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Coaching for Leadership 2026

A hybrid, certificated professional development programme in 4 modules, accredited by the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations.

Professional development

What works in reducing NEET rates: a comparative study

Reducing marginalisation amongst young people

Youth Futures

Evaluation of Samaritans Online Chat Service pilot

This evaluation explores the Samaritans Online Chat service pilot, to determine how well it meets the needs of children and young people.

Samaritans

Positive destinations

This evaluation of Barnardo's support programmes for care-experienced young people in Brent and Plymouth found  improved social connections, wellbeing and skills acquisition.

Podcast: PARCS Grows Everybody

Listen to this podcast by the Young Feminist Collective

Integration of Young People who are NEET

Learning from the ‘NEETs in Action’ Erasmus+ project.

Lunchtime Talks

Boosting Human Capital for the 21st century

The Tavistock Institute team talk about a project designed to help low-skilled jobseekers train for future employment.

Lunchtime Talks

'In Their Words'

Green light for the 'PARCS Grows Everybody' Rape Crisis oral history project, exploring the legacy of Portsmouth Abuse and Rape Counselling Service.

Launching Young Leaders: 1-day experiential workshop

New perspectives on your role

When small numbers conflict with big data

Unraveling the collusive dynamic of the shared unconscious belief that low skilled individuals are beyond hope.

#13 Social Dreaming Matrix: Covid-19 - a year on. Notes from 10th June 2021

#8 Social Dreaming Matrix: Covid-19 a year on. Notes from 6th May 21

#7 Social Dreaming Matrix: Covid-19 a year on. Notes from 29th April 21

#4 Social Dreaming Matrix: Covid-19 a year on. Notes from 8th April 21

Dione (Sanji) Hills (1948 - 2021)

We are extremely sad to announce that our dear friend and colleague Dr Dione Hills has died following a sudden and short illness.

Self Leadership, Group Leadership Workshop

Exploring managing others and managing yourself - workshop for young leaders

Short-termism and Power Plays

Dynamics at Board Level

Young Leadership in Cambridge University

The relationship between identity and leadership continues to be a question that requires examination at all ages.

Task – Authority- Organisation

Birthing, Learning, Leading in a time of (post) Pandemic

Outcomes for NEETs and community networks

Sharing more findings from the impact evaluation of the European project aimed at NEETs.

Breaking down binaries; promoting integrated health

A holistic leadership view for a covid resilient society.

Medici Digital Stories

The launch of a new podcast...

Networks for NEETS

Employment opportunities through social and peer networks.

Life during COVID Times

Children of Alcohol Dependent Parents.

#15 Social Dreaming Matrix during the Covid-19 pandemic. Notes from 22nd June

Medici is live!

Addressing digital exclusion through sharing best practices.

Creating beyond silos

Awakening the creative shadow in each of us.

FOBO

Focusing On Bolder Opportunities?

Molding consensus

Launching Young Leaders workshop

An aspirational training project for the 21st Century

An action research project to train low-skilled school-leavers, without prospects, for employment.

European research excellence @TIHR

Tackling complex societal challenges...

Testing New Ground

The Tavistock Institut gGmbH

a new company begins to grow…

Break out of the same-old... 

Whether you’re starting your first job, moving to a new one, or trying to break out of the same-old, there are ways of working that can give you a big advantage

Art and Organisation at the Institute

The story of our work with arts. Expanding our disciplines and customising practice.

Leading with Heart

Launching Young Leaders. Next workshop Friday, 17 May

Eliat Aram, CEO

on the role of the Tavistock Institute in developing leadership

#2 Social Dreaming Matrix Notes from 16th November

#1 Social Dreaming Matrix Notes from 6th November

Quantitative Researcher - wanted!

We are looking to recruit a Quantitative Researcher.

Step Up Final Evaluation Report and Film

Co-produced evaluation of three-year mental health intervention completes, culminating in a report and short film.

Delivering Prevent: A guide for effective practice

The TIHR was commissioned by the Home Office to undertake research to identify the factors that contribute to ‘effective’ Prevent implementation.

NEETS in Action

Developing an innovative model, TIHR continues research with young people who are NEET in Europe.

On being an Orphan </br>- an untold story

Celebrating the publication of the Tale of Taviland.

Where am I going?

How can I get there? Young people on the move...

We are "25% of the population but 100% of the future"

A quote from one of the young people that came to the Launching Young Leaders workshop we ran earlier...

TIHR 70 Festival Picks 3

Third in the series highlighting festival contributions.

Crossing boundaries: immerse yourself in the arts during our festival

A roundup of artistic interventions taking place as part of our 70th Festival.

Launching New Animation: Use of Social Media in Emergencies

Animation summarising some of the key messages and learnings from the Emergent Project.

The Application of Tavistock Group Relations - Guliverio Akademija

A new school opens in Lithuania.

The Social Seducement story: the value of online games in enterprise creation

Lunchtime Talk Extra: David Drabble, Heather Stradling - listen online

A new space for leadership – 21st July

Launching Young Leaders – one day workshop: 21st July

First results of the ‘NEETS at risk’ project

After a successful piloting of the developed model in three European countries results are discussed...

Winners! Tavistock is Employer of the Year!

The Tavistock Institute is chosen as the UK Employer of the Year 2017 at the WorldPay FSB awards!

Call for Contributions Extended!

