Events

Are you a leader, manager, or change professional navigating disruption in your organisation?

Change can be tough – not just for those experiencing it, but for those leading it too. Resistance to change is often seen as a problem to fix, but what if it’s actually a rational response? Understanding why people resist change is key to reducing friction, building trust, and leading more effectively through disruption.

Join us for our Change Chat: "Why People Resist Change”, an engaging online session led by Lucy Trueman, Organisational Psychologist and Founder of Trueman Change. This session will explore the human side of change, helping you understand the behaviours and emotions that arise during disruption – and how to respond in ways that make change smoother for everyone.

What You’ll Gain

This session will help you step back and look at resistance to change through a fresh lens. We’ll cover:

• Why resistance is often a rational response to disruption
• How disruption affects behaviour differently across organisations and roles
• How culture and past experiences amplify or dampen resistance
• Practical ways to respond to resistance that reduce friction and build trust

Why Attend?

Change isn’t just about new systems, structures, or processes – it’s about people. Leaders who understand the human side of change are better equipped to guide their teams, reduce conflict, and create a culture of trust and collaboration.

This session offers a chance to pause, reflect, and learn practical tools to help you lead through disruption with confidence and empathy.

Leave feeling better equipped to understand and respond to resistance – and ready to lead change in a way that works for everyone.

Are you a CEO, Director or Senior Manager leading a council through Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)?

As LGR gathers pace, the structural changes are only part of the story. Behind every new model, governance decision and timetable sits a complex human response. Uncertainty, loss of identity, heightened emotion and competing narratives can significantly affect behaviour, decision-making and leadership effectiveness - often long before formal changes take place.

Join us for ‘Leading Through LGR: A Psychological Perspective’, an engaging online session led by Lucy Trueman, Organisational Psychologist and Founder of Trueman Change. This event brings a distinctive psychological lens to LGR, helping leaders better understand what’s happening beneath the surface - and how to lead people through it with clarity, compassion and confidence.

Drawing on organisational psychology, research, and real-world experience, Lucy will explore how leaders can navigate the emotional and behavioural dynamics of LGR while maintaining momentum, trust and resilience.

What You’ll Gain
This session will help you step back from the operational noise of reorganisation and focus on the human factors that can make or break change. We’ll explore:

• How people typically respond psychologically to large-scale reorganisation - and why behaviours may shift under prolonged uncertainty
• The hidden emotional and identity impacts of LGR on leaders, managers and teams
• Practical psychological tools to support resilience, self-regulation and constructive leadership behaviours
• How to reduce conflict, manage anxiety and lead more effectively when answers are still emerging

Why Attend?
LGR is not just a technical or political process — it is a deeply human one. Leaders who understand the psychological dynamics at play are better equipped to steady their teams, make sound decisions under pressure and lead with credibility throughout prolonged change.

This session offers a rare opportunity to pause, reflect and learn from a psychological perspective, while connecting with peers facing similar challenges across the sector.

Leave feeling better equipped to lead yourself and others through LGR - not just structurally, but humanly.

Are you a CEO, Leader or Manager going through LGR?

If so you’ll be at the forefront of leading during a highly uncertain time. The challenges of leading change at this scale can be overwhelming, and we’re here to help. 

Join us for “LGR Support for Leaders and Managers” to help plan ahead, boost your resilience and prepare to be the best leader you can. 

What you’ll gain: 

In this session our Organisational Psychologist Lucy Trueman will walk through our recent research on the experience of those who have lead LGR before, along with some key psychology concepts that help to understand the scale of the challenge. Topics we’ll cover include: 

• Why leading through uncertainty is challenging 
• Lessons from those who have been through LGR 
• Conflict likely to arise during the process 
• The importance of mindset 
• Leading others while balancing your own resilience 
   

Why attend? 

This session will combine research, practical examples, and tools/techniques you can apply to improve your resilience, wellbeing and leadership style during this challenging period.