Nicola Hladky
May 2026 · Limited Places

A 12-week group coaching programme for senior leaders and founders

Elevate:
The Roundtable

Turning good managers into exceptional leaders with high-performing teams.

NO MORE BURNOUT  ·  IMPOSTER SYNDROME  ·  SELF-DOUBT  ·  ANXIETY  ·  AVOIDING CONFLICT  ·  STRESS  ·  PROCRASTINATION        NO MORE BURNOUT  ·  IMPOSTER SYNDROME  ·  SELF-DOUBT  ·  ANXIETY  ·  AVOIDING CONFLICT  ·  STRESS  ·  PROCRASTINATION       

Become the confident leader you already know you are.

71%

of CEOs experience burnout at least occasionally

60%

of founders say burnout directly impairs their ability to lead and make decisions

50%

of CEOs feel lonely in their role and say it hinders their performance

Secure your place by 15th April and upgrade your kick-start 1:1 to a 90-minute deep dive (worth £395).
"I can't switch off. Even when I stop working, my brain doesn't."
"If I don't do it myself, it won't get done right."
"I replay conversations I should have handled differently."
"Being available is what makes me a good leader."
"Everyone else seems to be coping fine. Why can't I?"
"I can't talk to my team about this. And my friends just don't get it."
"If I slow down, everything falls apart."
"There's no one I can be honest with."
"I've achieved everything I set out to and still feel like a fraud."
"I'm holding everything together and nobody knows what it's actually costing me."

You are not failing. You have not hit your limit.
You have just outgrown the thinking patterns that got you here.

12 weeks. A room full of people who are exactly where you are.

This Is What Shifts.

You stop second-guessing every decision and start making them from clarity, even under pressure

You hold difficult conversations without dreading them for days

You trust your team instead of micromanaging out of fear

You stop lying awake running through tomorrow's problems

You bring the best out of your team rather than carrying them

You stop feeling like the only one who struggles with this and find yourself in a room full of people who finally get it

What This Looks Like in Practice

Sarah

Sarah. Senior Director, Global Tech Company

From second-guessing every decision to leading her team of 40 with confidence and taking her first two-week holiday in years.

Before
  • Highly capable and extremely successful
  • Privately replayed every difficult conversation
  • Avoided making bold decisions
  • Constantly felt anxious despite her results
The Result
  • Started making decisions with clarity and confidence
  • Had the difficult conversations she had been avoiding
  • Took her first two-week holiday in years
  • Stopped needing external validation to feel good enough
How We Did It

We identified the identity pattern driving her high performance. The belief that slowing down meant falling behind. Then built the systems that changed how she showed up to her team.

The Problem Is Not Your Strategy.
It Never Was.

Identity Lag

You are still leading like the person you were three years ago, even though everything around you has changed.

The Performance-Worth Loop

You equate how much you produce with how much you are worth, so you can never actually stop.

Survival Mode Leadership

You are making decisions from fear instead of clarity, reacting instead of leading, running on pressure instead of purpose.

Leadership Isolation

The higher you climb, the fewer people who understand what it actually feels like. So you stop talking about it and carry it alone.

Most leaders try to fix this with better strategy or more discipline. But sustainable high performance does not come from doing more. It comes from changing the patterns underneath.

The leaders who perform at the highest level are not the ones working hardest. They are the ones who have done the inner work nobody else sees.

Inside Elevate, we do exactly that.

Subconscious work. Neuroscience-informed coaching. Harvard-grounded leadership strategy. All in a room with peers who understand exactly what it takes.

This is Elevate: The Roundtable and there is nothing else like it.

This isn't just group coaching. It's the group you didn't know you needed.

Meet Nicola

Nicola Hladky

I work with founders and senior leaders who are brilliant at what they do but are exhausted by how they're doing it.

After years of working with leaders 1:1, I noticed that the sessions were transformational, but so many of them just felt alone. Leadership is isolating. You're not always liked. You have to make difficult decisions.

That's why I've created Elevate: The Roundtable. The most powerful moments I've seen aren't just in coaching sessions, they happen when a leader realises they're not the only one. Peers learning from each other, sharing wins and challenges in real time, holding each other accountable between sessions.