Celebrating 70 years: Reimagining Human Relations in our Time

Not sure what to do next? We’re recruiting our next apprentice…

Our apprenticeship programme is coming into its fifth year and we are looking for the next person to join our team.

Call for Contributions extended!

We are delighted and excited to be issuing this call inviting contributions to our festival in October 2017. Taking place over four days, Reimagining Human Relations in our Time, will be a multi-sited event taking place in the public domain. Its aims are: To engage and expand research interest in the Tavistock Institute’s archive material that is being catalogued at the Wellcome Library. To invite creative participation in our programme of work; our philosophical approach; applied methodologies and their potential in tackling current societal challenges. To offer activities consistent with the Tavistock Institute’s history and practice that will support an improved understanding of wellbeing- in its individual, organisational and societal dimensions. [...]

Exploring the TIHR experience of Co-Production

Lunchtime Talk: Heather Stradling 30th November

Sweets, Cats and Kitchens: My experience cataloguing the TIHR archive material

On a blue skied Monday in July I made my way to Euston station to join Elena Carter, the Tavistock Institute of Human Relation’s (TIHR) archivist, at the Wellcome Trust. This was the first day of my short placement where I was helping to catalogue the remaining registered document series reports (SA/TIH/B/1) before they were released in early September. As an apprentice at the TIHR opportunities come in a variety of places and as a member of the archive project team it seemed appropriate that I would be able to interact with the material and learn more about how the TIHR became what I now know it to be ...

Future Pulse: Young People Shaping Health Services

An exciting conference showcasing Future Pulse's achievements in making health services better for children & young people.

Stepping Up

Step Up is a three-year programme that will end with an evaluative report co-produced by TIHR & Step Up champions.

What has the EU ever done for us?

Why Europe is central to the work of the Tavistock Institute.

Not sure what to do next year?

We’re recruiting our next apprentice… The TIHR apprenticeship programme is coming into its fourth year and we are looking for the next person...

EU debate: Theatrics, disillusionment & thinking above the noise

Nick Preston, Apprentice at TIHR, raises his voice & is heard in the Guardian.

What is evidence? Learning from the experience of Project Oracle, children and youth evidence hub

Podcast available: ‘What is evidence?’ Georgie Parry-Crooke asked at the start of a lunchtime talk in May 2016.

Evaluating Havering’s Children in Care Council

The London Borough of Havering partnered with the TIHR to evaluate their children in care council.

Poetry as tool

Poetry as tool to reveal evidence about mental wellbeing of young people in care.

Evaluating ourselves

Findings from the TIHR apprentice scheme.

Personal Relationships and Poverty: What Works as Anti-Poverty Strategies

Lunchtime Talk: 15 April 2015

Not your average apprenticeship

Beginnings...

Lunchtime Talk: Dr Kerstin Junge & Giorgia Iacopini

From their paper at the Evaluation for an Equitable Society (EES) conference.

Remembering, learning and the Media

Eliat Aram considers ‘transformative thinking’ as bringing about systemic learning one year on from the BBC’s Respect at Work expert panel.

Next Lunchtime Talk: Matt Gieve and David Drabble – 9 April

The evaluation of Shift.ms, and online social network for people with multiple sclerosis.

Evaluation of Shift.ms

We have recently completed a service evaluation of Shift.ms, an online social network for young people with multiple sclerosis.

February's Lunchtime Talk: </br>Tim Dartington - 5th February

From the Buddha to Bion: mindfulness, psychoanalysis and organisational life.

December's Lunchtime Talk: </br>Dr Thomas Spielhofer

New methods for gathering qualitative data in TIHR research and beyond.

November's Lunchtime Talk: </br>Kari Hadjvassiliou

Traineeships/Internships in the EU: A Route to Sustainable Employment or to a Dead End?

Participatory Action Research of Fostering Futures

Evaluating Fostering Futures therapeutic fostering service through action research...

Young people share their thoughts about the future

'I don’t know many people who have followed their dreams, but I know a lot of people who haven’t and are depressed.'

Social inclusion through employment: learning from Roma integration

Research and guidance on good practices for policy makers and practitioners.

Tavistock Institute in academic exchange with Vilnius University, Lithuania

Mannie Sher teaches and consults in Lithuania under the Erasmus programme of the EU.

Straight Talking (with funds from the DCFS and Barking and Dagenham PCT)

The European Centre for Vocational Education and Training (CEDEFOP)

Earning not learning?

An Assessment of Young People in Jobs Without Training (JWT)

Launch of the Realising Ambition Programme - preventing youth offending through replication of proven interventions

We are undertaking the process evaluation of Realising Ambition Programme.

Addressing early school leaving

How can colleges, communities, families and policymakers reduce the high school drop out rates of young people in Europe?

Process evaluation: how to replicate interventions which stop youth offending

Launch of TIHR's Process Evaluation of the Big Lottery Fund's 25 million 'Realising Ambition' programme.

Equipping young people to navigate in the digital world

Most young people are 'netizens' and 'digital natives', but not all young people have the opportunities to fully exploit the digitalised world.

Why talk about behaviour change?

Camilla Child, Principal Researcher/ Consultant talks about her work with Rachel Litherland and the IDeA.

Judy Corylon explains 'What's the impact of Straight Talking?'

Straight Talking, a school-based course for Year 9 or Year 10 students, aims to reduce the high rates of teenage pregnancy in the UK.

Launching Young Leaders

Finding Authority, Role and Impact – for young people who want to make a difference