Senior Leader EMEA | Pharmaceuticals
Seasons doesn't just consult - they truly partner with us. They take the time to understand our organisation and make things real and practical for our people.
Focused, modular interventions designed to create meaningful change, without the need for a long-term programme.
Seeds for Growth
They help people develop and become confident in much-needed skills in a focused way and in a minimal amount of time.
They’re created within well-established, evidence-based interventions to drive behaviour change and equip our clients with the necessary tools to achieve strong leadership capabilities and team-building effectiveness.
By enabling businesses to open their doors to impactful conversations, we help cultivate a solid base towards positive meaningful change, aimed to meet corporate working demands.
Small sessions. Real impact.
What are Seeds?
All the seeds we offer are targeted bite-sized, robust skill development boosters. No longer than 90 minutes to 2 hours, we support our clients to receive the insights they’re looking for in a modular session, specifically focused on their own context and needs. They fit perfectly in a face-to-face or virtual session.
Targeted development that fits your context
Seeds for growth
Focused sessions that fit your calendar
90 MIN — 2 HOURS
Works equally well in person or online
FACE-TO-FACE OR VIRTUAL
Focused sessions that fit your calendar
BUILT FOR YOUR CONTEXT
SELF
Seed 01-05
THE ART OF ADAPTATION
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THE POWER OF BELIEF
Sounds familiar? - “I know I reacted too quickly - but only afterwards.”
The moment between trigger and response changes everything.
Learn to notice what happens in you before it shapes what happens around you. Recognise your triggers, emotions, and assumptions, interrupt automatic reactions, and create the space to choose how you want to respond.
What you’ll gain:
Make more conscious choices about how you show up as a leader
The moment between trigger and response changes everything.
Learn to notice what happens in you before it shapes what happens around you. Recognise your triggers, emotions, and assumptions, interrupt automatic reactions, and create the space to choose how you want to respond.
What you’ll gain:
- Recognise your personal triggers and automatic responses
- Understand how emotions and assumptions shape your reactions
- Create space between what happens and what you do next
Make more conscious choices about how you show up as a leader
01
RESPONDING CONSCIOUSLY
06
NAVIGATING PARODOXES - CREATING BETTER CHOICE
SELF
Seed 01-05
The Power of Personal Purpose
05
Being Your Authentic Self
04
03
THE POWER OF BELIEF
01
RESPONDING CONSCIOUSLY
Sounds familiar? - “We keep jumping straight from the problem to the action plan.”
Change may be constant. How we respond to it isn’t.
Built around Seasons’ 4C Model - Compassion, Confrontation, Choice, and Commitment - explore how to move from reacting to change to actively shaping your response. Learn how to slow down before jumping to action, face what needs to be faced, recognise the choices available to you, and turn those choices into meaningful commitment.
What you’ll gain:
Change may be constant. How we respond to it isn’t.
Built around Seasons’ 4C Model - Compassion, Confrontation, Choice, and Commitment - explore how to move from reacting to change to actively shaping your response. Learn how to slow down before jumping to action, face what needs to be faced, recognise the choices available to you, and turn those choices into meaningful commitment.
What you’ll gain:
- Understand the psychology of self-adaptation in times of change
- Move from feeling like a victim of change to recognising your own agency
- Use Compassion and Confrontation to understand and face what is really happening
- Widen your sense of Choice rather than jumping straight to solutions
- Turn conscious choices into meaningful and sustainable Commitment
- Use the 4Cs as a practical process for navigating uncertainty and change
THE ART OF ADAPTATION
02
SELF
Seed 01-05
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RESPONDING CONSCIOUSLY
THE ART OF ADAPTATION
02
Sounds familiar? - “I know how I want to lead, but old patterns keep taking over.”
What you believe shapes how you lead.
Our beliefs and assumptions influence how we interpret situations, make decisions, and show up as leaders. Uncover what has shaped your current mindset, challenge the thinking that may be holding you back, and develop more empowering beliefs that translate into different leadership behaviours.
What you’ll gain:
What you believe shapes how you lead.
