Team Workshops, Away Days & Group Development | Empowered Space
Team Workshops & Away Days Bring your people together to learn, grow and reconnect. The best team days do more than tick a box. We design bespoke workshops, away days and in-house development that blend real growth with genuine wellbeing - so your people leave more capable, more connected, and glad they came.
An Empowered Space away day in nature
Learning blended with wellbeing
Trusted by teams including an NHS ICB
Every session bespoke to your team
Led personally by Suzanne
A team learning together away from the day-to-day
Why bring your people together

Most team days are either all fun and no substance - or all theory and no spark.

A day out can be fun and forgotten by Monday. A training course can be useful but flat. The team days people actually remember do both at once: they teach something real, and they reconnect people as humans.

That's the space Empowered Space works in. Suzanne brings genuine development - coaching, resilience, communication, leadership - and wraps it in an experience that gives your people the headspace to absorb it. So they grow and come back to work feeling part of something.

Time away from the day-to-day isn't time off. It's where teams do the thinking they never get to do at their desks.
What we offer

Three ways to bring your team together.

Every team and every objective is different, so nothing here is off-the-shelf. Each option is shaped around your people, your goals and your budget - and delivered personally by Suzanne.

Away Days & Retreats

Come together offsite, away from the day-to-day, to learn and reconnect in the calm of nature. One or two-day events, with overnight options through our retreat partners.

  • Bust limiting beliefs and build a growth mindset
  • Understand personality types with Everything DiSC
  • Resilience techniques and coaching skills
  • Team building: communication, collaboration, trust
  • Paddle boarding, yoga nidra, mindfulness and sound baths

In-house Leadership Development

Our Empowered Leader programme, delivered to your own leadership team as a cohort. A proven curriculum that helps your managers lead with confidence, clarity and connection.

  • Self-awareness and authentic leadership (with DiSC)
  • Communication, influence and stronger relationships
  • Resilience, mindset and managing pressure
  • Coaching skills to empower their own teams
  • Leading change, hybrid and cross-generational teams

Bespoke Group Workshops

A focused session built around whatever your team needs right now - delivered virtually or in person, as a one-off or a series. Tell us the challenge and we'll design around it.

  • Resilience and wellbeing at work
  • Navigating change and uncertainty
  • Communication and team effectiveness
  • Personality and team dynamics (DiSC)
  • Growth mindset and confidence

Supporting a team through redundancy or restructure? Our Outplacement Support is built for exactly that - for those leaving and the team who remain.

The outcome

What your team takes away.

Whichever route you choose, the goal is the same - people who feel more capable, more connected, and ready to do their best work together.
Stronger communication and fewer misunderstandings
Greater trust, collaboration and team spirit
More resilience and tools to manage pressure and change
Self-awareness of personality and working styles
Renewed motivation, energy and a sense of belonging
Practical skills people actually use back at their desks
How it works

Easy to arrange. Built around you.

We take the planning off your plate. From first call to delivery, it's a simple, collaborative process designed to fit your team and your budget.

Tell us what you need

A relaxed call to understand your team, your goals and what success looks like - whether that's a one-off away day or an ongoing programme.

We design it around you

You'll get a bespoke proposal shaped to your objectives, group size and budget - including venue and overnight options if you'd like them.

Suzanne delivers it

Suzanne leads the session personally, creating a warm, engaging space where your people genuinely learn, take part and reconnect.

Suzanne Penny, founder of Empowered Space
Meet your facilitator

It's Suzanne in the room - every time.

When you book a workshop or away day with Empowered Space, you get Suzanne herself - not a rotating roster of associates. With 20 years across leadership, recruitment and development, she reads a room, adapts on the fly, and creates the kind of warm, honest space where people actually open up and take part.

She's a qualified coach and facilitator, an ILM Level 7 Executive Coach and accredited in mental health and wellbeing - and she brings all of it to your team, alongside the genuine warmth that makes the day land. From SMEs to teams within the NHS, organisations bring Suzanne back because her sessions make a real, lasting difference.

What teams say

The difference a day together can make.

From leadership teams to whole departments - here's what people say after working with Suzanne.
★★★★★ I can't recommend your expertise highly enough. For me, one of the most valuable aspects was attending with people of similar levels, from different backgrounds and companies. It gave a wider context and a richer learning experience than previous courses.
Jez Head of Operations
★★★★★ The blend of leadership tools, coaching and group reflection created a space for real growth. I now understand my team better and feel more confident as a leader.
Alistair Managing Director
★★★★★ This gave me time to reflect on me as a leader. The mix of backgrounds and experiences made the learning so rich.
Mark Leader, Energy Sector
Ready to plan something?

Let's design a day your team will remember.

Tell us a little about your team and what you're hoping for, and Suzanne will shape a proposal around it. Book a relaxed, no-obligation call to get started - no hard sell, just an honest conversation.