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Application Deadline:
Friday 27th June 2025
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What to Expect...
- Executive coaching and guided reflection.
- Walking coaching and restorative practice.
- Peer masterminding and informal community time.
- Legal, wellbeing and leadership insights.
- Practical tools to take back to your setting.
- Insightful workshop sessions.
This is more than CPD.
It's your moment to pause, reconnect and lead with purpose.
Meet the Team
Join us at Lean In, Power Up to explore what’s possible when you step back, reconnect with your purpose, and lean into your leadership power.
Outcomes You Can Expect
✔ Clarity and Focus
Leave with a clear action plan to tackle your next big challenge.
✔ Community & Support
Join a network of like-minded women who truly understand your journey.
✔ Confidence in Your Voice
Amplify your leadership, overcome self-doubt, and embrace your potential.
✔ Tools for Growth
Implement real, impactful changes in your business and life.
What Lean In, Power Up attendees say...
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Let’s make 2025 the year you reclaim your voice, focus, and power.
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Michaela Reaney
I am passionate about empowering leaders to step into their full potential. With over 15 years of experience in learning and development, I’ve had the privilege of working with global organisations like Rio Tinto, AWS, and UK Athletics, helping individuals cultivate essential human skills - empathy, communication, and navigating tough conversations.
As the founder of Opportunity Global and a tech venture in the US, I am on a mission to make leadership development accessible to everyone. I believe leadership is about the courage to listen, act, and inspire. My experience scaling, selling, and even closing a business, along with overcoming burnout, gives me a unique perspective on resilience and balance.
In 2021, I joined the TED movement in the US and later founded TEDxTeessideWomen, creating a platform for women, non-binary individuals, and allies to share ideas and connect. My commitment to inclusivity and community drives everything I do. I live in Teesside with my partner, our Great Dane, and four naughty pygmy goats. This retreat reflects my core values: creating a space to pause, reflect, and grow.
Claire Preston
Hi, I’m Claire, a North Yorkshire based coach and consultant driven by a passion to help women recognise their worth, break through barriers, and achieve success and fulfillment in their personal and professional lives. I have devoted over 30 years to leadership and management across a range of sectors, during which I’ve had the privilege of empowering individuals and organisations to thrive.
In 2018, I was named Tees Business Woman of the Year, a recognition of my dedication to creating opportunities and driving growth and change. This accolade resulted in my intention to support the professional growth and achievement of others and commitment to fostering environments where everyone can flourish equally.
Coaching and mentoring are at the heart of everything I do. I believe in the transformative power of guidance, reflection, and shared experiences, in particular to help women unlock their potential and push past limitations. My expertise spans business scalability, performance management, and leadership development, always with a focus on creating positive, lasting impact.
This leadership retreat is an extension of my purpose: to offer a supportive space where women can build confidence, find clarity, and embrace the next step in their journey.
Julie Liddell
Julie has over 28 years of experience teaching Psychology, along with an enthusiasm for sharing simple, effective ways to improve wellbeing.
Having worked in the post-16 sector both as a teacher and a Senior Manager, Julie has a genuine understanding of the challenges facing education leaders.
Julie founded Still Human as she believes that when staff health and wellbeing are nurtured, it positively impacts both the individual and the whole school community.
Polly O'Malley
Polly is a Partner in Browne Jacobson’s Employment Team and Head of Education Employment, leading the employment offering to education clients.
Widely recognised for her niche expertise in advising the education sector, Polly handles a wide variety of strategic, contentious, and regulatory matters. She has a wealth of experience across the full spectrum of staff-related issues, including national terms and conditions, industrial action, trade union liaison, TUPE and restructures.
Polly regularly advises clients on child safeguarding allegations against staff and has a particular interest in guiding clients through complex crises and challenging times of crisis management.
