Inside Out Leadership

‘Inside Out Leadership’ helps busy leaders thrive in work and life by cultivating awareness, presence and responsiveness from the inside out

Our Team

We are all coaches with our own mindfulness practice. What we deliver is based on evidence from the fields of coaching, psychology and mindfulness, our personal experiences and what we have witnessed with our clients..

Astrid Korin

Executive Transformational Coach

Maggie Farrar

Empowering Mindfulness in Leadership

Roger Bretherton headshot

Roger Bretherton

Clinical and Coaching Psychologist

Sarah Dodsley

Executive Coach and Professional Learning

Learn more about our team

Programme Overview

Leaders are often taught external skills – communication, strategy, execution – but the quality of our leadership is mostly shaped by our inner world: how we relate to ourselves, manage reactivity, navigate emotion, and stay anchored in uncertainty.

Inside Out Leadership invites leaders to lead with awareness and presence, responding rather than reacting. Grounded in the 5Cs: Curious, Calm, Clear, Courageous, and Compassionate, the programme builds capacities that sustain resilience and enable wise, human leadership.

Leaders will:

  • Cultivate self-awareness of their inner and outer world

  • Deepen presence in the moments that matter

  • Respond with resourcefulness and reflection

  • Model behaviours that create thriving cultures

The aim is not perfection in all five Cs, but continuous cultivation - staying grounded, agile, and human, especially when it matters most.

Programme Content

The programme introduces you to:

  • Psychological insights – understanding states of mind, communication patterns, and the stories that shape (and limit) performance.

  • Practical tools and frameworks – building resilient habits, responding wisely to challenges, and strengthening relationships and communication.

  • Protective practices – reducing stress and burnout through compassion and kindness, being tough on issues but kind to people (including yourself).

You’ll be guided by two experienced facilitators who bring both lived leadership journeys and extensive global coaching expertise.

Recent evaluation results

✅ +28% in wellbeing and balance
✅ +20% in emotional regulation
✅ +15% in self-awareness
✅ +12% in interpersonal skills

An external, third-party qualitative and quantitative evaluation showed that Inside Out had a statistically positive impact on 12 measures of resilience and wellbeing.

On completion of the programme, participants were better able to:

Our findings also show that:

Participants became more curious and open-minded when under pressure and they noted a clear shift in how they respond to challenges at work:

“I tend to try and fix it, but I am now trying to stop and pause before responding which means I don’t agree to solve everyone’s problems.”

“[I deal with challenge in a] more systematic way - power of the pause - I balance between the balcony and dance floor - being present and visible when/as much as possible.”

“Sometimes (I) jump to worst case scenario but I am dealing with this now.”

“I now make sure that I take time to stop and think, step back and try to see the wider picture. Listen to what people are and aren’t saying - [I ask myself] who is the situation actually a challenge for?”

Format, timings and logistics

Our open cohort starting in September 2025 is FULL.

Cohort led by:

Roger Bretherton

Astrid Korin

The next open cohort will take place over the following times and dates:

  1. 4th February 2026 2.30pm-4.30pm: Welcome and Foundations (online) - introduction to key concepts of Inside Out Leadership

  2. 25th February 2026 2.30pm-4.30pm: Curiosity (online)

  3. 19th March 2026 10.30am-4.30pm: A one-day face-to-face event at Friends House, London (walking distance from Euston and Kings Cross stations): Calm and Clear

  4. 16th April 2026 2.30pm-4.30pm: Courage (online)

  5. 7th May 2026 2.30pm-4.30pm: Compassion and forward planning (online)

    The cost is £550 plus VAT @20% per delegate excluding any travel and accommodation.

We deliver bespoke programmes in-house for organisations who want to send a full cohort of leaders. Please reach out to our team for further details.

What previous participants have said

  • "When I embarked on this journey, I was hopeful but unsure of what to expect, and if I am honest a little nervous, particularly of the mindfulness practices. The experience far exceeded my expectations and has had a profound impact on both my personal and professional growth. I wholeheartedly endorse Inside Out as a transformative experience for anyone seeking to enhance their leadership. The combination of theory, guidance, support and tools provided by Maggie and Astrid have been instrumental in my gowrth and will continue to be so. I am so grateful to have been a part of cohort one."

    Saira Luffman, Principal BBG Academy

  • "This Inside Out programme is personally and professionally valuable to anyone in a leadership role and positively impacts on their organisation. I highly recommend it."

    Helen Rowland, CEO, Focus Trust

  • "They way you have both led the course has been excellent - you created an immediate sense of safe vulnerability [...] you could feel this in the room and when you told me you didn't know most of the people I was surprised because it felt that the social and professional capital was so present and that is because of the way you both led and interacted."

    Tracy Smith, Executive Director, Tower Hamlets Education Partnership

  • "Just finished the third part of the 'Inside Out' course with Astrid and Maggie and it has been one of the best leadership courses I've attended - I'm sad that it's over. Highly recommend cohort 2 for school/trust leaders.

    Tracy Goodyear, Director of Teacher Development, The Mercian Trust

  • "It has allowed me to explore my responses and motivations, helping to remain grounded and to take a moment to make sure I am where I need to be. The psychological models added a really interesting dimension and again gave a thought provoking insight.

    Darren Smith, Headteacher, Brinkley Grove Primary School

How to get in touch

If this sounds like it could be interesting to you and your organisation, please get in touch with one of us and let’s chat! 

Victoria (Inside Out Manager): insideout@astridkorin.com

Astrid: coaching@astridkorin.com

Maggie: maggie@maggiefarrar.co.uk

Thank you. We look forward to hearing from you!