Situational Leadership情境領導力
Lead each person the way they actually need to be led
Real leadership is not just about getting people to hit targets — it is about making your team both willing and able to succeed together. Your people are at different stages, so why is your leadership style still stuck on one setting?
Sound familiar
Do any of these sound familiar?
Many managers run into the same situations:
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Symptom
The same management approach produces completely different results from one employee to the next.
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Symptom
Some employees need clear instructions, while others want room to act autonomously.
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Symptom
Stepping in too much can sap motivation, yet letting go too soon can hurt results.
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Symptom
When a manager concludes "this person just can't do it," they have often closed the door on development too early.
Outcomes
What changes for your team
What capabilities will this programme build in your team?
Develop situational judgement
Use the skill-and-will framework to diagnose each team member's development needs.
Flex your leadership style
Offer support at the right moment and apply a growth mindset to help people break through their capability plateaus.
Build a healthy team environment
Foster continuous team learning and growth through psychological safety and effective communication.
Ignite your team's willingness
Ability can be cultivated and willingness can be ignited — but both depend on the right approach, applied consistently, to keep feeding your people's intrinsic motivation.
Who it's for
Who it's for
- Senior management
- Department heads
- High-potential talent (Hi-Po)
- Management trainees
- Newly appointed managers, or employees about to be promoted into a management role
What we cover
What we'll cover
This programme is built around the Situational Leadership framework, helping new and emerging managers develop a sharper, more adaptable way of leading.
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The Situational Leadership framework: adapt to the person, adapt to the moment
Start from each person's skill and will on a specific task, then learn to direct, coach, support and delegate at the right moment. The aim is not to label people, but to give the right kind of support at every stage of their development.
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Igniting willingness: meeting three psychological needs
Apply the Self-Determination Theory framework to pinpoint the root causes of low motivation. Learn how, in everyday management moments, to keep feeding intrinsic motivation by granting autonomy, affirming progress, and building genuine team connection.
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Developing skills: grounded in team psychological safety
A single sentence from a leader can accelerate someone's growth — or quietly cement their self-imposed limits. This section covers how to create psychological safety, the neuroscience of how the brain learns and grows, how to help people build real ability and confidence, and how to build a more resilient team culture.
Our approach
Psychology-based training, built around you
Psychology-based training, designed around your organisation. Starting from your culture, stage of growth and real-world challenges, we run a training needs analysis and design a bespoke programme. It can span executive meeting facilitation, strategy workshops, team development activities and more, so the training fits how your business actually runs.
Awareness
Psychological Awareness
Help participants deepen their understanding of their own thinking patterns, emotional responses and behavioural habits, and build a steady, self-aware way of working. Through psychological frameworks, reflective exercises and interactive activities, participants raise their self-awareness, stay clear-headed under pressure, and make sharper decisions that show in their performance at work.
Competency
Through case analysis, scenario practice and interactive exercises, help participants build the workplace capabilities that matter most — communication, influence, problem analysis and decision-making. The programme grounds psychology in real work situations, so teams collaborate more effectively, think clearly and make sound judgements when challenges get complex.
Through case analysis, scenario practice and interactive exercises, help participants develop key workplace capabilities including communication, influence, problem analysis and decision-making. The course focuses on combining psychology with real work situations, so teams can collaborate more effectively, think clearly and make high-quality judgements when facing complex challenges.
Leadership
Designed for managers and team leaders, this programme focuses on building leadership, team management and decision-making capability. Through case discussions, scenario simulations and interactive exercises, managers learn to communicate effectively, lead their teams and tackle problems — turning management concepts into methods they can put to work straight away.
Designed specifically for managers and team leaders, focusing on cultivating leadership, team management and decision-making. Through case discussions, scenario simulations and interactive exercises, help managers build the ability to communicate effectively, lead teams and resolve problems, turning management concepts into methods they can actually put into practice.
The team
Meet the trainers
We start by understanding your goals and challenges, then match the trainer who fits best.
