Find Your Growth Squad

Business Boards Redefined

‘Growth is abundant 

Honesty is encouraged 

Vulnerability is welcomed 

Support is real and active

You can put your guard down 

You inspire each other to grow 

You keep each other on track 

You help during times of struggle 

You let others support you

All of you feel stronger together’

Circles of Ambitious Leaders across the UK looking for strategy, community and success.

This isn't your ordinary peer group. Our next-level service provides you with personalised support from a strategic chair, a peer board with the same authority as a formal board, plus masterminds, assurance, benchmark reporting... and did we mention that our board meetings feature fine dining and stunning venues?

Each circle has a maximum of 10 seats with all participants gaining entry through an interview process. There are no conflicting seats to keep the group open, and all members sign a circle agreement which includes an NDA.

Each Circle is expertly created to give the members maximum growth potential in the best possible way to help them grow!

The Strategic Circle is powered by multi-award winning Company, Real World Consultancy.

Each circle is expertly curated to include:

  • Quarterly Board Accelerator Days

    Unlike any other 'board' meeting you have attended before, these accelerator days are hosted at a variety of exclusive 5* locations within the West Midlands, and include:

    - Board-level presentations from each member

    - Hot seat spot - peer feedback

    - Masterminds

    - Co-working/ Networking/Collaboration time

    - Private Fine dining experience

    All of the clout of a board meeting, without the stuffiness! We guarantee you will be counting down the days to each accelerator day!

  • Support from your chair

    Accountability is built on consistency. Your monthly package of support provides the structure you need to turn your strategy into action, address challenges, and stay accountable to deliver.

    - Strategy reset sessions to set your monthly focuses through ‘sprint planning’.

    - Quarterly 121 Power hours with your strategic partner to set your quarterly plans.

    - Strategy days to establish your personal blueprint for ambitious growth.

  • Peer Support

    There is power in the collective, each circle is designed to ensure a perfect blend of ambitious leaders.

    - Whatsapp group

    - Member pay it forward scheme - give and take 2 hrs a month to another member

  • The cherry on top

    - 121 Coaching for yourself or team members with an RWC Coach.

    - Additional 121 Power Hours with your strategic partner

    - Strategy Days in person with your Strategic Partner.

Joining a strategic circle is a powerful way to accelerate your growth.

By combining a clear strategy with personal, professional, and business development, the support of your growth squad, board-level accountability, and expert guidance, you'll be amazed at how quickly you can achieve your ambitious goals! All while feeling less alone, more in control, and part of something bigger!

It starts with Ambition

It grows with Strategy

The Strategic Circle is hosted by Award Winning business, Real World Consultancy (RWC)

All of RWC’s services and support revolve around the Ambitious Growth Model, a sustainable platform for business, personal and professional growth starting from Ambition up!

Our tailored approach using this model enables us to integrate your personal, professional, and business goals to create a comprehensive growth strategy. We simplify complex concepts, offering a clear blueprint for achieving your ambitions.

This is at the heart of the strategic circle.

It started with a post-it note

"I founded The Strategic Circle in 2023 as a sister company to Real World Consultancy (RWC), an award-winning business coaching company I established in 2018.

It all started with a simple post-it note that read "Think Like a CEO." This idea has evolved over the years, inspiring me to create The Strategic Circle.

While coaching numerous businesses myself, and watching the team support over 600 business owners, I noticed a clear pattern:

  1. leaders who positioned themselves at CEO level (irrespective of title) and held themselves to account to that level, saw greater progress.

  2. Those most successful in their growth not only worked on themselves consistently through coaching, but had regular strategy planning sessions, a crystal clear and reportable strategy.

  3. They held themselves to account from a higher level of ‘board’. Be it from a non-exec director, a formal board, or involvement in a peer-board.

  4. Finally, those who grew their portfolio of business ideas sustainably, were fully aligned and took action which was congruent with their personal goals.

Inspired by this insight, I created The Strategic Circle, a unique community designed to empower ambitious leaders. Our goal is to do the hard work to identify what mechanisms and services are the most successful to grow strategically, and to provide them as one simplified framework and service! “

Emma May Fishlock

Founder of The Strategic Circle

Visit our sister site RWC

Cymone Wood
MD and Founder
www.Malvernserenity.co.uk


Achieved: Expedited growth from one room self employed operation, to two floors, 10 members of staff multi award winning salon in under 3 years.

We think her business is amazing because: Despite the rapid growth the same values are evident throughout

" Before working with The Strategic Circle, I felt overwhelmed by the very idea of scaling my business.

Thanks to Emma's expertise and support, I gained the confidence and knowledge I needed to succeed.I'm now more settled, productive, and happier than ever in my thriving business.

Emma and the team have been instrumental in my growth. They've helped me think strategically, improve my operations, and achieve my ambitious goals."

How we do it

  • Ambition: We value and support ambition as the driving force behind personal, professional and business growth.

  • Alignment: We believe in aligning personal, professional, and business goals to create a cohesive and effective strategy

  • Accountability: We hold ourselves and our clients accountable to their commitments, ensuring progress and results.

  • Clarity: We empower our clients with clarity over the "why, what, how, where, and when". We break down complex concepts into clear, actionable steps for easy implementation.

  • Personalisation: Every strategy is different! We work with a small amount of clients and offer a personal service to ensure maximum results. Your business, is our business!