“Leadership is weird. So I made it weirder — on purpose.”
Because the truth is, most leadership development never quite spoke to people like me — or the brilliant, thoughtful, slightly overwhelmed leaders I kept meeting.
The ones who are leading businesses, building teams, doing brave things… while quietly wondering if they’re just making it up as they go.
Leadership Treehouse is my answer to that.
It’s not a course. It’s not a seminar.
It’s a space to slow down, reflect, experiment, and try on new ways of leading — through story, play, nature, and curiosity.
I built this for people who want to grow and don’t find themselves fitting into traditional leadership development environments.
For anyone who’s ready to lead with more courage, clarity, and authenticity.
If that’s you — welcome.
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Because serious growth doesn’t have to feel serious.
Play helps us bypass perfectionism, access deeper insight, and practise new ways of leading in a safe, low-stakes space.
Example: Instead of talking about “conflict styles,” you’ll build a character who handles conflict differently — and practise it mid-quest. Boom: insight. -
We’re here for experiments, not perfection.
Leadership is a living practice — which means you’re allowed to test things, get it wrong, and learn without fear of failure.
Example: You try leading with less certainty and more curiosity — in character first, then real life. It feels weird. It also works. -
Forests > fluorescent lights.
Nature slows us down, sharpens our senses, and helps us hear the parts of ourselves that get drowned out in meetings and inboxes.
Example: You’re stuck in a loop. We take a walk. Ten minutes in, the idea lands. You don’t even need a whiteboard. -
Bring your awkward, brilliant, thoughtful self.
We don’t need the “professional” version of you — just the honest one. Leadership gets easier when you stop pretending to be someone else.
Example: You admit you have no idea how to lead a team through chaos. No one blinks. Turns out, you’re not the only one. -
Better questions beat fast answers. Every time.
We trade surface-level fixes for deeper reflection — because lasting change starts with awareness, not a checklist.
Example: Instead of asking, “Am I doing this right?” you ask, “What kind of leader do I want to be?” That’s where the good stuff starts.
Meet the Team
tamara Buckland
Founder/facilitator/chaos wizard
After years of working with leaders, creatives, founders, and brilliant oddballs trying to hold it all together, I realised something:
Leadership doesn’t need more rules.
It needs more room.
Room to experiment.
Room to reflect.
Room to mess it up a little, laugh, learn, and try again.
So I built the thing I wish had existed for me: a space where leadership development is deeply personal, slightly ridiculous, and refreshingly real.
I blend experiential learning, coaching, facilitation, and role-playing game mechanics to help people lead in ways that are true to them — not just what LinkedIn thinks they should be.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re making it all up (because, spoiler alert: most of us are), or like leadership training never quite got you... you might just be in the right treehouse.