From the boardroom

Give your people the language, the framework, and the permission to change how they work.

Lived experience keynotes and workshops for corporate audiences. Warm, practical, and unflinching about the realities of mental health at work.

Dave Cottrell

Dave Cottrell

What your team leaves with

Outcomes, not a talking shop.

Language for the hard conversations

Managers leave with vocabulary they can use in one-to-ones the next morning, without sounding clinical or scripted.

A shared framework

Teams adopt the same model (3 As, Slingshots and Boomerangs, Baby Steps and Happy Dances) so the work sticks beyond the session.

Permission to be human

Dave normalises the reality of mental health at work so people stop masking and start supporting each other properly.

A moral dividend

Every hour you book funds four hours of mental health education in a local school. The wellbeing spend does double duty.

Formats

Keynote, workshop, or a full campaign across your wellbeing calendar.

01

Keynote

Plenary keynote for whole-organisation wellbeing days, all-hands or conferences. Best paired with a Q&A.

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02

Workshop

Interactive sessions for leadership teams, line managers or L&D cohorts. Frameworks are walked through and practised.

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03

Series

A campaign of sessions across a quarter, built around your wellbeing calendar with consistent frameworks and terminology.

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Testimonials

What clients say after the room quietens down.

“What struck me was how natural and confident Dave is on stage, and how openly he talks about his own struggles. He lets the emotion show, and that's what makes it hit. I left with genuine advice and insight, not just a good talk.”

Matthew Booth

Attendee, An Evening on Stress, Identity & Finding Yourself

“I didn't expect for it to resonate so deeply with my own thoughts and experiences. I left with plenty to ponder and very keen to learn more about myself, with Dave's guidance.”

Dave V

Attendee, An Evening on Stress, Identity & Finding Yourself

Previous clients

Tough Mudder
Hiscox Insurance
Fletchers Solicitors
BIGGA
NHS
Prince's Trust
EFL
Active Lancashire

Pay It Forward Protocol

Every hour you book funds four hours in a local school.

The wellbeing spend does double duty. Your team gets the session, and local pupils get the education that reduces self-harm, anxiety and dropout. No uplift on your fee, no separate invoice.

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How it works

1 Hour of corporate work booked with Dave.

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4 Hours of mental health education funded in a local school.

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