Wednesday 24th June 2026 6.00pm - 8.30pm - BST
Location: Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2BD, United Kingdom
The Dark Side of Leadership: Confidence, Boundaries & Navigating Difficult Conversations
Board-level Assistants are often required to navigate complex personalities, challenging behaviours and emotionally demanding professional relationships. This thought-provoking and practical session will explore how traits commonly associated with the “dark triad” can emerge within leadership and workplace dynamics, and the impact these behaviours can have on confidence, communication, decision-making and personal wellbeing.
Designed to be both empowering and actionable, attendees will leave with a greater understanding of how to recognise challenging behaviours, protect their professional confidence and approach difficult situations with greater clarity and control.
Key takeaways:
✔ Understanding the traits associated with the “dark triad” and how they can appear in workplace environments
✔ Recognising the impact challenging leadership behaviours can have on confidence and self-worth
✔ Building confidence when navigating difficult conversations
✔ Practical strategies for setting healthy professional boundaries
✔ Strengthening emotional intelligence and executive presence under pressure
✔ Managing challenging situations while maintaining professionalism and credibility
✔ Developing tools to communicate with greater confidence and resilience
Attendees will leave with practical techniques and greater self-awareness to help them navigate complex workplace relationships with confidence, professionalism and impact.
Exceptional leaders, teams and organisations are not built by accident. They are shaped deliberately, through clear thinking, psychological depth and the ability to lead well when pressure, complexity and change collide. That is the work I do.
I’m a Business Psychologist, Executive Coach and qualified Psychotherapist working alongside senior leaders, founders, boards and high-performance individuals who operate close to the centre of power. I act as a trusted psychological thought partner, helping leaders make sense of complexity, sharpen decision-making and lead effectively through growth, transformation and sustained pressure, without burning out or losing clarity.
My work sits at the intersection of psychology, leadership and business strategy. I support organisations as they scale, restructure or navigate periods of change by working on the human dynamics that determine whether strategy is executed well or quietly derailed. This includes leadership behaviour under scrutiny, decision quality in ambiguous environments, cultural risk, and the interpersonal dynamics that shape performance at the top.
My background spans clinical psychology, business psychology, psychometrics and behavioural science, including work on behavioural design and human decision-making in modern technology platforms. That foundation has taken me around the world, advising leaders across industries and speaking to tens of thousands of people globally on human behaviour, power, influence, resilience and performance when the stakes are high.
I’m the founder of Brilliance Through Resilience, a high-performance leadership programme for people who want sustainable success and longevity rather than short-term achievement at personal cost. In 2026, I’m launching The Professional Edge, a modern leadership and psychological skills platform designed for today’s workforce and the realities of rapid change.
Alongside my client work, I’m committed to developing future leaders and responsible influence. I serve as a school governor at a London girls’ school, am a Freeman of the City of London, and a member of the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants.
If you’re a leader or organisation looking for psychological insight, strategic clarity and a trusted partner to help navigate growth, change and complexity at the top, I’d love to connect.
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