About Vintis
My Approach
I support business leaders to lead with compassion, clarity, and purpose. Through compassionate leadership and appreciative inquiry, I help individuals and teams focus on strengths, build resilience, and create sustainable change. My approach is practical, research-informed, and grounded in my own realities of running a business—offering space to reflect, tools to act, and support to lead with greater impact.
My Experience
I’m Helen Curtis, a business owner, partner marketing specialist, and accredited leadership trainer with over 30 years’ experience in the tech and B2B marketing space. I founded Coterie Marketing and the Coterie Community, both focused on building capability and connection across partner ecosystems. I’m an accredited facilitator with the Centre for Compassionate Leadership (US) and a certified TAP trainer. I currently deliver the Leading with Compassion course at the University of Huddersfield and teac modules the on government SME Help to Grow programme.
Testimonials
“Equipped me to lead with compassion while remaining accountable.”
“Created space to reflect and connect with others facing similar challenges.”
“A must for leaders managing people in high-pressure environments.”
Book your place
Leading with compassion - September Online
£390.00
Leading with compassion course
This course is based on the Center for Compassionate Leadership (US) programme and adapted for UK workplaces. Designed for leaders and influencers across education, business, and the public sector.
Key Components
1. Self-Development
· Emotional intelligence, mindfulness, and self-compassion
2. Practical Tools Frameworks from Awakening Compassion at Work by Worline & Dutton:
· Roles, routines, networks, and culture
3. Leadership in Action
· Integrate compassion into recruitment, onboarding, and performance
4. Community Building
· Join an alumni network for peer learning and support
Course Leaders
The course will be co-delivered by Helen Curtis and Dr Nicola Stenberg an experienced academic and practitioner, a Chartered Psychologist, with over 25 years experience of training and development across multiple sectors. Nicola brings deep expertise in facilitation, compassionate leadership, and applied research, making her a valued co-deliverer of this programme.
Certification
Participants who complete the programme receive a Certificate in Compassionate Leadership, subject to attendance and post-course reflection.
Ready to take the next step?
Who Should Attend?
- Business and team leaders
- HR and people managers
- Educators and school leaders
- Purpose-driven professionals
Business Benefits
- +25% employee engagement
- -11% burnout
- +12% productivity
- +48% staff retention
- Stronger innovation and wellbeing across teams
Appreciative Inquiry Leadership Workshops
Half day workshop:
These half-day workshops use the principles of Appreciative Inquiry and compassionate leadership to help teams explore challenges through a strengths-based lens. Rather than focusing on what’s broken, we create space to identify what’s working and what’s possible.
What to expect:
- Discover: Teams are invited to pause and reflect on their individual and collective strengths. We suspend problem-solving to focus on what’s already working well – the energy, relationships, and achievements that can be built upon.
- Dream: Through guided discussion, we explore what a thriving team or organisation could look like. This creates space for aspiration, creativity, and shared vision.
- Design: We begin shaping practical steps to bring that vision to life – aligning around ways of working, behaviours, and systems that support it.
- Destiny: We close with commitment and momentum – identifying next actions and personal ownership for change.
Why it works:
- It centres people, not problems.
- It encourages compassionate leadership through listening, reflection, and courage.
- It aligns teams around shared values and a positive future.
- It’s grounded in research and proven to support sustainable change.
This approach is particularly helpful during times of transition, low morale, or when a reset in team dynamics is needed.