How it Works
Professional Guides
CircleSpace Guides™ are experts in small group dynamics. They create space to amplify all voices and set minds & hearts at ease. They assess a team or circle of peers and can chart a structured process that gets them where they want to go. They give confidence to lean into tough but rewarding conversations. They model how leadership can come from anywhere in the circle. They teach facilitation.
Circles Guides come to us through various Circles ‘traditions’ – team development, group & peer coaching, leadership development, restorative practices, forum, masterminds, executive education and more. They may or may not practice 1:1 executive, career, fitness, mindfulness or other coaching. They love unlocking deep ties in a small group. They are joining us on our mission to support more circles in the world.
Meet Our Guides
Our work with the Lauder Institute at Wharton, Harvard Business School and YPO, allowed us to attract and train a pool of world-class guides who are agile and experienced to meet your most challenging team and work with your senior leaders.
Liz Tillman
Nissa Whittle
Elaine Cohen
Devra Cohen-Tigor
Renate Matroos
Ami Paradise
Anna Jollymore
Rachel Lewin
Katy Becker
Karen Mack
Heidi Holliday
Anja Achenbach
Atieno Bird
Bob Halperin
Brandon Peele
Carolyn Sullivan
Carolyn B Thompson
Connie Armerding
Ewa Borowska
Joy Baum
Laura May
Mario Villarejo
Melissa OHara
Michelle Clarke
Pierre Heistein
Becca Bartholomew
Richard Gold
Sarah Jensen
Sue Stockdale
Sylvia Henderson
Tina Patterson
Valari Jackson
Brandon Davis
Jonathan Hefter
Andrea Bolognini
Cesar Castro
Christine Burns
Hina Kharbey
Elizabeth Werbe
Mahesh Upadhyaya
Cristina Mateo
Immanuel Holtmannspoetter
Kate Harrington-Rosen
Roger Gustafson
Bobby Bakshi
Purpose-built Technology
We’ve designed a video conferencing platform to help small groups follow best practices for superior group dynamics. Administrative features make it easy to coordinate thousands of video conferencing sessions in a program.
For example
Interactive Agendas
Keeps your session on time and on point
Conversation Tools
Features that boost energy, equitable talk time and dialogue that flows without interruptions
Action Tracking
Keep a parking lot so you don't lose important topics or follow ups
Sparks and Prompts
Pull from libraries of content that push the conversation
Dashboards
Easily curate the right people for a group, automate administration, measure it all at scale
Fun
When was the last time you danced, hugged and threw confetti in a video conference?
“Learning is great, but the real value of ideas is when they are put into action. Discovering Circles, I saw the potential for real transformation. It offers a unique opportunity to put this theory into practice and change any organization’s culture.”
Janan Knust
CEO & Founder at KLog
Circles Practices
Our experts infused Circles best practices and principles throughout our technology and services.
Curate 5-12 diverse peers
(or start with a team)
Facilitate a high-trust space during recurring 1-2 hour sessions
Drop-in short learning sparks related to the shared purpose
Reflect to unearth the
biggest challenges
Explore challenges together using questions and stories
Capture actions
Outcomes
What do participants get? These outcomes are consistent, although each program emphasizes some more than others.
Network
Build enduring social capital and deep ties to give/get help
Skills
Improve collaboration and communication skills
Support
Gain agency and confidence
Self-awareness
Improve your understanding of strengths, weaknesses and blind spots
Challenges
Reveal and pay attention to the most dire risks and biggest opportunities
Action
Get help with major decisions and a peer-push to follow-through
Enjoyment
Look forward to a session in your calendar that breaks from the grind
“The Team Table made space for the important conversations my team needs to have in order to succeed.”
Sjors Melskens
Director, Global Digital Business Office at SAP
World Class Service
We don’t like to brag, but as of updating this website in 2024 the last 18 of our b2b clients gave us a Net Promoter Score of 86. That would put us just under Tesla as the highest customer satisfaction in the world. OK, we’re bad at bragging. So we’ll let our clients do it for us. They said, “I have yet to make an inquiry that wasn’t handled well.” “DIversity, creativity, willingess to help.” “Incredible partnership. Very responsive, helpful and organized.” “The team always approaches working with us with pateince, empathy and really trieds to help us get UNDER what itis we’re woking on.” “The feedback we have received from our employees confirms what we already know; our relationship with and usage of Circles were exactly what was needed to help us create an inclusive environment where our employees thrive.” “they are fantastic!” “you all bring a different lens to the work andit helps all of us to learn from those varied ideas.” “We spoke about improvements that need to be made which were rectified quickly” “Everyone is super resonsive when we have an issue.” “Fantastic group, attentive, professional and a good extension of our team” “Truly special people… positive, patient, mission-aligned”
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