TRAIN WITH US / WORKOUTSThe skills of group life are learnable.
Workouts are structured training sessions in the group relationship skills none of us were taught - but all of us need.
WHYSociety treats social skills as innate. They’re not.
Listening, repair, collaboration, conflict management - we assume people are either born with abilities like these or they aren’t. That assumption is wrong (and costly). These aren’t personality traits; they are skills that can be learned at any stage of our lives.
And these skills are especially important in group settings, where social demands are most complex and emotions are quickly amplified.
£28bn
Annual cost of workplace conflict to UK organisations.
Acas, 2021
70%
Variance in team engagement that is attributed to management style.
Gallup, 2015
22%
Employees who reported feeling lonely for a lot of the previous day.
Gallup, 2025
WHATWhat’s in a workout
Skills of relationship have to be learned in relationship.
They can’t be learned off the page, and they can’t be learned in isolation: the theory doesn’t stick.
Our approach - informed by behavioural science and group analytic processes, and honed over many years - is different.
Peer support
Carefully structured group trainings offer perspectives, accountability, camaraderie and energy that bring the learnings to life.
Deliberate practice
We’ll suggest individualised reps designed for real life situations, with incremental challenges and feedback as you go.
Evidence-based
All our advice and practices are drawn from rigorous research. Progress is measured throughout, with results shaping each next step.
TRAINING CONTENT
Our relationship skills are like muscles.
They need to be built incrementally with progressive challenge, and they benefit from consistent practice. Use them or lose them.
Just like in the body, these relational muscles work in integrated patterns, which is how we categorise them. Each Workout can target one particular muscle or a whole muscle family.
GENERAL FITNESS
Core work
The foundations. Used in every group interaction, every day.
Strength work
The heavy-lifting that gives stability & resilience. Crucial for the long-term.
Cardio
For high-stakes, high-intensity moments. Brief, hard, unavoidable.
“I will never forget the session on questioning! I now appreciate just how important it is.”
Data Scientist, June 2026
THE DETAILThree ways to train
While every session will be bespoke and every structure can be customised, experience has taught us that these three training formats are highly effective.
FOCUSOne social muscle per session.
GROUP SIZEUp to 30 people.
LENGTH90 minutes to half-day blocks.
ONE-TO-ONE COACHINGNo.
LOCATIONIn-person or online.
COSTFrom £100 per person.
MATERIALSSlides & rep sheets.
Social HIIT
Short, sharp, high impact.
FOCUSOne muscle or an integrated muscle family.
GROUP SIZEUp to 15 people.
LENGTH30 minute sessions | 2 x weekly | 6 weeks.
ONE-TO-ONE COACHINGNo.
LOCATIONOnline or mixed mode.
COSTFrom £300 per person.
MATERIALSSlides & workout book, between session reminders.
Challenges
Progressive training with a set goal.
FOCUSOne integrated muscle family.
GROUP SIZEUp to 8 people.
LENGTH60 minute sessions | 1 x weekly | 6-12 weeks.
ONE-TO-ONE COACHING1 x 60 minutes per person.
LOCATIONOnline or mixed mode.
COSTFrom £750 per person.
MATERIALSFitness test analysis, slides and workout book, between session reminders.
Group conditioning
Deep transformation of teams and skills.
The 3 muscle families
How we categorise the key group relational skills.
GROUP 01Core work
Skills that are fundamental for all group life - but far from easy. Mastering these skills sets you up for every group situation, with transformative implications both for you and those you are with.
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Ensuring you achieve more together than you could apart - building the right structures, the right systems, and the right mentality.
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Applying the science and art of bringing the right people together, in the right format, with a reason worth (fully) showing up for.
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Reading, containing and steering the room, so that the dominant make space, the quiet get heard, and everyone thinks afresh.
GROUP 02Strength work
These are the skills that hold groups together for the long-term and through the rougher patches.
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Building a group identity, where everyone can feel that they belong, that they matter, and that they have a part to play.
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Keeping a group alive, healthy and relevant over the long-term.
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Progressing from talk to action with decisiveness, efficiency and accountability.
GROUP 03Cardio
Skills for those heart-pumping moments that test us all, and which arise in any significant group relationship.
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Using conflict to strengthen a group by finding a productive level of friction, including by inviting dissent, holding tension and repairing ruptures.
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Taking a group through change, including new people, new directions, and loss.
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Building partnerships with people who see the world differently, and transforming 'us and them' dynamics to mutual advantage.
Start where you are.
Perhaps you know exactly what your team needs and want to dive in straightaway with a focused Social HIIT session on a particular skill. Perhaps you’d like to discuss whether a cluster of behaviours all speak to similar issues - and which muscle family would be most helpful. Or maybe you’d like to discuss how these workouts could complement other initiatives already underway.
Either way, we’d love to talk.
Find out how relationally fit your organisation actually is.
Settings matter just as much as skills in shaping relationships.