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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.
Editing, Refining & Writing
September was editing month. 5 edits, to be precise. I edited the book on screen twice, then I read it out loud, then I read it in bed and the fifth time was a read from a printed copy! Reading what you’ve written from different perspectives gives you the opportunity...
TOP TAKEAWAYS: Ep 31 Self-Aware Leadership with Megumi Miki
In episode 30 of The Knowing Self Knowing Others Podcast, featuring the brilliant Megumi Miki, we talked about quiet leadership, the power of introversion and how introspection and self-awareness are connected. Megumi emphasises the importance of diversifying...
TOP TAKEAWAYS: Ep 30 Self-Aware Leadership with Alison Reynolds
In Episode 30 of The Knowing Self Knowing Others Podcast, I was delighted to be joined by Alison Reynolds FCIPD, an expert in operational HR and organisational development, with many years of operational experience before branching out on her own. If you haven't had a...