Develop your practice beyond technique.
Fiona's training is designed for ADIs and PDIs who want to go beyond simply collecting techniques or preparing to satisfy assessment criteria.
Her work focuses on understanding the person behind the driving behaviour, helping instructors develop practical coaching and communication skills they can use in real lessons, with real drivers, in real situations.
The Evidence-Led Behaviour Change Method™ provides the connecting thread through every programme, workshop, and one-to-one session: activity-based learning that replaces instruction with insight.
5 ways to enhance your training toolbox
Fiona introduces five different ways to develop your approach, from practical coaching tools and workshops to a comprehensive development programme.
Game On: Level 1
Game On gives ADIs a completely different way of teaching that removes fear and pressure from the learning process, and brings the joy and the love of the job back into their lessons.
Level 1
Available now
Level 2
Coming soon
Level 3
In development
Beyond the Test
A 10-week programme implementing the Evidence-Led Behaviour Change Method™, for driving instructors who refuse to teach for the test alone.
- A structured development programme
- 10 × 2-hour sessions
- Organised into five modules
- Practical, not purely theoretical
- Activities, discussion & online resources
- Focus on factors behind driving behaviour
Next intake ·13 January 2027
Focused CPD you can use tomorrow.
Focused sessions giving you practical approaches and tools you can take directly into your lessons, not theory for its own sake.
Scaling: The Key to Better Conversations
A live 2-hour practical workshop exploring a structured, evidence-led coaching approach that helps your pupils evaluate themselves honestly, recognise risk, and decide their own path forward.
Who it may help: Driver trainers, ADIs, PDIs and instructor trainers who want to move beyond fault-finding and develop genuinely self-reflective drivers.
Next available ·5 November 2026
Mind Mapping: Their Brain Dump
A 2-hour workshop exploring how Mind Mapping techniques can transform how you and your learners approach challenges, a practical, client-centred coaching tool for helping learners express, organise and connect their thinking.
Who it may help: ADIs and PDIs working with learners who are anxious, over-confident, or struggling to organise their thinking and express what they know.
Next available ·26 November 2026
Group training for associations, schools and professional organisations.
FionaDrive workshops and programmes can also be delivered for driving instructor associations, driving schools and professional groups.
Whether an organisation wants to bring Fiona into an existing CPD programme, arrange a dedicated workshop, or provide structured development for its members, Fiona can discuss the most appropriate format and group arrangement.
Discuss Group TrainingGo Solo: Your Session, Your Way
A bespoke 1-to-1 workshop completely designed to suit your individual needs. The development begins with the instructor and their needs rather than with a fixed course syllabus.
This starts with you, rather than with a fixed course syllabus. Before the session, we'll have a conversation about your goals and the situations you want help with. Fiona then designs a session that addresses exactly what you need, with no generic content and no wasted time.
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What instructors say.
"CC applied Fiona's Mind Mapping technique with a learner who wanted to drive on dual carriageways but was frightened by the speed and concerned about having enough time to stop or react. Using Mind Mapping, the learner explored their own thinking and identified that looking further ahead could provide more time to react, a solution the learner generated themselves, rather than being told by the instructor. Following the session, the learner felt less frightened about progressing onto the dual carriageway. The key outcome was that the Mind Mapping process helped the learner work through the feeling and identify their own practical response."
CC
"I have been instructing for 30 years I was very sceptical of coaching as a new method of teaching learner drivers. If you want to learn about driver coaching I am able to recommend Fiona highly."
Alan J Barker
BA DSA ADI
"After previously having a bad experience on learning to drive, I'm glad that I had Fiona as my driving instructor. Fiona is very reliable and professional but in the same time fun and can make me feel relaxed during the lessons. I appreciate her way of coaching instead of teaching, so I can actually learn to be in control of my driving instead of being told what to do and how to drive. I feel more confident now as I know that I didn't just learn to drive but I learn would recommend her for sure!"
Rina P
"Fiona, you have to be one of the funniest and friendliest people i know, whilst i had a few instructers in the past which didnt work well for the way i learn you was their quick to help me learn, what i liked so much in the way you tought me you didnt tell me what to do, you asked me what i wanted to do and we then discussed what i did well and what i needed to improve. I learnt very quickly and passed my test with ZERO minors. I am very happy about the way you made me feel confident and helped me to pass. You are a brilliant driving instructer and i wish you well for the future. Clauds xxx"
Claudia