Our beliefs and assumptions influence how we interpret situations, make decisions, and show up as leaders. Uncover what has shaped your current mindset, challenge the thinking that may be holding you back, and develop more empowering beliefs that translate into different leadership behaviours.
What you’ll gain:
- Understand how mindset shapes behaviour and leadership impact
- Uncover the experiences and assumptions behind your current mindset
- Recognise limiting beliefs and unhelpful thinking patterns
- Challenge old assumptions and develop more empowering ways of thinking
- Turn mindset shifts into meaningful changes in how you lead
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THE POWER OF BELIEF
04
Being Your Authentic Self
The Power of Personal Purpose
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NAVIGATING PARODOXES - CREATING BETTER CHOICE
SELF
Seed 01-05
The Power of Personal Purpose
05
Being Your Authentic Self
04
Sounds familiar? - “How much of myself can I really bring to work?”
Who are you when nobody is watching?
Authenticity is more than simply “being yourself.” Explore the tension between fitting in and staying true to who you are, notice where you adapt or hold parts of yourself back, and understand how your strengths, values, and vulnerabilities shape the way you lead. Learn how to show up with greater intention - without losing what makes you, you.
What you’ll gain:
Who are you when nobody is watching?
Authenticity is more than simply “being yourself.” Explore the tension between fitting in and staying true to who you are, notice where you adapt or hold parts of yourself back, and understand how your strengths, values, and vulnerabilities shape the way you lead. Learn how to show up with greater intention - without losing what makes you, you.
What you’ll gain:
- Explore what authenticity really means in a leadership context
- Recognise where you adapt to fit in - and when that helps or hinders you
- Build greater awareness of your strengths, values, and vulnerabilities
- Understand the connection between authenticity, trust, and impact
- Turn your personal qualities into leadership strengths
- Create greater permission for others to show up authentically too
RESPONDING CONSCIOUSLY
06
NAVIGATING PARODOXES - CREATING BETTER CHOICE
SELF
Seed 01-05
The Power of Personal Purpose
05
Sounds familiar? - “I know what I do. I'm less clear on what I want to stand for.”
Purpose creates direction when certainty disappears.
Discover what sits at the heart of how you lead. Explore the experiences, values, strengths, and beliefs that have shaped you and turn them into a clearer sense of personal purpose. Learn how to bring that purpose into the choices you make, the way you show up, and how you inspire others..
What you’ll gain:
Purpose creates direction when certainty disappears.
Discover what sits at the heart of how you lead. Explore the experiences, values, strengths, and beliefs that have shaped you and turn them into a clearer sense of personal purpose. Learn how to bring that purpose into the choices you make, the way you show up, and how you inspire others..
What you’ll gain:
- Understand what personal leadership purpose is - and why it matters
- Explore the experiences and beliefs that have shaped the leader you are today
- Identify what energises you: your values, passions, and strengths
- Uncover what makes your leadership distinctive
- Translate your purpose into how you lead and make decisions
- Communicate your purpose in a way that creates meaning and inspires others
SELF
Seed 01-05
Sounds familiar? - “It feels like I have to choose between two things that both matter.”
The best choice starts with seeing the whole picture.
Leadership often means navigating paradoxes - competing demands, conflicting needs, and choices that seem to pull us in opposite directions. Learn how to resist premature either-or thinking, get clear on what you really want, and stay with complexity long enough to explore the possibilities before deciding how to move forward.
The best choice starts with seeing the whole picture.
Leadership often means navigating paradoxes - competing demands, conflicting needs, and choices that seem to pull us in opposite directions. Learn how to resist premature either-or thinking, get clear on what you really want, and stay with complexity long enough to explore the possibilities before deciding how to move forward.
- What you’ll gain:
- Recognise the paradoxes and competing demands you’re navigating
- Notice when pressure is pushing you into either-or thinking
- Get clearer on what you really want and need
- Challenge the assumptions shaping the choices you see
- Widen the lens before deciding how to move forward
- Navigate complexity with greater curiosity and creativity
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NAVIGATING PARODOXES - CREATING BETTER CHOICE
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The Power of Personal Purpose
SELF
Reading the Room
11
Conflict, Courage and Conversations
08
10
Leadership is a Relationship
09
Reframing Resistance
12
THE POWER OF APPRECIATION
Sounds familiar? - “What story are people telling themselves - and is it helping?”
