Welcome to the HR Space
A safe place for authentic connection and exploration
The HR Space is a supportive community that provides confidential, expert-led supervision that protects and sustains senior HR leaders, helping them decompress, reflect, and lead with renewed clarity. You can access support through a peer group cohort, one-to-one supervision or an in-house HR Space programme for your organisation.
Why now?
Senior HR leaders are carrying more than ever. The pace of business is relentless. Tribunals are on the rise. Employees are more aware of their rights and rightly so.
As a result, more leaders are leaning on HR to support them emotionally and psychologically. And every decision you make carries emotional, ethical, and organisational weight.
Yet while therapists, coaches and medical professionals have long had supervision to protect their wellbeing and effectiveness, HR has had no equivalent. Until now.
That’s why Mind Values Leadership created The HR Space: structured supervision developed specifically for HR professionals. Whether you benefit most from the perspective of external peers, dedicated one-to-one support or supervision within your own organisation, the purpose is the same: to give you somewhere to pause, process and replenish so you can keep leading with clarity, resilience and humanity in a world where leadership is tough.
Want to find the right HR Space for you? Book a confidential call with Emma.
What do we mean by ‘supervision’?
Supervision is a structured process that’s standard for therapists, coaches, and many healthcare professionals. It’s designed to protect wellbeing, sustain effectiveness, and provide a confidential space to explore the emotional, ethical, and relational challenges that come with supporting others.
In simple terms, it’s a blend of reflection, support, and professional guidance. Supervision gives you time and space to talk through the difficult stuff, gain perspective, and leave lighter and clearer.
For HR leaders, that’s vital — because it’s not just that you carry a heavy load; the rest of the leadership team often leans on you too. That dual burden is unsustainable without the kind of structured, psychologically safe support that supervision provides.
Unlike pure coaching, supervision starts with what you bring into the room. There is space to reflect, explore and find your own way forward, but also to draw on our extensive HR experience, advice and perspective where that is helpful.
Why us?
The HR Space is created and powered by Mind Values Leadership (MVL), a coaching consultancy dedicated to transforming leadership through courageous conversations, behavioural insight, and human-centred growth.
Emma Canter, MVL’s Founder and a former senior HR leader, has spent her career supporting leaders and navigating the complexities of HR at the highest levels. She is now a leadership coach working with CPOs, VPs, HR Directors and other senior leaders.
Emma knows first-hand the weight HR professionals can carry and the difference it makes to have a safe, structured space to step away from the day-to-day, reflect on what is happening and work through what comes next.
You can access HR supervision through a peer group, work with us on a one-to-one basis, or bring The HR Space into your organisation for an in-house programme. Each offers something slightly different, but all are designed to provide confidential, expert-led space for reflection, support and professional guidance.
When you book a call, you’ll speak directly with Emma about what you need and which version of The HR Space is likely to work best for you.
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Working alongside her is Dr Erica Bowen, an EMCC-accredited coach-mentor, Chartered Psychologist, and HCPC-registered practitioner psychologist with more than two decades in senior academic leadership.
Renowned for her “caring but daring” leadership style, she has led high-performing departments and cross-university teams and now runs an international coaching practice supporting women in leadership.
Her approach integrates developmental psychology, neuropsychology, and trauma-informed practice with future-focused positive psychology coaching. Clients describe her as combining ‘pointy questions’ with deep compassion, fun, and honesty.
In The HR Space, Erica brings both psychological depth and real-world leadership insight, creating a reflective, empowering environment that helps HR leaders sustain themselves while leading others.
How it works
The HR Space is not a course or membership. It is structured HR supervision, available in three different formats so you can choose the support that best fits your circumstances.
Not sure which format is right for you? Book a confidential call with Emma to talk through what you need.
What you’ll gain
- A safe and confidential outlet to process the realities of working in HR.
- Sharper boundaries, steadier emotions, and greater clarity in decision-making.
