Welcome to Training for Reality

Specialist Conflict Management, Staff Situational Safety
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Enhanced Leadership & Management Training

Welcome to our website and thank you for stopping by.

My name is Garth and I’m the proud Founder and Owner of Training for Reality.

Our company name sums up what you can expect…

We deliver realistic and transformational training, to give you and your staff real impact and influence, in the real world.

You can expect excellence forged from my extensive experience as a team member, manager, leader, educator, former Military veteran, Police officer, National Security operative, and business owner.

All our courses are designed to Inform, Inspire and Empower those who attend.

Along the Top tabs you’ll be able to read a bit more about me, my background and my values.

Under the Courses tab, you’ll be able to see the types of courses and services we offer and also find more detail on specific courses.

The Pricing tab, is where you’ll find clarity and transparency on what our costs are. We think it is so important for honesty and trust, that you know what these are upfront.

Under the FAQs tab, you’ve guessed it… that’s where you’ll find the most frequently asked questions and we’ll be adding to those as new one’s come in.

Under the Contact Me tab, you’ll be able to see our best contact details and finally, under the Book a Call tab, there you’ll be able to see my availability and choose a time that suits you to have a chat with me.

Under the Media tab at the bottom, you’ll find photos, podcasts, video links and any other media we are involved in. For the boring but important stuff you’ll find the Policies tab at the bottom too.

I always love to have face to face discovery meetings with everyone, be that a physical one, or on one of the various video platforms, but you’re the client, so you choose what suits you best and what you prefer.

Once again, thank you for taking the time out of your day to visit our website. We never take these visits for granted and look forward to meeting and chatting with you soon.

Until then, enjoy the site and take care!

Training for Reality – Overview:

Training for Reality delivers realistic, face-to-face, scenario-based training built on decades of frontline Military, Police, and National Security experience.
Unlike online tick-box compliance courses, Training for Reality prioritises authentic, experiential learning that empowers individuals and organisations to respond confidently under pressure.

Courses are tailored to your industry and working environment, they are interactive and adaptable, ensuring that both employers and staff not only enjoy their learning experience, and get excellent value for money, but they’ll also meet regulatory requirements (e.g. HASAWA 1974 (General duty of care to protect and train staff), Worker Protection Act 2023 (recognise, risk assess, and have the confidence to report any form of sexual harassment).

They will also develop genuine psychological resilience, safety awareness, and leadership skills and behaviours, that will build their knowledge, understanding, and confidence whilst creating a lasting and positive impact with colleagues, stakeholders and clients alike.

All of our training courses are crafted to maximise the power of positive human behaviour and minimise the impact of negative behaviours. That includes the content itself and the way we deliver the training.

Our use of scenarios, lived experiences and conversational delivery style, is key to ensuring participants enjoy, retain and can recall the information, even when under pressure. It is extremely important that our training allows you to see a return on your investment and time, i.e. your staff can use their new knowledge, confidence, skills, and behaviours to manage, persuade, influence, and lead others afterwards, and also to stay safe when going to and from and when at work.

Our training equips people with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitudes, and behaviours needed to:

Build trust, loyalty, and cohesion within teams and organisations, navigate interpersonal dynamics with clarity and compassion, and safely and professionally respond to conflict triggers, stress, and uncertainty, with emotional intelligence and professionalism.

Delegates are taught how to manage their own emotions, structure their decision-making, and chose their behavioural responses. They’ll learn how to understand and manage themselves and others in times of calm, as well as crisis and challenge.

They will leave our training better equipped to ensure consistent, authentic and genuine relationships and leadership, which in turn engenders trust, loyalty and a team-bond, like no other.

Training for Reality’s sweet spot is organisations with frontline or people-facing staff, who are legally obligated to provide safety and conflict training, alongside corporates and public sector teams, who want to upskill leaders in resilience, decision-making, and conflict management.

Those include but are not limited to:

Public sector – e.g. Councils and Local authorities, Emergency services and Government departments

Housing Providers – e.g. Local Authority and Charitable Housing associations, Arm’s Length Management Organisations (ALMOs), Private Registered Providers, etc

Healthcare sector – e.g. Doctors, Nurses, Mental health, Care workers and Outreach workers, Charity workers and Counsellors.

Education sector – e.g. Schools, Colleges and universities for both staff and students

Hospitality sector – e.g. Hotels, Pubs, Clubs, Cafes, and Entertainment venues

The Travel and Tourism sector – e.g. Theme parks, Public Parks and other Leisure facilities

Transport sector – e.g. Haulage firms, Bus companies, Taxi-firms, and other transport operators

THE PROBLEMS WE SOLVE


Keeping your people safe – too many staff face aggressive or unpredictable situations at work, from lone working to customer disputes. We equip your teams with the confidence and skills to recognise potential escalation before it occurs, manage it if it does, de-escalate it safely and professionally, stay safe, and make better decisions under pressure.

Building resilient leaders – managers are often promoted without the tools to manage people or team dynamics, handle conflict, have tough conversations, or make structured, justifiable decisions that carry real consequences. We prepare leaders to communicate with clarity, manage pressure, and lead teams with confidence and fairness.

