NEXT CIRCLE STARTS IN AUGUST • BERLIN • STARTUP TEAM LEADS • LEADERSHIP CIRCLE • DEEP WORK CLUB • HOW OTHER COMPANIES ACTUALLY DO IT • BY APPLICATION ONLY •
SECOND CIRCLE STARTS IN AUGUST • BERLIN • STARTUP TEAM LEADS • LEADERSHIP CIRCLE • DEEP WORK CLUB • HOW OTHER COMPANIES ACTUALLY DO IT • BY APPLICATION ONLY •
SECOND CIRCLE STARTS IN AUGUST • BERLIN • STARTUP TEAM LEADS • LEADERSHIP CIRCLE • DEEP WORK CLUB • HOW OTHER COMPANIES ACTUALLY DO IT • BY APPLICATION ONLY •
Our alumni lead teams at
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“I can’t be honest with my team.”
They need you to be certain. So you perform confidence you don’t always feel, and absorb everyone’s anxiety on your own.
02
“Nobody around me gets what this is actually like.”
Your friends think you’re living the dream. Your manager expects you to handle it. Your team needs you steady. You’re solving this alone.
03
“I got promoted. Nobody gave me a manual.”
You’re figuring out leadership in real time, managing people who are better or more senior than you at their jobs, while everyone watches.
WHAT IT IS
A room where you don’t have to perform.
Max. 10 team leads per cohort
After 3 months in the circle
Not abstract growth. Concrete, behavioral change in how you lead, communicate, and show up.
You’ll have the conversation you’ve been avoiding
With language that actually works. The feedback, the talk with your manager, the performance issue you’ve been circling for weeks.
You’ll stop performing confidence and start building it
Real confidence that comes from knowing your patterns, your triggers, and how to work with them rather than despite them.
You’ll know how other companies actually handle it
Not the polished conference version. What they actually tried, what it cost them, and what they would do differently now.
FACILITATED BY
Co-founder of Deep Work Club, Lea has spent years working with startup founders and operators on the inner dimensions of leadership: the emotional patterns, relational dynamics, and blind spots that strategy alone can’t fix.
Her background is unusual by design: former basketball pro athlete, strategy consultant and licensed CBT psychotherapist. That mix is what lets her work on both sides of performance at once, the mindset and the mechanics of leading a team.
She's lived the cost of getting it wrong. After burning out at the top of sport and consulting, she rebuilt her whole approach around one idea: people are the real asset and leaders grow fastest when they grow together.
200+
Founders & operators worked with
5 yrs
Facilitating startup leadership
Leadership Coaching
Group Facilitation
Founder Experience
Deep Work Club Co-Founder
WHO IT’S FOR
Built for people like you
FAQ
How is this different from a mastermind or group coaching?
Masterminds are peer-led and often unstructured. Group coaching usually follows a fixed curriculum. This is a small, facilitated cohort of max. 10 that goes deeper over time, led by someone with both psychological expertise and startup context. Lea doesn’t just moderate; she actively shapes the room.
Is this a networking group?
No. Networking gets you the polished version of how a company works. This is the same small group every two weeks, under confidentiality and facilitated, which is why people describe what actually happened instead of the highlight reel. You’re not collecting contacts. You’re getting a view into how other companies really operate.
What if someone in my cohort works in the same space as me?
Cohorts are curated deliberately. We don’t place direct competitors in the same circle, and we build for range: different industries, stages, and functions. That range is the point. It’s what makes another lead’s solution useful to you instead of just familiar.
Is what I share actually confidential?
Completely. What happens in the circle stays in the circle. It’s the ground rule every member agrees to by signing a NDA before the first session, because without confidentiality there’s no real conversation. It’s also what makes the room useful: people describe what actually happened, not the version they would tell on stage. You take the insight home with you, never anyone’s internals.
How much time does this actually take?
60 minutes every two weeks. There’s no minimum, but the leads who get the most out of it are the ones who show up consistently.
How much does it cost?
€209 per month (excl. VAT), with a 3-month minimum commitment. After that you can cancel monthly. That includes the bi-weekly facilitated sessions, the full content library, and your cohort of max. 10 team leads.
Am I senior enough, or too senior?
If you lead a team, feel the weight of it, and are ready to do real work, you’re a fit. What matters is that you come with a genuine challenge, not a polished answer.
What does the application process look like?
A short application form. Every application is read. If it looks like a fit, we’ll invite you to a 20-minute call. You’ll hear back within 5 business days.
APPLY
Request your spot
Every circle is capped at 10 member. We select for complementary experience, genuine commitment and readiness to do the work. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
Your intro call is with
Till Westermann
CEO & Co-Founder, Deep Work Club
Bi-weekly 60-minute facilitated group sessions
Full access to the on-demand content library
A curated cohort of max. 10 Berlin team leads
3-month minimum commitment, then cancel monthly.
Next circle starts in August