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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.
The Neuroscience of Change
Yesterday I watched a really interesting interview fromThe Happiness Index about the #neuroscience of change. Over the years I’ve both led change and been involved in change, some of which have had fundamental impacts on the course of people’s lives and careers, mine...
A Brilliant Team Day
Over the last few weeks I’ve been lucky enough to be a part of a couple of brilliant team days. I’ve been trying to pin down what exactly equates to ‘brilliant’ and my top 5 recommendations for a brilliant team day are….. Include everybody. Ensure your day is made...
Leadership for Customer Services
This weekend was an annoyance of train journeys: one lost bag and a customer refusing to get off, a pulled emergency handle and a train stuck in a tunnel, a jamming of doors and a train stuck at a platform…. and so it went on. But what stuck in my mind was the...