Circl

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Most leadership development puts experienced professionals in a room together and calls it growth. Circl does something more interesting. Circl pairs business professionals with high-potential 18–24 year olds from underrepresented backgrounds in a shared coaching experience, where both sides learn, and both sides lead. Professionals and future leaders develop real coaching skills together as equals, taking turns coaching one another on real-life challenges and goals. The model works. 90% of professionals report becoming a more inclusive leader as a result. 98% of line managers see measurable improvement in performance. Partners include Meta, Barclays, Google, Innocent, Uber and Rolls-Royce. The programme is accredited by the Association for Coaching, and operates across 30+ countries. Charlie the founder, started at a Pupil Referral Unit in North West London, where he saw coaching transform young people's confidence from the ground up. Circl is now focused on scaling its reach, more young people, more organisations, greater impact, without losing the human quality that makes it work.