Stories shape how we see ourselves, others, and what’s possible.
Great storytelling is more than communicating a message. Explore how stories create meaning, connection, and momentum and how the narratives we hold can either limit or unlock possibility. Learn to tell stories that resonate, challenge unhelpful narratives, and invite people into a different future.
What you’ll gain:
Stories shape how we see ourselves, others, and what’s possible.
Great storytelling is more than communicating a message. Explore how stories create meaning, connection, and momentum and how the narratives we hold can either limit or unlock possibility. Learn to tell stories that resonate, challenge unhelpful narratives, and invite people into a different future.
What you’ll gain:
- Understand why stories have such a powerful impact on how we think and act
- Craft stories that create connection and inspire action
- Communicate complex messages with greater clarity and meaning
- Adapt your story to different audiences without losing authenticity
- Recognise and challenge narratives that may be holding people back
- Use storytelling to help others see new possibilities
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The Power of Storytelling
SELF
Reading the Room
11
Leadership is a Relationship
10
Reframing Resistance
07
The Power of Storytelling
Sounds familiar? - “We all know the conversation needs to happen. Nobody is having it.”
The conversations we avoid often matter most.
Explore what sits beneath tension and disagreement, understand your own response to conflict, and learn how to step into difficult conversations with greater courage and care. Build the skills to create safety, say what needs to be said, and stay connected when it matters most.
What you’ll gain:
The conversations we avoid often matter most.
Explore what sits beneath tension and disagreement, understand your own response to conflict, and learn how to step into difficult conversations with greater courage and care. Build the skills to create safety, say what needs to be said, and stay connected when it matters most.
What you’ll gain:
- Understand the psychology of conflict and why it isn’t always a bad thing
- Recognise your own patterns when tension rises
- Prepare for difficult conversations rather than avoid them
- Create safety for honest and challenging dialogue
- Communicate with both courage and compassion
- Navigate disagreement in ways that strengthen rather than damage relationships
Conflict, Courage and Conversations
08
Seed 01-05
Reading the Room
11
Leadership is a Relationship
10
07
THE POWER OF STORYTELLING
Conflict, Courage and Conversations
08
Sounds familiar? - “Why can't they just get on board?”
What if resistance isn’t the problem?
Resistance often contains valuable information. Instead of pushing against it, learn to get curious about what sits beneath it and what it triggers in you. Explore why people resist change, how to hold the discomfort without rushing to fix it, and how to turn resistance into more productive conversations and movement.
What you’ll gain:
What if resistance isn’t the problem?
Resistance often contains valuable information. Instead of pushing against it, learn to get curious about what sits beneath it and what it triggers in you. Explore why people resist change, how to hold the discomfort without rushing to fix it, and how to turn resistance into more productive conversations and movement.
What you’ll gain:
- Understand the psychology behind resistance to change
- Explore what resistance might be trying to tell you
- Recognise what resistance triggers in you as a leader
- Hold the tension without immediately pushing back or fixing
- Reframe resistance and engage with it more productively
- Turn resistance into conversations that create movement
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Reframing Resistance
12
THE POWER OF APPRECIATION
SELF
Reading the Room
11
Conflict, Courage and Conversations
08
07
THE POWER OF STORYTELLING
09
Reframing Resistance
Leadership is a Relationship
10
Sounds familiar? - “We're delivering together - but are we really connected?”
Leadership happens in the space between people.
Great leadership isn’t only about vision, decisions, and delivery - it’s about the quality of the relationships that make them possible. Explore how trust, connection, vulnerability, and psychological safety shape the way people work together, and learn how to build relationships that strengthen both people and performance.
What you’ll gain:
Leadership happens in the space between people.
Great leadership isn’t only about vision, decisions, and delivery - it’s about the quality of the relationships that make them possible. Explore how trust, connection, vulnerability, and psychological safety shape the way people work together, and learn how to build relationships that strengthen both people and performance.
