership Wellbeing Training equips leaders, managers and senior teams with the mental health knowledge, resilience capability and recovery habits they need to sustain performance without burning out. We work with everyone from newly-promoted line managers to executive teams — tailoring the depth, format and framing to whoever is in the room.
For Leadership & Team Development, meet our sister brand: People & Performance
This is wellbeing infrastructure applied to leadership. For the leadership development side — building the skills of leading, psychological safety as a leadership practice, sustainable performance as a discipline — see our sister brand People & Performance. The two work together: Stretching the City keeps leaders well, People & Performance builds their leadership capability.
Manager-only sessions, never whole-team
These workshops only work when everyone in the room is a people leader. The dynamic changes if direct reports are present.
Wellbeing-led, not generic management training
We sit between wellbeing-only providers and pure leadership trainers. Our workshops cover the wellbeing capability managers actually need on a Tuesday afternoon.
Measurable shift
Every workshop includes pre- and post-pulse measurement on manager confidence, intent to apply, and clarity on the boundaries of the role.
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Who this is for:
Our leadership wellbeing training is booked by three groups of buyers:
- HR and People teams investing in leader wellbeing — often as part of a broader mental health strategy where leaders need training in both spotting others’ wellbeing and protecting their own.
- L&D teams building manager capability — pairing our wellbeing training with leadership development programmes from People & Performance for a coherent manager development offering.
- Senior leaders scoping their own capability — executives, C-suites and heads of function who recognise that their own wellbeing sets the tone for the team culture.
Our Leadership Wellbeing workshops
Every workshop in this category can be delivered virtually or in-person, standalone or as part of a coordinated manager wellbeing programme.
Mental Health Training for Managers
The single highest-leverage mental health investment most organisations can make. Equips people leaders to spot mental health concerns early, hold the wellbeing conversation, and know when to escalate. Manager-only. 90 min.
Building Resilient Teams
Team-level resilience training for intact teams — shared language, psychological safety in practice, team charter co-creation. Pairs beautifully with our individual Resilience Workshop for clients building resilience across multiple levels. 60-90 min.
Peak Performance at Work
A practical workplace session focused on stress, nervous system regulation and sustainable performance for leaders and high performers. Grounded in sport psychology and applied to the workplace.
Workplace culture and Psychological Safety training
For psychological safety, active bystander training, sexual harassment awareness, tools for challenging work relationships, and workplace culture transformation, see our sister brand People Performance.
All five workshops are delivered by the same accredited specialists. The brand split is structural, not a delivery change.
Team Resilience & Change Workshops
Many of the workshops in this category cross-feature with our Team Resilience & Change Workshops hub — a coordinated category for teams navigating change, sustained pressure, workplace anxiety and interpersonal dynamics. If you’re scoping resilience or change support for a leadership team specifically, this is the fastest way to see the full range.
Why leader wellbeing matters: The business case
Leader wellbeing is one of the most under-invested areas of workplace wellbeing — and one of the highest-leverage. Three reasons:
Leaders model wellbeing culture
Teams take permission from what their leaders do, not what they say. A leader who works every weekend, doesn’t take annual leave, or hides their own stress teaches their team the same behaviour — regardless of the wellbeing policy. Investing in leader wellbeing changes what leaders model, which changes team culture faster than any employee-facing workshop.
Leader burnout is expensive
Senior leader turnover, decision fatigue, and burnout-driven mistakes cost organisations more than any other single wellbeing failure. Preventive investment in leader wellbeing is a fraction of the cost of a burnt-out C-suite or a senior team in crisis.
Wellbeing capability is a leadership skill
Modern leaders need to spot mental health concerns in their teams, hold difficult conversations well, and manage their own resilience through sustained change. These aren’t soft skills — they’re core leadership capabilities. Our workshops equip leaders with the practical tools they need.
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How this fits alongside our sister brand, People & Performance
Two brands, two clear specialisms — designed to work together.