- Regular space to decompress, reflect and reduce the risk of burnout and overwhelm.
- Professional challenge and perspective that helps you work through difficult, complex or emotionally demanding situations.
- Support that is shaped around the way you want to work – through trusted peers, one-to-one supervision or an in-house group.
- For organisations, a practical way to support the wellbeing and effectiveness of the HR people others rely on.
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Your investment
Joining The HR Space is an investment in your wellbeing, resilience, and leadership impact
- PEER GROUP: £3,500 (including VAT) for 12 months of facilitated supervision, reflection, and peer support.
Book a confidential call with Emma to discuss the right option for you.
Proposed dates
Subject to change.
Our next group:
- Online – Friday Mornings
26th June, 31st July, 21st August, 25th September, 23rd October, 20th November, 11th December, 15th January, 19th February - In Person – Thursday 18th March 2027
Not sure which option is right for you or can’t make the dates work?
You don’t need to wait for the next peer group to access The HR Space. You can work with Emma one-to-one, explore an in-house HR Space for your organisation, or join a future peer group.
Book a confidential call with Emma to talk through what would work best for you. If the peer-group format is right but the timing isn’t, you can also join the waitlist to hear about future groups.
FAQs - The HR Space
What exactly is ‘supervision’ for senior HR leaders, and why is it necessary now?
Supervision is a structured, confidential process, which is standard for coaches and therapists, that offers HR leaders a dedicated space to reflect on the emotional and ethical challenges of their role, ensuring their wellbeing and sustained effectiveness in a high-pressure environment.
How can senior HR leaders find a confidential, trusted peer network to discuss difficult, sensitive issues?
If learning alongside peers appeals to you, the Peer Group offers a carefully curated and confidential environment in which HR professionals can share perspective and experience. Participants are protected by clear confidentiality and ethical boundaries, and cohorts are structured to avoid competitors. If you would prefer completely individual support, the One-to-One HR Space may be a better fit.
We need a solution to help our HR Directors manage the emotional and ethical weight of their complex decisions. What works?
Structured, expert-facilitated supervision is proven to help. It provides dedicated time for decompression and reflection, leading to sharper boundaries, steadier emotions, and greater clarity in ethically complex decision-making for the leader.
Who facilitates the HR supervision process, and what are their credentials for handling complex HR issues?
The HR Space is led by Emma Canter, a former senior HR leader and experienced leadership coach who understands the context and complexity HR professionals are working within. Emma works alongside Dr Erica Bowen, a Chartered Psychologist and accredited coach-mentor who brings additional psychological depth and a trauma-informed perspective.
How much does a long-term, structured group support program for senior HR practitioners cost?
The investment depends on the way you access The HR Space. You can book a call to talk to Emma about what would work best for you or your organisation.
Is the one-to-one HR Space the same as coaching?
No. There may be coaching within the conversation, but HR supervision is broader. It gives you space to reflect on what you’re carrying and work through professional, emotional or ethical challenges, with advice, mentoring and our HR perspective and experience available where useful.
Can you provide The HR Space for our in-house HR team?
Yes. The in-house version brings structured HR supervision into your organisation and can be shaped around the needs and circumstances of your team. Talk to Emma about what would work best.
Which HR Space is right for me?
That depends on what you need. You may value the perspectives of external peers, prefer the depth and privacy of one-to-one supervision, or want to introduce supervision across your own HR team. A conversation with Emma can help you decide which route is likely to be most useful.
How will confidentiality be protected?
Every participant signs an NDA and a supervision contract. Sessions are held under clear, professional boundaries.
What if my competitor applies?
Cohorts are carefully curated to avoid competitors being in the same group. We also ensure no two people from the same employer are placed together.
What if I can’t attend every session?
Regular attendance is encouraged to protect the integrity of the cohort, but we recognise that sometimes life and work get in the way. The commitment is 12 months, with understanding for unavoidable absences.
Talk to Emma about which version of The HR Space is right for you.