What you’ll gain:
- Understand why leadership is fundamentally a two-way relationship
- trust
- Build stronger, more meaningful connections with others
- Create the psychological safety for people to contribute and challenge
- Strengthen the relationships and networks that enable collaboration and performance
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THE POWER OF APPRECIATION
SELF
Conflict, Courage and Conversations
08
07
The Power of Storytelling
Leadership is a Relationship
10
09
Reframing Resistance
Reading the Room
11
Sounds familiar? - “Something feels off, but I can't quite name it.”
If you can’t read the room, you can’t lead the room.
Learn to notice what’s happening beneath the surface. Recognise emotional undercurrents, read verbal and non-verbal signals, and understand the roles and dynamics shaping a group. Build the awareness to notice your own impact and adapt how you show up when the room needs something different.
What you’ll gain:
If you can’t read the room, you can’t lead the room.
Learn to notice what’s happening beneath the surface. Recognise emotional undercurrents, read verbal and non-verbal signals, and understand the roles and dynamics shaping a group. Build the awareness to notice your own impact and adapt how you show up when the room needs something different.
What you’ll gain:
- Understand the group dynamics shaping what happens in the room
- Recognise the role you naturally play - and the impact you have
- Read verbal, non-verbal, and emotional signals
- Spot patterns and undercurrents that might otherwise go unnoticed
- Adapt your behaviour to what the situation and group need
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THE POWER OF APPRECIATION
SELF
Conflict, Courage and Conversations
08
07
The Power of Storytelling
Leadership is a Relationship
10
09
Reframing Resistance
Sounds familiar? - “I recognise good work. But do people actually feel valued?”
People flourish when they feel genuinely seen.
Appreciation goes beyond recognising what someone has done — it’s about valuing who they are and what they bring. Explore how meaningful appreciation strengthens connection, trust, and motivation, and learn how to make people feel genuinely seen without it becoming forced or formulaic.
What you’ll gain:
People flourish when they feel genuinely seen.
Appreciation goes beyond recognising what someone has done — it’s about valuing who they are and what they bring. Explore how meaningful appreciation strengthens connection, trust, and motivation, and learn how to make people feel genuinely seen without it becoming forced or formulaic.
What you’ll gain:
- Understand the difference between recognition and genuine appreciation
- Explore why feeling seen matters for motivation and connection
- Notice and value the contribution behind the performance
- Make appreciation specific, meaningful, and authentic
- Build everyday practices that create a stronger culture of appreciation
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Reading the Room
12
THE POWER OF APPRECIATION
RELATIONSHIPS
Seed 06-11
SELF
The A-Word: Accountability
Delegating for Growth
Sounds familiar? - “I know I need to say it - but I don’t know how it will land.”
Feedback is one of the most powerful ways we help each other grow.
Great feedback goes both ways. Explore how to challenge directly while genuinely caring for the person in front of you and how to receive feedback with the same openness. Learn to uncover blind spots, move beyond judgement, and turn feedback into a conversation that creates real growth.
What you’ll gain:
Feedback is one of the most powerful ways we help each other grow.
Great feedback goes both ways. Explore how to challenge directly while genuinely caring for the person in front of you and how to receive feedback with the same openness. Learn to uncover blind spots, move beyond judgement, and turn feedback into a conversation that creates real growth.
What you’ll gain:
- Understand what makes feedback genuinely useful
- Use Radical Candor to balance challenge with care
- Give impact-based feedback without slipping into judgement
- Use feedback to uncover blind spots in yourself and others
- Recognise and manage defensiveness when receiving feedback
- Build the confidence to both give and receive feedback more openly
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Sharpening Your Curiosity
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BEING A MASTER COACH
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Fearless Feedback
SELF
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BEING A MASTER COACH
THE A-WORD: ACCOUNTABILITY
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DELEGATING FOR GROWTH
13
Sounds familiar? - “Am I actually listening, or just waiting to respond?”
Curiosity is one of the most powerful leadership tools we have.
Go beyond surface-level conversations by learning to listen for what is and isn’t being said. Explore how assumptions and judgements shape what we hear, how better questions unlock different perspectives, and how curiosity can deepen relationships, strengthen decisions, and create greater understanding.
