Realm of Her
Leadership Programme
Research-backed, live-facilitation on healthy leadership, conflict resolution, and building cultures that don't harm people.
How do egalitarian cultures choose their leaders?
The select those who care the most.
This programme gives you the structures and skills required to build cultures rooted in care and collaboration.
Grounded in 13 years of research on what actually keeps people safe and well.
Who this is for
Organisations, universities, communities, conferences, and teams who want to build a genuinely healthy, fair, egalitarian culture, grounded in evidence.
If you've watched good people leave, conflict go unrepaired until it fractured the group, or sensed that your "leadership development" isn't addressing the things that actually drive harm or change culture, this is for you.
What people will walk away with
The inner resilience and psychological safety needed to build and maintain trust.
The ability to name and interrupt the power dynamics that drive good people away.
A practical grasp of why harm happens in groups, and the structural changes that make it less likely.
Concrete tools for conflict that repairs rather than fractures. People can be honest and survive it.
A model of leadership without domination. Shared power that doesn't collapse into hierarchy or chaos.
A shared language for the culture you're trying to build, so the change outlasts the programme.
About the facilitator
Dr Kirsty Lee is a psychological scientist who has spent thirteen years researching violence, power, and gender, and what protects people from harm. She translates rigorous research into teaching that not only changes what people understand, but also how they think.
- PhD in Psychology, multi-award winning researcher with 21+ peer-reviewed publications on aggression, power, and mental health.
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
- Former Programme Director of the MSc Mental Health and Wellbeing at the University of Warwick.
- Designed and delivered a postgraduate module on healthy and toxic leadership and cultures to professionals.
- Chaired symposia across six major international conferences.
- Invited as guest expert onto multiple masterclasses, podcasts, and community outreach initiatives.
Values and style
Compassion-based, evidence-led, for all genders. This work is about building cultures where no one holds power to harm. It's rigorous, warm, and grounded in research. Your people will leave challenged, respected, inspired, and resourced with new skills.