Fixing team dysfunction – poor communication, clashing personalities, and lack of trust holds teams back. Our training helps people understand themselves and each other better, building collaboration, accountability, and stronger team performance and to respond calmly and effectively when it matters most.

Preparing for the unexpected – crises don’t come with a manual. Whether it’s a reputational issue, a high-risk incident, or organisational change, many teams only
discover their gaps when it’s too late. We stress-test your organisation through realistic scenarios, so you can respond calmly and effectively when it matters most.

Trust is rarely built during a crisis but it will always be tested!

Retaining and valuing staff – employees who feel unsupported in difficult or dangerous situations are more likely to leave. You can show your staff they’re valued by giving them meaningful, practical training that protects their wellbeing, boosts morale, and strengthens trust in you, their employer.

OUR BELIEF

We firmly believe that you can teach someone ‘what’ to do, but when you train people ‘how’ to be their best self, you unleash authenticity, which in turn engenders trust and loyalty.

The greatest untapped resource in any team or organisation, is not technology, it’s the power of its people to understand, adapt and respond to one another with respect, authenticity and a willingness to work together for the benefit of all.

Training for Reality courses aren’t just skill-building exercises; they are a catalyst for cultural change in your organisation.

With more confident, competent, skilled, and emotionally intelligent managers and leaders, your get happier more committed staff. That in turn translates to higher performance and productivity, better morale and staff retention, and more cohesive and resilient teams.

When people truly understand themselves, their impact on others, and the reasons for each other’s behaviours; everything shifts from conflict to collaboration, silence to connection, and individuals who work in a team, become individuals who work, AS a team.

Every penny invested in our style of human behaviour training, is also an investment in future-proofing your business, your workplace culture, developing yourself, and developing your team.

Reach out to us today, to transform your team dynamics with calm, clarity, and authentic cooperation.

When we accept that challenges WILL come, we stop wasting energy resisting them, and start building the strength and skills to respond with clarity, calm and purpose.”

Garth Stinson, Founder & Director
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When staff have fallen out, left the organisation, under-performed, behaved badly, inappropriately, or have started HR proceedings; it is nearly always because of a human behaviour or poor dynamic between individuals. Rarely is it a lack of skill or lack of qualifications.

Understanding our own and other’s motivational drivers and core values, as well as what triggers us and others into conflict, is essential if we are to work alongside, manage and lead people and teams.

Knowing how to spot, avoid and move back out of conflict, is also critically important to maintain relationships and resolve conflict safely, for the benefit of all parties.

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Overview

Training for Reality Ltd was founded in 2024 with the goal of delivering training that connects individuals, teams and organisations through the understanding of human behaviours, mutual respect and compassion.

We specialise in empowering leaders, managers, teams and individuals to navigate the complexity of real-world challenges, whether it’s handling conflict, ensuring the safety of staff and lone workers, or cultivating stronger, happier and more productive workplaces.

Our clients span community groups, housing associations, charities, public bodies, schools and colleges, the hospitality industry, small, medium and large businesses, Tier 1 specialist military units, and private individuals.

When the pressure rises, when decisions count, and when people and teams are stretched, the difference between reaction and reason, chaos and clarity, damage and dignity, staff retention and staff resignations, is being able to work ‘as’ a team, not just ‘on’ a team!

Because, when crisis strikes, trust isn’t built, it’s exposed.

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Our Vision

Is to provide leaders, managers, teams, and individuals with the knowledge, understanding, skills, attitude and behaviours, needed to confidently, safely and compassionately carry out their work, and navigate daily life with more confidence and less conflict, while staying true to their core values.

We want to ensure staff, managers and leaders fully understand their impact on others, and realise they can achieve so much more than they think.

We want to help transform workplaces people enjoy being in, free from petty squabbles, toxic relationships and individuals who work in silos and only for themselves.

We want to equip people to lead with compassion, and clarity, whilst staying true to the core values that shape who they are, and how they show up.

To be courageous when tough decisions and tough conversations are needed. To have the knowledge and confidence to tackle problems head-on and not let them fester, because they are in the ‘too difficult box’.

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Achieving Our Vision

By delivering face to face, impactful, memorable, and enjoyable learning experiences which inform, inspire, and empower learners to develop themselves more, and take what they’ve learned into the real world.



Every client is met with the same exceptional level of warmth, care, professionalism and realism, that defines everything we do and what we stand for.



That’s why we don’t just teach skills, we build capabilities that hold up under real-world stress.

We know, we have been there!


What our clients say!​

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Reasons to contact us

If you want to lead with confidence, and have genuine buy-in from your team.

If you want to build and maintain great relationships, manage people challenges, make consistent, fair and sound decisions.

If you want to understand yourself, what makes you tick, and what impact you have on those around you.

If you want to be more situationally aware, confidently and calmly handle conflict, and be able to spot, avoid, and de-escalate it, then work with us at Training for Reality.

We look forward to speaking with you and hope to work with you in the future.

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