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Struggling to keep good people - or watching them leave all the time?
Most organisations don't actually know what turnover is costing them. CIPD research found that only 17% of employers calculate the cost of staff turnover and just 12% collect data to improve retention. What tends to get missed isn't just recruitment and training spend - it's the disruption; this includes dipped morale, overtime absorbed by the team left behind and a quality dip while a new hire ramps up.
(Source: CIPD, ‘Benchmarking employee turnover’)
Often it isn't pay or workload driving people out. It's that they stop feeling like their voice changes anything. When employees feel ownership over their work and know they're genuinely listened to, they stay longer, work harder and speak well of the company they work for - which shows up in retention, in reputation and in the quality of what your teams produce.
Creative Reset facilitates that shift - building the culture, accountability and communication that keep good people in the building.
How Creative Reset can help
Creative Reset helps you develop a culture people don't want to leave - facilitated sessions that build trust, ownership and accountability across your teams.
Creative Reset helps your managers lead with more confidence and less friction - practical tools for the middle leaders who carry the most pressure with the least support.
Creative Reset helps you run a more resilient, efficient organisation - because turnover, disengagement and burnout are expensive, and prevention costs less than replacement.
Why Choose Creative Reset?
We help media organisations:
Facilitate genuine two-way dialogue between employees and leadership
Build a culture of ownership and accountability, not just compliance
Retain diverse and neurodivergent talent
Support freelancers in meaningful, structured ways
Equip middle managers with communication and leadership tools
Reduce turnover by addressing its causes, not just its symptoms
Embed a stronger culture into daily practice, not just policy
This strengthens both your people and your social value commitments.
Delivering Social Value
Creative Reset has delivered leadership and resilience workshops, seminars, group coaching practises and courses for:
Amazon Prime
Film London
National Film and Television School
University of Westminster
ScreenSkills
‘Emma Dobinson has delivered a series of group coaching sessions for the National Film and Television School. Feedback from students has been consistently positive, noting the practical tools shared, the relevance to their future careers in the creative industries and the supportive, engaging style Emma brings to each session. We have already been recommending Emma to other organisations.’
National Film & Television School
Trusted by Creative Institutions
You rely heavily on freelance production staff
Your middle managers are overstretched but essential
You’re committed to inclusion but want practical support systems
You want to prevent employee burnouts and make sure your teams are fully supported
You want preventative wellbeing — not just reactive crisis management
You believe supporting your people is part of delivering social value
You want employees to feel that they are key to the company’s success
Your staff want to feel that their voices are being heard
This Is For You If:
One-to-one coaching vs. group facilitation - what's the difference?
These are two different tools for two different problems, and Creative Reset offers both.
ONE-TO-ONE COACHING is for an individual - a leader, manager or freelancer - working through their own specific challenges in a confidential, personalised setting. It's about that person's development.
GROUP FACILITATION is for a team or organisation. Rather than coaching one person's individual growth, it is about facilitating the room - creating structured space where a whole team can surface what's really going on, be heard by leadership, and build shared ownership of what happens next. It's about the culture, not just the individual.
Many organisations use both - group facilitation to shift culture at team level and one-to-one coaching for the managers carrying the most weight.
The Reality In Media Right Now
Creative industries thrive on talent - but too often:
Freelancers feel unsupported between contracts
Production managers and middle leaders carry enormous emotional load without guidance or recognition
Burnout is normalised as part of the job
Inclusion goals exist on paper but lack real, structured support
Leaders want to do better by their people - but don’t always have the tools or the time
The result? Your best people question whether to stay. Morale erodes quietly. And the culture you want to build keeps getting pushed down the priority list.
It doesn't have to be this way.
We offer practical support that actually changes things
Leadership & Manager Coaching
Confidential, structured support for leaders and production managers who are carrying a lot and need space to think, develop and lead with more confidence.
Freelancer & Team Wellbeing Programmes
Flexible coaching and support designed for creative teams and contract-based staff - the people who are often most overlooked and most essential.
