Leaders, join us to...
We can all ignore our psychology and the dynamics at play every day in every team. But what's at stake if we do?
65% of new businesses fail due to issues of and between the founding team. Whether you're resisting help, avoiding public speaking, or snapping at your team - with professional support the risks can be lessened.
85% of long term job success relies on people skills; only 15% on technical skills (of Fortune 500 CEOs, Harvard). Invest in yours.
The top skills for modern leaders? Creativity, self-awareness, agilty, analytical thinking (World Economic Forum, 2023)
Who you are and how you lead matters. It makes a difference to your work (and home) life every day.
The Secrets of Great Leadership
Your Goal & The 7 Steps to Success
Defining, blocking and creating success; establish your unique version of success, and the 7 steps to achieve it.
Cohesive teams
Learn what people need to bring them together. After one Circle Line session, a line manager described how it had transformed a work relationship she had, because she now understood how each other work and thrive.
Drivers & Blockers
We reveal how to spot the working styles and the 12 "injunctions" we receive as children that hold us back today.
Team dynamics
Discover "I'm Ok- You're Ok" leadership; a worldview based on listening and understanding your colleagues to develop more respect and empowerment.
Stress & strokes
The unavoidable and the antidote; stress and how you respond to it, and how to look after yourself through it.
Games & Conflict
Have an "a-ha moment" as you learn a transformative model for how tensions are created, our role and how to step out.
Our Expertise
Philippa Richardson
Founder & Transactional Analyst Psychotherapist
"I was an ex-lawyer and a head of marketing, yet when I came to lead my own business, it was a whole different ball game. Our company's success depended on me to a degree I'd not experienced before. And my patterns of thinking and behaving sometimes got in the way.
Thanks to my training as a Transactional Analysis psychotherapist I could better understand what was going on with me, my colleagues and our team dynamics. I distilled this into The Circle Line so you can too (without the 4 years spent qualifying!).
Whether you're here for help with managing clients, delegating or building a positive culture, the quality of your interactions will influence the quality of your life. Master the art of the transaction and the world is your oyster. ”
The Accelerator is your own personal 360 review. It gives you a framework to understand and improve your relationships and habits, revealing the patterns that limit you.
Benefit from easy-to-understand, empirically-developed insights, revealing your style of leading and what's really going on in your team.
You're in good hands: our practitioners formally train for 3-5 years to qualify (it's rigorous - there are only 900 Transactional Analysts in the UK)
Our platform distills decades of psychology into 12 easy-to-understand Tools you can apply day to day.
Jack Pijl
Leadership Coach & Transactional Analysis Psychotherapist
"I have worked in financial services, including banking, wealth management and insurance, media and law - and have over 15 years of experience working in a senior management capacity in different sectors. I have lead large, multi-jurisdictional teams and understand the leadership challenges associated with those roles.
Over this time, I have gained tremendous knowledge of work-related issues from stress, performance anxiety to leadership issues and team development."
"It’s true that being a founder is incredibly stressful... The tumultuous experience of being an entrepreneur can lead to self-doubt, imposter syndrome, loneliness and good old-fashioned burnout." - Forbes.
"81% of founders don't feel they can be open about their stresses, fears and challenges."
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"Over 80% of business leaders show fatigue, low motivation, mood swings, and sleep difficulties" - BUPA