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ABOUT ME
Dr Nia D Thomas is a strategic, values-driven senior leader with more than twenty-five years’ experience across the NHS, civil service, local government and the charitable sector, holding Chief Executive and Director-level roles throughout her career.
Alongside her executive work, Nia is a leadership consultant, author of The Self-Awareness Superhighway, and host of the Knowing Self Knowing Others Podcast.
Read more about Nia and her career experience
values
Care, Respect, Creativity and Learning sit at the heart of everything at Knowing Self Knowing Others. These four values shape how Nia works and what she stands for as a leader, consultant and thinker. They show up in every interaction — from prioritising the wellbeing of others and treating people with dignity, to embracing innovative thinking and committing to continuous growth and learning. On this page you’ll find out what each value means in practice and how together they underpin KSKO’s mission to develop self-aware leaders who build kinder, more respectful and creative working relationships.
WORKSHOPS
If you have a leaders learning event or team away day planned, Nia can come along and deliver a dynamic workshop for you. Appealing to people who learn in different ways, Nia’s self-aware leadership workshop will give people to get up out of their seats, learn about self-awareness, share their thoughts and ideas and set objectives for future growth and development.
Head over to the Workshops page to find out more about what previous workshop attendees have had to say.
Know Thyself – Part 6: Exercise for Mind Maintenance
MONDAY I’ve really lapsed with exercising. The dark and the cold and the winteryness of morning has really put me off getting up, and I wasn’t much good before that!! Early after the first lockdown I bought a spin bike and for many months it was my friend. Then...
Power and Belonging
Today I joined an excellent, thought provoking workshop with Julian Stodd. Julian posed two questions which made me ponder life and the universe…. What power do you hold? Power is broadly made up of the unseen soft skills that are very hard to master. Power comes from...
Know Thyself – Part 5: An Email from Me!
Today I received an email. From me! Do you remember, in December I told you that I had been introduced to a website called FutureMe that allows you to email yourself in the future? Well, today my email arrived! I was surprised at how quickly time had passed, being...



