For HR and Leadership teams
NLP and EQ leadership training in Dublin for new managers
You promoted your best performers.
We give them the tools to lead.
The Zest Flow eight-week Intentional Leadership Programme is a CPD-certified NLP and EQ leadership training programme in Dublin, built to turn accidental managers into intentional leaders, through Applied Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and NLP.
THE COST OF THE ACCIDENTAL MANAGER
What is this really costing you?
6-9
18%
9%
MONTHS' SALARY TO REPLACE ONE LEAVER
LOST PRODUCTIVITY, DISENGAGED TEAMS
EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN IRELAND
vs GLOBAL AVERAGE 20%
Source: CIPD, UK
Source: People Management, CIPD UK
Source: Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2026 Ireland country data
WHY ZEST FLOW: NLP AND EQ LEADERSHIP TRAINING
Zoe Mc ClurgÂ
Founder, Facilitator and Creator of the methodology
CIPD-Accredited HR Practitioner
Licensed NLP Practitioner
Certified in EQ for Leadership
Former Executive Trainer
Former Accidental Manager
Built by someone who lived it.
This is not a generic leadership workshop with ice-breakers and a twenty-page deck, with everything forgotten by Friday.
The Zest Flow methodology was built by someone who has stood exactly where every accidental manager is standing now, and delivered in a format designed to imprint rather than teach.
HOW IT WORKS
A learning method designed for long-lasting behavioural change
1
LEARNING
See the framework
2
4
REFLECTION
Reflect in your manual
3
PRACTICE
Put it into action
4
APPLICATION
Take it to your team
5
COACHING
Talk it through
HOW IT WORKS
What makes it different?
The ROI you can
measure
Each cohort starts and ends with tangible data. The organisation gets an evidence-based report of how the behaviour shifted from the teams' perspective, not just attendance and satisfaction scores.
Certification on application, not attendance
Every participant must complete all three Labs, log their field applications on the Flow Dashboard, and attend all coaching calls, proving the skills were actually applied.
28 CPD hours, all of them evidenced.
Small enough to matter
Sixteen participants. Every cohort is capped to ensure the best delivery and real knowledge-sharing between participants, not a room of fifty taking notes.
Built for every
learner
Visual, auditory, reading and writing, and kinaesthetic elements, so every participant is engaged and supported, not just the ones who learn the way the facilitator does.
THE PROGRAMME
What's included in our NLP and EQ leadership training?
Three in-person Leadership Lab days, and everything that keeps the momentum and the learning between them.​
The Framework Manual
The accidental manager's toolkit.
The Flow Dashboard
Log fieldwork, book calls, chat with your peers & track your progress.
3Â Leadership Labs
Three full-day, all-inclusive Leadership Labs, 9:00 to 17:00. You discover the pillars of emotional intelligence and NLP in person, then apply them through real-life scenarios, auditing, journaling, pair work and brainstorming.
Pod Coaching Calls
Your pod of four. Coached after each Lab.
1:1 Executive Coaching
A final 30-min call in week eight.
Founder SupportÂ
Direct email support from the founder during the eight weeks.
ENDORSEMENTS
2027 COHORT DATES
16 participants max
3 off-site Lab days (Tuesdays)
9:00 to 17:00
In Dublin city centre
​All-inclusive venue
COHORT 1
Starts Tuesday 26 January 2027
Ends Tuesday 23 March 2027
EARLY BIRD PRICES UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 2026
COHORT 2
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Starts Tuesday 13 April 2027
Ends Tuesday 8 June 2027
EARLY BIRD PRICES UNTIL 28 FEBRUARY 2027
COHORT 3
Starts Tuesday 7 September 2027
Ends Tuesday 2 November 2027
EARLY BIRD PRICES UNTIL 30 JUNE 2027