Premier Life Skills · since 2007

Building wellbeing into our everyday lives

Training and coaching that helps your people stay well, stay motivated and work well together.

Mental health and wellbeing training, Motivational Maps and Territory Mapping. From Verwood, Dorset, since 2007.

Jane Thomas, Director of Premier Life Skills
Jane ThomasDirector & Lead Trainer
  • CPCAB Accredited Centre
  • Motivational Maps Senior Practitioner
  • Co-author, Mapping Motivation for Leadership
  • UK partner, Territory Mapping

“Motivation is the fuel that powers all of our endeavours, whether they be individual, team or organisational.”

James Sale & Jane Thomas · Mapping Motivation for Leadership

What we do

Our services

We help you inspire, educate and energise your people. Because behind every good leader is a team that feels valued.

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Motivational Maps

Driving staff productivity and welfare. Valuable insight into what motivates each team member, so managers can play to their people’s strengths.

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Territory Mapping

Created by Anthony Willoughby of Nomadic Wisdom, Territory Mapping helps leaders and teams see their world clearly and decide what matters most. Jane is Anthony’s UK partner.

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CPCAB accredited

Level 5 Diploma in Mental Health & Wellbeing Awareness

A solid foundation of skills and knowledge in Mental Health and Wellbeing awareness, in line with HSE Management Standards.

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Staff Wellbeing & Mental Health Awareness

Bespoke wellbeing and mental health awareness courses, workshops and strategies for your organisation.

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Train the Trainer

People 1st International certified programmes: communicate your message with clarity, energy and focus. Face to face or in the virtual classroom.

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Become a Licensed Practitioner

Our 2-day Motivational Maps Licensed Practitioner course, face to face or online, with support after certification.

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The Keep Motivating app

Your Motivational Map, always with you. Individuals see their own Map; team leaders see their team’s Maps and the team profile, with guidance on each motivator.

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Motivational MapsYou know what your people do. But do you know what truly motivates them?
Territory MappingCreated by Anthony Willoughby of Nomadic Wisdom, brought to UK organisations by Jane.

CPCAB Accredited Centre

Level 5 Diploma in Mental Health & Wellbeing Awareness

Using a range of proven techniques and activities, this course helps you to provide practical, solution-focused support and training to staff experiencing mental and physical health issues.

  • Accredited by Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB)
  • NVQ equivalent, competence-based course
  • Recommended by The International Stress Management Association (ISMA)
  • ‘Train the Trainer’ module, so you can train your teams and others
  • Classes of up to 20
  • 6-day online course (interim practice period required)

“Jane and Bev are experts in their field and have been professional and supportive throughout the programme.”

Clare Bell · CORE Coaching and Enablement

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Staff wellbeing

Happy staff are also safe staff

Awareness does not equal aptitude; that’s why employers need in-depth, certified training to make sure the methods used are research-backed and safe to practise.

We offer bespoke workshops and strategies to help individuals, teams and managers work more effectively with the resources they have, from mental health awareness for managers to stress risk assessments and action plans.

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The book

Mapping Motivation for Leadership

James Sale & Jane Thomas · Routledge, 2020

Jane co-authored this book with James Sale, the founder of Motivational Maps. It shows leaders how understanding what drives each person turns a group of people into a motivated, high-performing team.

About Jane

Jane Thomas

Director & Lead Trainer, Premier Life Skills

Jane has been a Motivational Maps Senior Practitioner since 2013 and co-wrote Mapping Motivation for Leadership with James Sale. Her final nursing role was as a Specialist Cardiac Nurse, and she brings that first-hand understanding of stress, anxiety and health to every course she runs.

Since 2007, Premier Life Skills has provided specialist coaching and training for leaders, managers and staff in mental health and wellbeing. Today Jane and her team combine that wellbeing work with Motivational Maps and Territory Mapping, helping organisations across the UK and beyond.

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Our people

Meet the team

Our Premier Life Skills trainers and consultants.

Jane Thomas
Jane ThomasDirector and Lead Trainer
Fraser Thomas
Fraser ThomasDirector of Training and Development
Bev McKay
Bev McKayTraining and Development Consultant
Graham Ravenscroft
Graham RavenscroftAssociate Trainer
John Perry
John PerryAssociate Trainer
Andy Romero-Birkbeck
Andy Romero-BirkbeckAssociate Trainer
Rachel Watson
Rachel WatsonWellbeing Consultant
Helen Buri
Helen BuriAssociate Trainer
Dr Abi Lucas
Dr Abi LucasAssociate Trainer
Margaret Rose-Reid
Margaret Rose-ReidAssociate Trainer
Tim Ripper
Tim RipperAssociate Trainer
Sarah Armstrong-Klein
Sarah Armstrong-KleinQuality Improvement & Training Consultant

Testimonials

What our clients say

“We’ve worked with Premier Life Skills and Jane Thomas for the last 6 years, during which time she’s impressed me greatly with her knowledge and professionalism… Her training is very popular and we regularly receive excellent feedback from the people who have attended.”

Paloma del Rio LopezOcc. H&S Advisor, Institution of Civil Engineers

“She has been delivering accredited stress management & mental health courses for over 20 years, as well as leadership development & team building. She is one of the most long term and respected trainers in the industry as well as a supportive and generous collaborator.”

Amy MckeownAward-Winning Health, Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategist

“It helps that as an organisation we take staff well-being very seriously – we regularly welcome Jane Thomas… into our venue to ensure minimum stress and optimum resilience through tailored training.”

Fola SalakoEvents Manager, ICE

“The ‘Mapping Motivation to support your mental health’ event by Premier Life Skills gave us excellent advice, support and understanding of these issues and each registrant (85) had a unique, individual map sent to them.”

KeithInstitution of Civil Engineers Wales Cymru

“I recently completed this course and although it was hard work, it was extremely engaging and rewarding… Would highly recommend.”

Hannah WoolliscroftMCIPD, MISMA · Level 5 Diploma

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Find out what really drives you and your team. Prefer to speak to someone in person? Give Jane a call.