Beyond the Leader
An immersive workshop in authentic leadership
Your values. Your strengths. Your impact.
Explore how to lead in a way that reflects who you are and what you stand for, even under pressure
Solihull, Tuesday 1st December 2026
About your facilitators
Steve Dixon Leadership Coach, Former CEO, Social Entrepreneur
Steve spent eighteen years as founder and CEO of a national charity, leading a team of sixty through the realities of high stakes, high responsibility leadership. Alongside his coaching practice, he co-founded a property development business and remains active in national service work supporting recovery communities.
His leadership and social impact work has been recognised nationally, including the Barclays UK Social Entrepreneur Award and the West Midlands Public and Third Sector Award. He is also an Institute of Leadership Level 7 Senior Practitioner in Coaching and Mentoring, bringing both lived leadership experience and professional coaching practice into his work with clients.
Today Steve coaches senior leaders and business owners on leading with greater clarity, authenticity and self-awareness. His approach is grounded in real experience of carrying responsibility, navigating pressure, leading through change and understanding what happens when the demands of leadership begin to take too much from the person behind the role.
Mandy Gutsell Coach, Therapist & Supervisor — Founder of Know Limits Ltd
Mandy Gutsell
Coach, Therapist & Supervisor — Founder of Know Limits Ltd
Mandy brings over three decades of clinical, therapeutic and coaching experience to her work with leaders. A trained Mental Health Nurse, she draws on years spent in specialist therapeutic practice, coaching and organisational training to bring a deep understanding of human behaviour to her work.
She founded Know Limits Ltd in 1991, where she works closely with individuals, teams and businesses to deliver coaching and supervision that produces lasting change. Alongside this, Mandy trains and advises organisations on leadership and resilience, translating her clinical and coaching expertise into approaches that genuinely improve outcomes for the people she works with.
Her work has also received wider recognition. A case study of Mandy's work was published in Carol Wilson's Performance Coaching (Kogan Page, 2014) and she was shortlisted as a finalist for Teacher of the Year at the 2020 TES FE Awards.
Her focus throughout is on what sits beneath the surface: the thoughts, patterns and behaviours that shape how people think, relate and lead.