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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.
TOP TAKEAWAYS: Ep 22 with Dr Gerrit Pelzer
In Episode 22 I spoke to Dr Gerrit Pelzer, executive coach and host of Second Crack - The Leadership Podcast. Here are my Top Takeaways frI’m out discussion….. There is no one, agreed-upon definition of self-awareness or self. There is no identified part of the brain...
Falling in to Place!
My writing days are Saturday and Sunday. You'll have probably already spotted that Knowing Self Knowing Others is my side hustle so blogging, podcasting and writing has to fit around cooking, shopping and working! Saturday 10th June was an excellent writing day when...
TOP TAKEAWAYS: Ep 21 with Perry Timms
I had a great conversation with Perry Timms in episode 21 of The Knowing Self Knowing Others Podcast. Perry is an award winning HR specialist and one of the top thinkers in his field Here are my Top Takeaways from our conversation…… “Self-awareness - is knowing your...



