Performance Psychology for high growth organisations
Psychological consultancy for directors, partners, and the firms that back them. We resolve the physical and mental friction that limits people at work.
We build the bio-psycho-social infrastructure that lets people operate at their ceiling — under pressure, at speed, for years.
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(Harvard)
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(UCSF)
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(UCSF)
High growth firms
break for human
reasons.
Market timing, product quality, fundraising strategy — these matter. But the companies that unravel typically do so because of the people at the top. Conflict, cognitive depletion, fractured co-founder dynamics, poor decisions made under unsustainable pressure.
This is a performance problem — and it has a clinical psychology solution most businesses have never been offered.
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Partner & Leadership Friction
The primary cause of failure in growth-phase firms. We treat interpersonal dynamics as a structural requirement, not a soft skill. By auditing communication and stress-responses early, we prevent the relational drift that leads to insolvency.
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Cognitive Attrition
Decision-making is a finite resource. In high stress environments, leaders often operate at the limit of their mental capacity. This is not a lack of intelligence; it is a result of unsustainable cognitive load and unmanaged physiological stress degrading executive function.
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Network & Team Fragmentation
Even the most capable teams struggle to maintain trust and collaborative patterns under pressure. We build the social infrastructure required to turn a group of high-performers into a resilient, functioning network that can scale without fracturing.
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The pressure paradox
Pressurised environments often trigger the exact psychological patterns—rigidity, avoidance, and conflict—that degrade the performance they demand. We intervene to break these feedback loops, ensuring that the team’s internal resources match the external demands.
Our Services
What we actually do
Most leadership breakdowns are predictable. We map the relationship of the partnership—stress responses, decision-making friction, and communication gaps—to resolve issues before they escalate.
Partner & Co-Founder Dynamics
Individual clinical support focused on decision quality and cognitive capacity. We help clients develop clinical skills and tools to improve their ability to handle the cognitive, emotional and physical demands of the role.
Founder Performance
Ongoing psychological consultancy embedded into the firm. We provide clinical insight at the portfolio level for accelerators and private equity firms, ensuring the human asset matches the commercial ambition.
Clinical Advisory
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