THE CIRCLE
Where High-Performing Leaders Grow Together.
Leadership doesn’t have to be lonely, and in the environment leaders are navigating right now (constant change, relentless pressure, and the demand to remain both strategic and deeply human) it cannot afford to be.
The Circle is a private, science-backed leadership development community led by award-winning author, ICF credentialed executive coach, and Fortune 100 advisor L. Michelle Smith. It is designed for leaders who are ready to invest in sustainable, intentional growth: from the inside out.
This is a living, breathing community of leaders doing the real work of leading well, grounded in applied neuroscience, positive psychology, and the Leadership Revival Framework.
WHAT YOU RECEIVE AS A CIRCLE MEMBER
- Monthly Growth Groups: Join a live, virtual coaching session every third Monday at 7:30 p.m. CT. Each session is guided by L. Michelle and rooted in real-world leadership challenges. This is where the monthly theme comes alive in community.
- Weekly Journal Prompts: Every week, you receive a curated question and micro-practice designed to deepen your self-awareness, sharpen your thinking, and keep your leadership development active between sessions.
- Free Monthly Digital Tools: Science-based frameworks, assessments, and resources delivered monthly from SOAR Academy, grounded in neuroscience and positive psychology and immediately applicable to your leadership practice.
- Two Complimentary 15-Minute Laser Coaching Sessions by Text Per Month: As a Circle member, you receive two complimentary laser coaching sessions with L. Michelle, a credentialed ICF executive coach, delivered by text message. Direct access, on your schedule, when you need it most.
- 50% Off the SOAR DISCernIQ Self Assessment: The same assessment tool used with Fortune 100 leaders (only nuanced in ways proprietary to NSC Coaching) to surface how you are wired, how you lead under pressure, and where your next level of development lives. Circle members pay just $65, half the regular rate. Complete it and L. Michelle runs your personalized insights directly.
- 15% Off All Coaching Rates and Packages: When you are ready to go deeper with 1:1 or group executive coaching, your Circle membership saves you 15% off published rates, making the next level of investment more accessible.
- 20% Off All SOAR Academy Courses and Digital Tools: Circle members receive a standing 20% discount on all courses, tools, and resources available through SOAR Academy: your ongoing on-ramp to structured, self-paced leadership development.
- Priority First Access to New Offerings and Events: Circle members are always first: first to know, first to register, and first to receive exclusive pricing on new courses, workshops, cohorts, and live events before they open to the public.
- Free Substack Subscription: Your membership includes full access to L. Michelle’s Substack: the complete archive, all paid-only content, and every episode of Her Next Power Move, the short-form leadership podcast for busy professionals.
- Weekly FlightPath Newsletter: Delivered through SOAR Academy, FlightPath is L. Michelle’s weekly essay on leadership, culture, and what it means to lead with both science and soul. Every edition lands in your inbox as part of your membership.
- A Private Leadership Community on SOAR Academy: The Circle lives on the SOAR Academy platform, a dedicated, private space where members connect, share, reflect, and grow between sessions. This is your community. It is waiting for you.
MEMBERSHIP PRICING
Monthly Membership: $99/month
Annual Membership:$999/year. Save when you commit to a full year of growth.
Join Monthly — $99.99 Join Annually — $999
COMING THIS FALL:
THE ANNUAL CIRCLE RESET
September 21–25, 2026
Once a year, The Circle goes deeper. The Annual Circle Reset is a five-day, immersive leadership experience hosted exclusively on SOAR Academy: asynchronous, intentional, and designed to fit inside your real life while taking you somewhere new inside your leadership.
Each day delivers a new layer of the Leadership Revival Framework (from Self Work to People Work to World Work) closing with a live integration session on Friday, September 25.
Circle members attend at no additional cost. This is what your membership makes possible.
Registration opens to the public August 1, 2026.
Early Bird: $97 | General: $147 | VIP 30-min 1:1 with L. Michelle: $397
VIP spots are limited to 10. Registration opens soon!
WHY THE CIRCLE WORKS
Peer-based leadership development creates powerful learning interactions that exceed what is possible in isolation. Research from Harvard Business Review on peer coaching shows that leaders who grow within a structured peer community build stronger networks, greater confidence, and more sustainable leadership capacity than those developing alone.
Harvard Business Review on Peer Coaching and Community-Based Leadership Development: https://hbr.org
And with L. Michelle as your guide, a certified ICF coach who has worked with leaders from Google, Netflix, Amazon, Merck, and AT&T, you will be learning from someone who understands your pace, your pressure, and your potential.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO LEAD ALONE
The Circle is where leaders come to think clearly, grow intentionally, and lead with calm together.
Welcome to The Circle. Your next level begins here.
Join Monthly — $99.99 Join Annually — $999
THE CIRCLE FOR ORGANIZATIONS
Invest in Your Leaders. Elevate Your Culture.
Your organization is moving fast. The question is whether your leaders are equipped to keep pace: not just strategically, but humanly. The ability to lead people well through complexity, uncertainty, and constant change is no longer a soft skill. It is your most critical business capability.
The Circle for Organizations brings L. Michelle Smith’s proven leadership development methodology directly to your leaders inside a thriving, private community grounded in applied neuroscience, positive psychology, and the Leadership Revival Framework.
This is not a training event. It is an ongoing investment in the human core of your organization’s leadership capacity.
Designed for: Chief People Officers, VPs of Learning and Development, Business Unit Leaders, and HR Leaders who are ready to develop leaders who can perform under pressure while remaining deeply human in the process.
WHAT YOUR ORGANIZATION RECEIVES
Sponsored Access to The Circle Community
Your leaders join a private, curated leadership development community on SOAR Academy alongside high-performing professionals from across industries, expanding their thinking, their network, and their capacity to lead.
All Individual Circle Member Benefits
Every sponsored leader receives the full Circle member experience: monthly Growth Groups, weekly coaching prompts, monthly digital tools, free Substack access, the weekly FlightPath newsletter, and more.
SOAR DISCernIQ Assessment with Personal Readout — $260 per leader
Each sponsored leader completes the SOAR DISCernIQ Self Assessment: the same tool used with Fortune 100 executives to surface how a leader is wired, how they perform under pressure, and where their next level of development lives. Each assessment includes a private 30-minute readout with L. Michelle personally. This is not a report. It is a coaching conversation grounded in data.
Dedicated Organizational Onboarding Call
Before your leaders join, L. Michelle connects with your organizational sponsor to align on goals, context, and how to position The Circle for maximum engagement and impact within your leadership culture.
Mid-Year and End-of-Year Impact Debrief
Twice a year, L. Michelle meets personally with your organizational sponsor to review engagement analytics, surface insights on how your leaders are developing, and provide tailored recommendations for next steps. This is a strategic leadership development conversation (not a dashboard report) with one of the most trusted executive coaches working with Fortune 100 organizations today.
Priority Access to the Annual Circle Reset
Your sponsored leaders receive organizational early bird pricing for the Annual Circle Reset, and your organization is among the first invited to participate as a cohort.
WHY L. MICHELLE SMITH
L. Michelle Smith has advised leaders at American Express, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Bank of America, Netflix, Merck, and AT&T. She is an ICF credentialed executive coach, a bestselling and award-winning author, a Fortune 100 advisor, and the creator of the Leadership Revival Framework: a proprietary methodology integrating applied neuroscience, positive psychology, and cultural intelligence to build leaders who perform and endure.
When your organization sponsors access to The Circle, your leaders are not just joining a community. They are gaining access to one of the most trusted voices in leadership development working today.
Register Your Organization’s Interest
For questions about organizational sponsorship, contact us at: info@nsccoaching.co