Workshops & Group Sessions
Resilience, communication, prevention of burnout, leadership and culture-building for production environments. CPD-accredited sessions available.
All programmes are tailored to your organisation's size, culture and specific challenges - virtual or in-person, short-form or extended.
What does this look like in practise?
Organisations who work with Creative Reset typically see:
Managers who feel more equipped, more confident and less reactive under pressure
Teams with stronger communication and a shared sense of purpose
Reduced turnover - because people feel seen and supported
Freelancers who feel genuinely valued, not just contracted
A wellbeing and social value commitment that has real substance behind it
This isn't about a one-off workshop that gets forgotten in a week. It's about building something that lasts.
What organisations tend to walk away with
Every engagement is shaped around what your organisation actually needs, but outcomes typically include things like:
A shared, honest understanding of what's actually driving disengagement or turnover
Practical communication tools your managers can use straightaway
A concrete starting point for culture change - not just a good conversation
A clearer sense of where ownership is breaking down, and how to rebuild it
Why Creative Reset?
Emma Dobinson brings 25+ years of lived experience inside the creative and media industries - not as a consultant who's studied them from the outside, but as someone who has worked in global TV and film production, navigated leadership challenges and built teams under real pressure.
That context matters. When Emma works with your team, she understands the terrain they're operating in. The conversations land differently as a result.
‘I bring real-world experience from television, film production, education and global development. That means I understand the actual realities of creative work - the pressures, the infrastructure, the complexity of navigating teams in high-stakes environments. When I coach or facilitate, I'm not working from theory alone. I understand the terrain you're in.’ - Emma Dobinson
Ready to invest in your people?
The first step is a free, no-obligation 30-minute conversation. We'll explore what your team needs, discuss what good support looks like for your organisation, and see whether Creative Reset is the right fit.
Creative Reset's session facilitation and group workshops are designed specifically for people working in TV, film and the wider media industry - environments where pressure, uncertainty and rapid change are simply part of the job. Whether you're looking to invest in your team or find community with peers who get it, our sessions give you practical tools to strengthen your resilience and reconnect with why you do this work.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Creative Reset offers a range of coaching and development services for teams and organisations, including group coaching, workshops and tailored programmes designed to meet your specific needs. Whether you're looking to strengthen leadership, improve team dynamics, or support your people through change, we can shape an approach that works for you. We also work with organisations of all sizes - from small teams to larger companies - both virtually and in person.
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From Emma:
I bring 25 plus years of real-world experience from television and film production, education and global development work. That's not just background - it means I understand the actual realities of creative work - the pressures, the infrastructure, the complexity of navigating teams and projects in high-stakes environments. When I coach or facilitate, I'm not working from theory alone. I understand the terrain you're operating in, which means I can offer insight and support that actually lands. That lived experience, combined with my training as a coach, creates a practice that's grounded, practical and genuinely of value for the people and organisations I work with.
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Creative Reset is committed to social value - that means working in ways that genuinely benefit people and teams, not just ticking boxes. We focus on real skill-building around areas like leadership and management, resilience, confidence, neurodiversity in creative environments, conflict resolution and communication. The aim is always to leave your team stronger, more connected and better equipped to navigate whatever comes next - because sustainable change happens when people feel supported and understood.
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Yes. We can deliver CPD-accredited workshops and group sessions for organisations and professional bodies. Whether you're looking to develop specific skills or support your team's ongoing professional development, we can shape sessions that meet your CPD requirements. Get in touch to discuss what would work best for your organisation.
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Yes - we offer both virtual and in-person sessions. We will work with you to find an approach that works best for your team, wherever you're based
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Not at all. We work with groups of varying sizes, from small teams to larger organisational cohorts. Get in touch and we can talk through what would work best for your situation.
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Absolutely - we'd encourage it. We are very happy to have an initial conversation to explore what you're looking for and whether our work is a good fit, with no obligation or cost involved. Just hit Let's Talk below to get started.
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It's simple - reach out via the Let's Talk button below and we can have an initial conversation about your needs, your team and the best way we can support you. From there, we'll shape something that works for you.