Keynotes & Talks
30–60 minutes
A distinctive opening or closing session on behaviour, neurodiversity or emotional intelligence, shaped to your theme and audience.
Corporate training · Human behaviour
Understand people. Change what becomes possible.
Behaviour shapes how people communicate, lead and work together. MindRight Global Training helps organisations understand what sits beneath it — through practical training in leadership, communication and organisational development.
Start with the challenge
What's happening in your organisation?
We don't just teach people what to do. We help organisations understand why people do what they do — and what to do with that understanding.
- Why isn't the team performing as expected?
- Why are managers repeating the same conversations?
- Why does communication keep breaking down?
- Why are good people disengaging?
- Why does change create resistance instead of progress?
- Why does training sometimes change what people know — but not what they do?
Our managers aren't really leading
What you may be seeing
Decisions stall, accountability blurs and people wait to be told what to do.
What may be underneath
Often this isn't a skills gap. It can be uncertainty, fear of getting it wrong, or signals in the team that nobody is reading.
How MindRight helps
Help managers understand behaviour and hold clearer conversations about expectations and responsibility.
Aim: clearer decisions and greater accountability.
Tell us what's happeningCommunication keeps breaking down
What you may be seeing
Feedback is avoided, messages are misread and important conversations don't happen.
What may be underneath
Under pressure, people stop hearing content and start reacting to tone, threat and history.
How MindRight helps
Identify what is blocking understanding and practise clearer conversations under pressure.
Aim: shared understanding and better coordination.
Tell us what's happeningThe same conflict keeps coming back
What you may be seeing
Tensions are calmed down, then return — between the same people or the same teams.
What may be underneath
Repeating conflict usually means the reaction is being managed while the need behind it stays unread.
How MindRight helps
Explore the patterns behind recurring tension and develop more constructive responses.
Aim: less repeated friction and more productive working relationships.
Tell us what's happeningBehaviour or performance has changed
What you may be seeing
Someone who used to be reliable withdraws, reacts more, or quietly disengages.
What may be underneath
A change in behaviour is information. The question is not what's wrong with them, but what it is telling you.
How MindRight helps
Understand what has changed before choosing a response to disengagement or lower performance.
Aim: action that addresses the barrier, not just the symptom.
Tell us what's happeningWe're unsure how to include different minds
What you may be seeing
Managers want to be inclusive but don't know how to adapt communication, expectations or support.
What may be underneath
What looks like difficulty is often a mismatch between how someone processes the world and how work is set up.
How MindRight helps
Help leaders adapt communication, expectations and working practices to different ways of thinking.
Aim: more inclusive conditions for people to contribute.
Tell us what's happeningPeople are stressed and stretched
What you may be seeing
Shorter tempers, lower focus, more absence and less patience with each other.
What may be underneath
Sustained pressure changes how the brain responds — and that shows up first in behaviour.
How MindRight helps
Recognise the behavioural signs of pressure and develop more considered conversations and responses.
Aim: more sustainable ways of working under pressure.
Tell us what's happeningOur team doesn't work well together
What you may be seeing
Silos, friction, misunderstandings and people working around each other instead of with each other.
What may be underneath
Teams rarely lack goodwill. They usually lack a shared way of reading each other.
How MindRight helps
Build a shared understanding of how people think, communicate and respond to each other.
Aim: stronger collaboration around shared goals.
Tell us what's happening
MindRight
Behaviour is information.
Instead of asking ‘What's wrong with this person?’, we teach leaders to ask: ‘What is this behaviour trying to tell us?’
MindRight Global Training helps organisations understand the human behaviour behind performance, communication, leadership, decision-making and change — so they can address what is actually getting in the way of results.
How we deliver
Training Formats
The challenge comes first. Workshops and programmes are the delivery vehicles: we choose the format around the behaviour to address and the business result you are working towards.
Keynotes & Talks
60–90 minutes
Masterclasses
Half day
Corporate Workshops
1–2 days
Custom Programmes
Designed around organisational needs
- UK · Portugal · International
- In-person & virtual
- Speaks English & Portuguese
- Organisations · Universities · Schools · Conferences
Speaking & facilitation
Bring Sheila into the room.
Sheila speaks and facilitates at conferences, universities and business schools, leadership and corporate events and professional development days — across the UK, Portugal and internationally, in person or virtually.
- Conferences & summits
- Universities & business schools
- Leadership & executive events
- Corporate away-days
- Professional development days
- Education & INSET events
Masterclasses
90 minutes – half day
A deeper, structured session for leaders, faculty, cohorts or teams who need frameworks they can apply immediately.
Workshops & Executive Education
Half day, full day or multi-session
Interactive learning for organisations, universities and business schools, built around real situations from your own environment.
Corporate training programmes
Leadership, communication and human behaviour training for modern organisations.
