Welcome to Helen Sanderson
Associates Learning
Practical online courses to help teams in the NHS, schools, and public services build trust,
psychological safety, and stronger ways of working.
About this learning space
Helen Sanderson Associates has worked with organisations across health, education, and social care for over 25 years. Our focus is person-centred change: giving people practical tools to create safer, more collaborative workplaces.
This site brings our experience into an online learning format. Each course is designed to be short, practical, and easy to apply, with templates and examples you can use straight away.
Building Psychological Safety with Team Agreements
A 30-minute introduction that gives you the foundations, tools, and templates to create Team Agreements with your own team.
Implementing Team Agreements for Lasting Change
Learn how to embed Team Agreements across whole teams or organissations, manage challenges, and align agreements with wellbeing and organisational goals.
Community and Support
Every course includes access to our online community:
a place to connect, ask questions, and share learning with others in health, education, and public service roles
Why learn with us?
Testimonials
“Team Agreements have been invaluable in bringing together my new team from two different organisations. Co-producing the agreements gave everyone ownership and helped us establish shared expectations and trust from the start. The monthly group coaching sessions help me to keep the agreements alive in practice. They give me space for reflection, accountability, and the chance to learn from others leading Team Agreements in other areas.”
Victoria Johansen, Operation Lead“Team agreements create clarity, accountability, and psychological safety, but they only work if actively used rather than left as a forgotten document. Group coaching helps keep them alive by providing peer support, sharing best practices, and tackling challenges together, making it easier to embed agreements into everyday practice.”
Lyse Edwards, Head of Operation NHS“Group Coaching is genuinely one of the best investments I’ve made — both professionally and personally. Team Agreements are a powerful way to set clear expectations and shape how teams interact, ensuring everyone feels heard, valued, and seen. As someone deeply passionate about Psychological Safety and Authenticity at work, I’ve seen how Team Agreements address self-silencing and masking, by promoting accountability, openness, and shared commitment. The group coaching has been an invaluable space to reflect, experiment, and grow alongside others. It combines structure with connection, turning the principles of psychological safety into tangible, everyday leadership practice.”
Danny Karystinos, Senior Transformation Manager NHS“Team agreements bring people together in shared understanding and commitment. The process of creating them ensures everyone contributes on an equal footing, with all voices being heard. People collectively and individually decide what matters most to them and agrees to uphold them, resulting in teams that work and communicate effectively together. I have seen and felt the difference they can make and am a passionate advocate for them. The group coaching helps to keep me on track, accountable and inspired. Busy periods of work can get in the way of keeping team agreements in mind, however the coaching sessions remind me of the importance of team agreements, of my role in leading the way within my organisation, in keeping the agreements in focus and alive. The sessions are also great for sharing good practice and ideas with others in the coaching group.”
Diana Cole, CEO, Charity Sector“Group coaching has given me space to pause, reflect, and connect with other leaders from a variety of organisations. It’s helping me strengthen communication, celebrate our strengths, and approach challenges with openness and confidence. ”
Rachel Owen, Local Authority Team Leader