Conferences and schools
A series of large scale events open to managers and leaders across all Welsh public services. These events provide the opportunity to access some of the world's most high profile speakers, thought leaders and leadership theorists.
Upcoming events
Building Connected Coaching Conference 2026
As coaching continues to evolve in response to increasingly complex organisational and societal challenges, this year's conference will explore how coaches can work more effectively within and across systems, communities and organisations. Through keynote speakers, interactive workshops and opportunities for networking, participants will examine emerging coaching practice, deepen their expertise and share insights with colleagues from across Wales.
11 November 2026
Previous events
Summer School 2026: Spirit of Leadership - Reflect, Reconnect, Reimagine
This year’s flagship programme Spirit of Leadership is an immersive, residential experience set out over 4 days in the beautiful location of Lampeter, West Wales. Summer School brings leaders together to learn, network, and address key challenges in the public, third and voluntary sectors in Wales.
23 June 2026
Winter School 2026: 'Landscapes of Leadership: Reflect - Reconnect – Reimagine'
This year’s flagship programme, Landscapes of Leadership is designed to strengthen, inspire, and connect senior leaders across Wales’ public services. The programme explores what it means to lead collaboratively, ethically, and imaginatively in a time of complexity, constraint, and change. It supports senior executives to strengthen their leadership resilience, broaden their perspective, and re-energise their commitment to public value.
03 February 2026
Coaching Master Class 2025: Beyond Triggers - Why People React the Way They Do
This interactive masterclass will help you: Spot the difference between a genuine response and a survival strategy; Recognise how these patterns show up in your coaches – and in your own leadership; Apply this awareness to reduce conflict, strengthen resilience, unlock more effective coaching outcomes, and grow your own impact.
30 October 2025
Summer School 2025: 'Connected, Collaborative, Courageous: Transforming Public Services Together'
Audience: Senior managers and leaders from across the public service and voluntary sector in Wales; Residential
01 July 2025
One Welsh Public Service Leaders’ Winter School 2025: 'Leading for Cohesion'
Winter School provides public service leaders with new, innovative approaches and the space for them to solve complex real-world challenges; Residential.
04 February 2025
One Welsh Public Service Coaching Conference 2024: 'Coaching in a Digital Age'
Coaching and mentoring practitioners from the public and third sector in Wales
14 November 2024
One Welsh Public Service Leadership Summer School 2024: 'Beyond the horizon: Leading with clarity and confidence in changing times'
Audience: Senior managers and leaders from across the public and third sector in Wales; Dates: 25 to 28 June 2024 Residential
25 June 2024
One Welsh Public Service Leaders’ Winter School 2024: 'Forward Looking Leadership in a Complex World'
Audience: Top 2 levels of senior leadership from across the public and voluntary sector in Wales; Dates: 27 February to 1 March 2024 Residential
27 February 2024
One Welsh Public Service Leadership Summer School 2023: ‘Supporting leaders today to create a brighter tomorrow for Welsh Public Services - a celebration of 10 years'
Audience: Senior managers and leaders from across the public and third sector in Wales; Dates: 26 to 30 June 2023 Residential
26 June 2023
One Welsh Public Service Leaders’ Winter School 2023: 'Supporting leaders today to create a brighter tomorrow for Welsh Public Services - a celebration of 10 years'
Audience: Top 3 levels of senior leadership from across the public and voluntary sector in Wales; Dates: 7 to 10 February 2023 Residential
07 February 2023
One Welsh Public Service Coaching Conference 2022: 'Imposter Syndrome - The Secret Feeling of Being a Fraud'
Audience: Coaching and mentoring practitioners from the public and third sector in Wales
17 November 2022
One Welsh Public Service Leadership Summer School 2022: 'Creative Futures - priorities, practice and possibilities maintaining momentum in times of change, making the most of people and places'
Audience: Senior managers and leaders from across the public and third sector in Wales, Dates: 28 to 30 June 2022
28 June 2022
One Welsh Public Service Leaders’ Winter School 2022: 'Leading for All – Renew, Recover, Regenerate - a path towards the emergent future'
Audience: Top 3 levels of leadership from across the public and voluntary sector in Wales, Dates: 1 to 4 February 2022
01 February 2022