The Bravest Path

A courage building consultancy helping organisations become braver by supporting their people to take more smart risks. Certified Dare to Lead facilitators.

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Ajina is an IEN whose experience of Braver Than Before helped her replace self-doubt and uncertainty with the confidence to step forward and embrace leading others.

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“It’s all very well having a value of honesty if you’re not being honest with yourself. That was the shift.”

Ruth Grant, personal assistant, on the first session of Braver than Before®.

 #AuthenticLeadership #LiveYourValues

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Looking fine at work is work. Arlie Hochschild named it emotional labour in 1983. A quiet shift can still leave you with nothing left. Research links faking calm to poorer wellbeing, and changing how you see the situation to a stronger sense of accomplishment.

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“I feel less lonely in my leadership journey.”

A Matron at Royal Cornwall Hospitals, on Braver than Before®. Each Courage Circle gives leaders a small group of peers and time to bring a real challenge they would otherwise carry alone.

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The most useful feedback describes something a person did. In one of the biggest reviews of feedback research, it helped most when it kept attention on the task. Start with something they did that anyone could have seen.

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“This course gave me that confidence to be able to say that wasn’t how you should have spoken to me or somebody else.”

Emily Charlton, research nurse in oncology and Braver than Before® graduate, on why care and respect between colleagues reaches patients.

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The modules give you the tools. Courage Circles are where you use them.

“A safe space to speak, to be heard, feeling supported, not alone.”
 Clinical Nurse Specialist, Humber Partnership

Asked what they’d change, participants often say: more circles.

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“Boundaries are an act of self-compassion, not selfishness.”

A Braver than Before® graduate’s most valuable takeaway. The hard part of saying no comes afterwards, when the Inner Critic reaches for that last word. Answer it, or it turns the next no into a yes.

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In less than two weeks, we’re bringing Braver than Before® alumni back together.

Thursday 5 November, 10:00 to 11:00. Revisit the principles, gain new insights and reconnect with alumni across the NHS.

Spaces are limited: https://t.co/mv7OERipoa

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Every leadership course Maryum, Speciality Registrar in Audiovestibular Medicine, had done asked which style she was. #BraverThanBefore did not.

“You were actually building on skills that I already have. You weren’t asking me to be someone different or fill the box.”

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The Thirlwall Inquiry asks what happens when a concern is raised and nobody hears it.

A policy cannot give a nurse the confidence to mention a worry she thinks is too small, or give the colleague beside them the courage to listen. That is the work of #BraverThanBefore.

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“I wanted to be a can-do person - but it left me overwhelmed.”

Louise Nicholson, Clinical Nurse Lead, shares how Braver than Before® helped her set boundaries, reduce stress & improve patient care.

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The programme didn't make her fearless. The doubt is still there.

"Braver than Before® did not remove uncertainty. It made me less likely to mistake uncertainty for a reason to stay silent."

A graduate, on what actually changed.

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"Most courses asked what kind of leader I was. This one helped me understand what had been stopping me from using what was already there."

A doctor in specialty training, on why Braver than Before® felt different from the leadership development she already had.

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Familiar leadership development asks what kind of leader you are. Braver than Before® asks what story you are telling yourself, and what your inner critic is protecting you from.

#BraverThanBefore #InnerCritic #NHSLeadership #LeadershipDevelopment

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"I felt like I was out of place to bring it up, that I wasn't important enough."

Zoe Casey logged off her first Braver than Before® session, walked into the corridor and asked the lead clinician for time. He said now was a good time. 

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Students' standards have risen since 1989. Fear of mistakes has risen faster, according to a new meta-analysis in Psychological Bulletin.

Workshop 4 of Braver than Before® separates the two:

Healthy striving asks "How can I improve?"

Perfectionism asks "What will they think?"

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Calling all Braver than Before® alumni!

Our next reconnection session takes place on Thursday 5 November 2026, 10:00-11:00.

Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
👉 Register now: https://t.co/ImcokHjgSU

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The staff least likely to get leadership training are often the ones closest to patients: shift workers, those on reduced hours, colleagues at smaller sites. Braver than Before® runs fully online, from Band 3 to VSM, with no travel involved. 

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Kim Sattar, Deputy Team Manager, came to Braver than Before® wanting to say no without the guilt. She started pausing before saying yes. "I've even been able to pass that learning on to the clinicians I manage."

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Every session of Braver than Before® runs online: six workshops and three Courage Circles, joined from wherever staff are working. No venue to drive to, heat or cater for, and no printed packs.

The #NHSNetZero travel strategy lists removing the need to travel as a lever.