Stretching the City: Wellbeing infrastructure
Mental health at work. Resilience. Sleep and recovery. Applied to teams, and to the leaders leading those teams. This is our territory.
People & Performance: Leadership and Team capability
Manager training as a leadership discipline. Psychological safety as a leadership practice. Sustainable performance frameworks. Executive coaching. Team development. This is P&P’s territory.
Many clients use both. STC keeps your leaders well; P&P builds their leadership capability. Book a scoping call and we’ll help you work out the right combination.
What our clients say:
Mental Health for Managers was by far the most insightful and useful workshop we’ve ever had. I think it’s brilliant to take the time to talk about mental health in the workplace.
We really enjoyed the resilience session – it seemed to get people thinking/reflecting both personally and professionally, which was great to see. Thank you again for running such a great session and tailoring this to our needs
Stretching the City really collaborated with us to help met our objectives of our ‘Care and Connect’ People Leader’s programme. The modules were delivered to a very high standard and received excellent feedback. The content and approach was ideal and provided our People Leaders with the opportunity to engage and reflect on their own personal wellbeing and continue their development as supportive, caring leaders.
Want to see more workshops?
This page covers our Manager Wellbeing Training & Leadership Workshops. Our full workshop menu spans six categories — Mental Health at work, Women’s Wellbeing, Nutrition, Productivity, Movement & Relaxation, and Awareness day specials — plus dedicated manager training and signature programme options. Over 50 workshops in total.
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Frequently asked questions
About leadership wellbeing training
What’s the difference between leadership wellbeing training and leadership development?
Leadership development builds the skills of leading — communication, decision-making, strategic thinking, coaching capability, psychological safety as a practice. That’s our sister brand People & Performance’s territory. Leadership wellbeing training builds the wellbeing capacity leaders need to lead sustainably — their own mental health, resilience, recovery, and their ability to spot wellbeing concerns in their teams. Many clients use both together.
Who’s the ideal audience for this training?
We deliver leadership wellbeing training to everyone from newly-promoted line managers to executive teams. The workshops adapt in depth and framing based on the audience. Newly-promoted managers benefit most from Mental Health Training for Managers as a foundation. Experienced leaders often book Building Resilient Teams or the individual Resilience Workshop. Executive teams typically book bespoke programmes combining multiple workshops with keynote elements from Sally Lovett.
Delivery and pairing with People & Performance
Can you deliver leadership wellbeing training in-person and virtually?
Both. We deliver in-person across London, the wider UK and Europe, and virtually to global teams. Leadership team offsites work particularly well as in-person half-day sessions. Distributed leadership teams often book virtual delivery with breakout rooms for genuine peer conversation. Format is scoped on the discovery call based on your team’s setup.
How does this pair with People & Performance’s leadership programmes?
The two brands work as a coordinated proposition. STC handles the wellbeing dimension — mental health training for managers, resilience for leaders, recovery capability, sustainable leader wellbeing. P&P handles the leadership capability dimension — deeper manager cohort programmes, psychological safety as a leadership practice, sustainable performance frameworks, executive coaching. Many clients book from both brands as one coherent leadership development programme. Tell us your context on the discovery call and we’ll suggest the right combination.
Cost and next steps
How much does leadership wellbeing training cost?
Pricing depends on workshop count, format, audience size and whether you’re booking standalone or as part of a coordinated programme. Single workshops start from around £1,500 for a standard 90-minute virtual session. Bespoke half-day leadership team programmes typically start from £3,500. Multi-workshop leader development programmes are priced more favourably than one-offs. Book a discovery call and we’ll send a clear quote within 48 hours.
Can you build a year-round leadership wellbeing programme?
Yes — this is what we recommend for clients serious about leader wellbeing rather than one-off workshops. A typical programme combines Mental Health Training for Managers as the foundation, quarterly resilience or wellbeing sessions for the leadership team, and one bespoke keynote or offsite anchor session per year. We can also layer in People & Performance’s leadership development programmes for a coordinated wellbeing plus capability offering. Book a discovery call to scope the programme.