What you’ll gain:
Curiosity is one of the most powerful leadership tools we have.
Go beyond surface-level conversations by learning to listen for what is and isn’t being said. Explore how assumptions and judgements shape what we hear, how better questions unlock different perspectives, and how curiosity can deepen relationships, strengthen decisions, and create greater understanding.
What you’ll gain:
- Recognise different listening modes and when you’re not truly listening
- Ask questions that uncover rather than confirm
- Listen for what sits beneath the surface of a conversation
- Notice the assumptions and judgements that limit curiosity
- Re-balance your ask–tell ratio to create space for others’ thinking
- Build greater trust, understanding, and quality of dialogue
SHARPENING YOUR CURIOSITY
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Fearless Feedback
SELF
Seed 01-05
BEING A MASTER COACH
17
THE A-WORD: ACCOUNTABILITY
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SHARPENING YOUR CURIOSITY
Sounds familiar? - “Everyone agrees something went wrong. Nobody seems to own it.”
Accountability starts with clarity and ownership.
When things go wrong, it’s easy to blame, defend, or look elsewhere. Explore the psychology behind why we avoid accountability and how to move from blame to ownership. Learn how clear expectations, shared responsibility, and a learning mindset can make accountability feel constructive rather than punitive.
What you’ll gain:
Accountability starts with clarity and ownership.
When things go wrong, it’s easy to blame, defend, or look elsewhere. Explore the psychology behind why we avoid accountability and how to move from blame to ownership. Learn how clear expectations, shared responsibility, and a learning mindset can make accountability feel constructive rather than punitive.
What you’ll gain:
- Understand why we instinctively avoid accountability
- Recognise blame, defensiveness, and the ‘victim trap’
- Move from blame to ownership when things go wrong
- Create clarity around expectations and responsibility
- Role-model accountability and encourage it in others
- Turn mistakes into opportunities for learning and growth
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DELEGATING FOR GROWTH
Fearless Feedback
SELF
BEING A MASTER COACH
17
Sharpening Your Curiosity
14
15
Delegating for Growth
The A-Word: Accountability
16
Sounds familiar? - “It’s quicker if I just do it myself.”
Delegation isn’t about getting work off your desk. It’s about creating ownership.
Effective delegation means giving genuine responsibility to someone else - without task dumping, micromanaging, or taking control back. Explore what makes it difficult to let go, how your assumptions influence what you hold onto, and how clear expectations create the trust and confidence others need to take ownership.
What you’ll gain:
Delegation isn’t about getting work off your desk. It’s about creating ownership.
Effective delegation means giving genuine responsibility to someone else - without task dumping, micromanaging, or taking control back. Explore what makes it difficult to let go, how your assumptions influence what you hold onto, and how clear expectations create the trust and confidence others need to take ownership.
What you’ll gain:
- Recognise what you find difficult to let go of - and why
- Understand the difference between delegating and simply assigning tasks
- Set clear expectations, outcomes, and measures of success
- Balance autonomy and support without slipping into micromanagement
- Build greater capability, confidence, and accountability in others
- Reduce dependency and create space to focus on what matters most
Fearless Feedback
SELF
Seed 01-05
SHARPENING YOUR CURIOSITY
14
13
THE A-WORD: ACCOUNTABILITY
16
15
DELEGATING FOR GROWTH
BEING A MASTER COACH
17
Sounds familiar? - “People keep bringing me problems - and I keep solving them.”
Great leaders create thinking, not dependence.
Learn how to shift from solving problems for others to helping them think, grow, and find their own answers. Explore the principles of great coaching and build the skills to listen deeply, ask powerful questions, and create greater ownership.
What you’ll gain:
Great leaders create thinking, not dependence.
Learn how to shift from solving problems for others to helping them think, grow, and find their own answers. Explore the principles of great coaching and build the skills to listen deeply, ask powerful questions, and create greater ownership.
What you’ll gain:
- Understand the mindset and principles of great coaching
- Shift from telling and advising to enabling others’ thinking
- Set clear goals and contract for effective coaching conversations
- Listen deeply and ask questions that unlock insight
- Read what’s happening beyond the words - including body language and other cues