Leadership · Neurodiversity
Neuroinclusive Leadership: Leading Different Minds
Human behaviour
Behaviour Is Information
Emotional intelligence
Emotional Intelligence in High-Pressure Environments
Communication
Difficult Conversations Without Disconnection
Culture & inclusion
The Psychology of Belonging
Teams & leadership
Understanding the Human Behind the Role
Managers · Neuroinclusion
From Awareness to Belonging: Practical Neuroinclusion for Managers
Two pathways
Choose your pathway.
MindRight Business
For organisations
Leadership, teams, communication, neuroinclusion, emotional intelligence and workplace behaviour — delivered as keynotes, masterclasses and workshops.
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MindRight School
For schools & educators
Behaviour, neurodiversity, emotional regulation, staff training, parent sessions and school leadership development.
Explore MindRight School →
Universities & executive education
For faculties, cohorts and programmes.
Sheila welcomes invitations from universities and business schools for guest lectures, masterclasses, executive education sessions, professional development days and interdisciplinary talks across psychology, management, education, health and leadership programmes.
- · Guest lectures & interdisciplinary talks
- · Masterclasses for MBA, executive and postgraduate cohorts
- · Executive education & leadership modules
- · Staff and faculty professional development
What guides the work
Understanding people changes what becomes possible.
MindRight grew from Sheila Dias's professional observation of how assumptions, emotions and different ways of thinking shape relationships, teams and organisations. Our values turn that insight into practical, responsible learning.
“Self-awareness is not about never getting it wrong. It's about recognising when you do, and what you choose to do next.”
Founder & lead facilitator
Meet Sheila Dias
Human Behaviour & Organisational Development Consultant
I help organisations understand human behaviour to improve leadership, communication and workplace relationships.
Sheila works across psychology, human behaviour, neurodiversity, emotional intelligence and communication. Her focus is translation: taking complex ideas about how people think, react and relate, and turning them into practical learning that leaders, teams, educators and students can use straight away.
As a speaker, author and workshop facilitator she delivers keynotes, masterclasses and workshops internationally — for organisations, universities, business schools, schools and conferences.
As featured in
Algarve Family Guide — The First Edition
Distributed via Bright International School
ADHD — From the Inside Out(page 61)
Connection before correction. Understanding before instruction.
Published as Sheila Alves Rodrigues
What you get
What changes after a session.
- Fewer conversations that go wrong
- Teams and staff leave with language for feedback, conflict and difficult moments — used the same week.
- Neurodiversity handled with confidence
- Leaders and educators stop guessing and start adjusting: practical inclusion, not policy theory.
- Behaviour understood, not managed
- People learn the why behind reactions, so escalation drops and trust rises.
- Learning that survives the session
- Every format ends with concrete practices, prompts and next steps your people can apply.
Author
Writing on behaviour, in plain language.
Alongside speaking and facilitation, Sheila writes about human behaviour, emotional intelligence and neurodiversity.
How booking works
Three steps from enquiry to stage.
- 01
Tell us the room
Audience, size, context and the outcome you need. One short enquiry form.
- 02
Receive a proposal
A tailored format, duration and outline — with fees — usually within a few working days.
- 03
Sheila delivers
In person or virtually, for teams, leadership groups, faculty, staff bodies or a conference stage.
Before you enquire
Questions organisations usually ask.
- Who do you work with?
- Organisations, universities, business schools, conference organisers and schools: leadership teams, HR and L&D teams, faculty, school leaders, teaching staff and parent communities.
- What does it cost?
- Fees depend on format, audience size, location and preparation. Send your details through the enquiry form and you will receive a clear proposal with fees.
- Where do you deliver?
- The UK, Portugal and internationally — in person or virtually.
- Can the content be tailored to us?
- Always. Every session is shaped around your sector, your people and the outcome you are trying to create.
- How far in advance should we book?
- Earlier is better for larger programmes, but shorter notice is often possible — ask and you will get a straight answer.
Testimonials
What people say
Words from coaching clients and workshop participants in the UK and Portugal.
There have been times when I have felt overwhelmed with everything that I am doing, but Sheila's coaching has enabled me to remain calm and work my way through things in a structured way… I recommend her without reservation – she is a wonderful coach, who approaches everything in a positive and hugely supportive manner.
A really interesting talk which has really helped me think about not just my happiness but the happiness of my family. I will be going away and doing the exercises.
Workshop participant, UK Really enjoyed this evening Sheila, feel like I can turn my negatives into positives.
Heather, workshop participant, UK Sheila, não mudes nada. Exatamente assim, funciona. Gostei muito e levo muita coisa para pensar.
Mónica, workshop participant, Portugal Uma sessão muito harmoniosa e esclarecedora… Muito obrigada por esta formação maravilhosa.
Jacinta, workshop participant, Portugal Foi um gosto muito grande conhecer a Sheila Dias. O desenvolvimento pessoal é um caminho, obrigada pelos ensinamentos. Gostava de ter ficado o dia todo.
Workshop participant, Portugal Sheila, estás num excelente caminho! Levarás a tua mensagem muito longe.
Rosa, workshop participant, Portugal
Next step
Understand the behaviour. Change the conversation. Improve the result.
Tell us what's happening. We'll listen to what you're seeing and come back with a considered response.