Big Ambitions Workshop
28 April @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
£5.00

Can leadership be learnt?
Facilitated by Samantha Woolven – Leadership and People Development Specialist
As your business grows, your role changes. Leading people, guiding decisions and building a confident team often requires a different skillset to starting up. In this workshop, Samantha unpacks what effective leadership really looks like for small business owners and shows how it can be developed with intention, practice and the right tools.
In this practical session, you will:
- Explore what leadership means in a small business setting and how it differs from management
- Understand the behaviours and mindsets that help people feel motivated, trusted and supported
- Learn how self awareness influences your leadership style and your team’s performance
- Discover simple techniques to communicate clearly, set expectations and handle challenges with confidence
- Identify the skills you need as you grow a team and how to begin developing them
- Reflect on your current leadership strengths and the areas where you want to grow
- Create a personal leadership development plan you can use over the next 90 days
You will also receive:
- A set of practical leadership exercises
- Tools to help you understand your leadership style and how it impacts others
- Examples of leadership habits that support healthy, high performing teams
- The confidence to approach leadership as a learnable skill, not an innate talent
This event is open to all businesses in the New Forest. Everyone is welcome!
Big Ambitions – delivered for New Forest District Council by Digital Islands working with the New Forest Business Partnership.

