Training and coaching
Change doesn’t happen because you’ve introduced a new strategy, process or technology. It happens when your people understand what is changing, why it matters and how to work differently as a result.
At Alcea, we provide practical training, coaching and development for leaders, teams and organisations navigating change, improving ways of working and building new capabilities.
From AI and digital transformation to leadership development, operational improvement and education, we tailor our support around the people who need to make change work.
Ready to build the capability your organisation needs? Talk to us about tailored training and coaching.
From startups to the world’s largest companies
OUR TRAINING
We don’t believe in generic training that is delivered once and quickly forgotten.
Our training and coaching starts with what your people actually need.
That could mean helping a Board understand the implications of AI. Building confidence across a team adopting new technology. Supporting leaders responsible for delivering change. Developing internal champions. Or helping educators and other professionals build the knowledge, confidence and practical skills they need to work differently.
We combine professional training and coaching expertise with real-world experience of business transformation, change, communications, education and AI.
The result is learning designed to be useful beyond the session itself.
Leadership and executive coaching
Change can be difficult to lead when you’re responsible for making the decisions as well as dealing with the day-to-day reality.
Our coaching gives leaders a confidential, practical space to think, challenge assumptions, explore decisions and turn ideas into action.
Support can include:
- One-to-one leadership coaching.
- Small-group and leadership-team coaching.
- AI and digital transformation coaching.
- Strategic thinking and decision-making.
- Leading people through change.
- Ongoing accountability and implementation support
Coaching can be provided as a focused intervention or over several months as part of a wider transformation programme.
Talk to us about coaching for you or your leadership team.
Training for teams and organisations
When ways of working change, people need more than an announcement or a new piece of software.
We design practical training around your organisation, your people and the outcomes you’re trying to achieve.
- AI awareness and responsible AI use.
- Practical use of AI tools.
- Role and function-specific AI training.
- New processes and ways of working.
- Change readiness and adoption.
- Communications and engagement.
- Leadership and management development.
- Internal champion and train-the-trainer programmes.
Sessions can range from focused briefings and interactive sessions through to structured development programmes combining live learning, resources, follow-up support and coaching.
Coaching and training for educators
Alcea brings together business transformation expertise with substantial experience in education, curriculum development, professional development, coaching and mentoring. We work with schools, Trusts, education leaders, teachers and other education professionals to develop capability in areas including:
- Leadership and professional development.
- Coaching and mentoring.
- AI awareness and responsible use.
- AI skills for educators.
- Change and new ways of working.
- Curriculum and professional practice.
- Preparing people for the changing world of work.
We understand that education has its own culture, pressures and responsibilities. Our support is therefore designed specifically for the environment in which educators work rather than adapting generic corporate training. Talk to us about tailored training for your school, Trust or education team.
AI training and upskilling
AI is already changing how people work, but giving everyone access to a tool isn’t the same as building capability.
We help leaders and teams understand what AI can do, where it can genuinely help and how to use it safely and effectively.
Our training ranges from accessible AI awareness for whole organisations to specialist sessions for leadership teams and individual functions including HR, marketing, communications, operations and administration.
The objective isn’t to turn everyone into an AI expert.
It’s to give people the confidence, knowledge and practical skills to use AI appropriately in their own work.
Training that supports real change
Training is often treated as the final stage of a project.
We think it should be part of the change itself.
That’s why our wider transformation experience matters.
We understand processes, technology, communications, leadership and people.
We can therefore help organisations connect the knowledge people need with the changes they’re actually being asked to make.
That could mean training people before a new process is introduced, coaching leaders while change is being implemented, developing internal champions to support colleagues, or returning after implementation to reinforce learning and solve problems.
The aim is simple:
People who understand the change, have the capability to work differently and feel confident putting it into practice.
Why choose us
Tailored, not off-the-shelf
Your organisation, people and challenges are different. We adapt our training and coaching accordingly.
Practical, not theoretical
People should leave knowing what they can actually do differently.
People-first
Technology and processes matter, but successful change ultimately depends on people understanding and adopting new ways of working.
Experienced practitioners
Our team brings experience spanning business transformation, strategy, communications, change, education, coaching, training and AI.
Support beyond the session
Where appropriate, we provide resources, follow-up coaching and continued support so learning can translate into lasting change.
Training and coaching in practice
Our team has delivered training, coaching, mentoring and facilitated learning across businesses, education organisations and public-sector environments.
For Severn Academies Educational Trust, Rachel delivered staff training and development to support more efficient ways of working, alongside one-to-one mentoring and coaching for teaching staff and continued learning resources. One participant described receiving both the freedom to try new ideas and the “guidance and structure” needed to develop their practice.
We’ve also delivered organisation-wide AI learning, including presenting to almost 100 people at a UK company conference and subsequently providing follow-on sessions for leaders and staff to explore practical adoption, safe use and pilot projects.
And our work with Worcestershire Growth Hub combined engagement with team members, process analysis and practical support to identify where AI and better ways of working could reduce pressure across the organisation.
What does your organisation need to do differently?
You might already know you need training.
Or you might simply know that something is changing and your people need help navigating it.
Either is a good place to start.
Tell us what you’re trying to achieve, who needs support and what’s getting in the way. We’ll help you identify the right combination of training, coaching and practical support.
Talk to Alcea about training and coaching for your leaders and teams.