Empowering people and businesses to achieve their best.
Executive coaching, advisory, and project delivery support for leaders and complex organisations
The Challenges that many organisations are facing right now
Organisations strive to deliver meaningful work, develop their people through executive coaching, and sustain healthy performance. However, under pressure, that focus can begin to drift. Often, leaders are navigating:
- Projects that matter keep stalling or consuming more energy than they should
- People who are capable but unsupported in their development
- Environments that feel reactive rather than intentional
- The pressure of decisions without space to think.
These challenges are rarely dramatic; they are gradual and compound over time.
At Happen Training, we specialise in leadership coaching, delivery, and workplace culture development, working at the intersection of leadership transformation, culture, and project delivery support.
We help organisations strengthen clarity, improve decision quality, and stabilise execution, especially under pressure. Work shouldn’t just be done; it should be done well, with clarity and integrity.
Meet the Founder & Chief Hugger
Michelle Tackie Obende MEng Chartered FCIPD
Director of Happen Training, Director of MI Happen CIC, and an Executive Coach and Consultant.
Michelle draws on over 18 years' experience across business change delivery, organisational change, business operations, governance, technology delivery, and people development to help leaders navigate complexity, make better decisions, and lead with confidence, within private, public and third sector. With over 12 years of coaching leaders through change and complexity, and more than a decade of service within Church of England governance at parish, deanery, diocesan and national level, she brings a unique combination of leadership, coaching and governance expertise. She understands how different types of organisations function under pressure, not just in theory, but in practice. Michelle specialises in navigating the intersections of "pressure, politics, and responsibility," bringing calm and practical wisdom to leadership challenges where progress may have stalled.
Being led by Michelle, with her practical experience and knowledge, combined with a unique style, we are confident that we can get to work making a positive impact quickly and help your organisation go from strength to strength.
Our Credentials