Peter Chan
Founder & Chief Psychologist, TreeholeHK
Cantonese · English
Peter applies psychology to organisational development, leadership and resilience training, and is a TEDx speaker and published author. A first-class honours Psychology graduate of HKU with postgraduate study at Oxford and NUS, he is also founder of MindForest AI.
Kenneth Yip
Corporate Consultant · OD Specialist
Cantonese · English
A senior L&D and OD consultant with more than 20 years in talent development and leadership, having led learning functions at major enterprises. Holds an MSc in Training (Leicester) and a BA in Public & Social Administration (City University of Hong Kong).
Samantha Man
Corporate Trainer · Executive Coach
Cantonese · Mandarin · English
More than 18 years in financial services and talent development, having led training and leadership programmes at major institutions. Specialises in leadership development, coaching-style management and communication. Holds an MA in Counselling (PolyU).
Raymond Chung
Corporate Trainer · Facilitation Specialist
Cantonese · Mandarin · English
Helps professionals think clearly and communicate under pressure. Holds international facilitation credentials including Workshopper Master (AJ&Smart), ICAgile Agile Team Facilitation & Coaching, and DISC Certified Human Behaviour Consultant.
Marc Cheung
Corporate Trainer · Negotiation Strategist
Cantonese · English
20+ years in corporate law and organisational communication, specialising in negotiation strategy, problem analysis and influence for multinationals and listed companies. Holds an MSc in Psychology (Shue Yan), plus BBA and law degrees.
Annie Tai
Corporate Trainer
Cantonese · Mandarin · English
Helps teams collaborate and communicate more effectively, drawing on more than 10 years across the commercial and social sectors. A Certified Coach and Master of Counselling candidate (CityU), she has run workshops for VTC, HKMU and HSBC.
Patrick Tang
Corporate Trainer · Psychology Specialist
Cantonese · English
Specialises in team building, leadership and career development, turning positive psychology into experiential, highly interactive learning. With more than 10 years' experience, she holds a BA in Psychology (CityU) and an MPH (CUHK), with advanced training at UPenn and Australia's positive-education institute.
Justin Wong
Corporate Trainer · Organisational Psychology Specialist
Cantonese · Mandarin · English
Focuses on team dynamics, employee engagement and the workplace application of psychometric assessment. Has delivered training at HKUST, HKMU, HKU and the VTC. Holds an MSc in Organisational & Social Psychology (LSE) and a first-class honours BSc in Psychology (CUHK).
Kit Shum
Psychology Specialist · Corporate Trainer
Cantonese · Mandarin · English
More than 10 years in psychology training and group facilitation, turning theory into practical learning that builds self-awareness, emotion regulation and resilience. Holds MAs in Psychology and Expressive Arts Therapy (CUHK) and an MSocSc in Behavioural Health (HKU), and is a professional member of the HK Psychological Society.
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What clients say
Our DSG Learning Society finds Peter Chan’s sharing on growth mindset an inspirational one. What makes him stand out as a trainer is that the examples he shares are very relatable to both personal & professional life. He has a good sense of humour too. All these add up making him a trustable L&D partner, knowing how to foster growth & resilience in corporate culture
Joanna Wong
Head of Human Resources & Real Estate, DSG Energy Limited
Very skilled at understanding what are client’s training needs and the training session is simply captivating. What’s more, he always keep in mind what behaviours and mindsets need to be changed for the audience and offer applicable advises based on a psychological approach.
Kenneth Lee
Supervisor (Innovation and Creativity), The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (HKFYG)
It was very different from a typical training - more like an open dialogue in a psychologically safe environment where all can share, and a chance for us to look inwards and raise our self-awareness on our ways of communication. The workplace communication workshop received very good feedback from the team - I can feel the energy and engagement throughout the process, and the approach of learning through activity matches with the young and energetic style of our team.
Crystal To
HR Business Partner HP, Boehringer Ingelheim (Hong Kong) Ltd.
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