We combine clinical psychology, neuroscience-informed coaching and Harvard-grounded leadership strategy into one place. It works where transformation actually happens: inside your belief system, in the subconscious patterns quietly running the show.

Then we look at the strategy shifts needed to change how you work.

We go deep. That's the point.
Psychology first. Strategy second.

Credentials

  • MSc Psychology
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Psychotherapy
  • EMCC Accredited Executive Coach
  • Harvard Leadership Certification
  • NHS · Metropolitan Police · Deloitte · KPMG · BBC

1:1 Sessions · Group Sessions · Audio Drops · Peer Pods · Community

Mark

Mark. COO, Engineering Recruitment

From pushing his team away to becoming the leader they actually wanted to go to.

Before
  • Promoted quickly and privately struggling with confidence ever since
  • The gap between his title and how he felt in it had turned into passive aggression
  • His team had stopped coming to him with problems
  • Relationships were strained and he didn't know why
The Result
  • Started feeling genuinely confident in his decisions
  • Stopped needing to protect himself in every interaction
  • The defensiveness dropped and his team felt it immediately
  • His team started coming to him again
How We Did It

We traced the behaviour back to the confidence gap underneath it. Once he understood what was driving it, he stopped needing to defend himself in every interaction and the relationship with his team changed.

Woman on video call

Why You Cannot Do This Alone

Your partner does not get it.
Your friends do not get it.
Your team definitely does not get it.

This is not a time management problem. You need people who are genuinely in the same place.

Someone just had a massive win and shares exactly how they did it.

Someone is three months ahead and has already solved the challenges you're facing.

Someone is going through the same thing right now and suddenly you realise you're not alone.

Imagine how confident you'd feel having a group of people who are in the same place in your pocket.

The 3-Month Journey

Identify what's holding you back. Change how you lead. Make the shifts last.

Month 1 | Identify & Rewire

We start where most programmes do not, your subconscious. The patterns running beneath your awareness are driving your decisions, your stress and your exhaustion. Before changing anything, we name exactly what's happening and why your nervous system keeps pulling you back into the same cycles.

  • Why You Are Exhausted
  • The Inner Critic
  • Thought Loops
  • Identity Lag
By the end of month one, you'll understand what's been driving your exhaustion, overcome self-doubt and stop spiralling in overthinking.
Month 2 | Lead

With the mindset work in place, we bring in strategy. Harvard-grounded leadership frameworks applied to how you actually lead. The decisions you avoid. The influence you're not using. The boundaries you keep collapsing.

  • From Reactor to Responder
  • Influence Without Force
  • Setting Boundaries That Stick
  • Decision-Making Under Pressure
By the end of month two, you'll hold difficult conversations without spiralling, make decisions confidently and step fully into the identity of the elevated leader you are.
Month 3 | Elevate

Integration. This is where we pull everything together to help you think and lead sustainably. You leave with your personalised Resilient Leader Blueprint.

  • Your Non-Negotiables
  • Building Your Leadership Style
  • Creating An Elevated Work Culture
  • Your Resilient Leader Blueprint
By the end of the programme, you have a complete system for leadership and decision-making that stays with you. Not just motivation, but a blueprint backed by real internal change.
Leah

Leah. Managing Director, Marketing Agency

From avoiding every difficult conversation to becoming the leader her team actually needed her to be.

Before
  • Needed everyone to like her so avoided difficult conversations
  • Micromanaged everything and could not let go
  • Worried that stepping back would make her look lazy
  • Her team had stopped taking any initiative
The Result
  • Started having the difficult conversations that had been building for months
  • Delegated with genuine trust and her team stepped up
  • Her team gained the autonomy to own their objectives
  • Finally let go and discovered her team just needed her to trust them
How We Did It

We worked on the belief underneath the micromanagement. The need for approval that was driving it and what it would actually mean to trust her team. Once that shifted, everything else followed.

12 weeks of clinical psychology, executive strategy and peer transformation. Limited places.

What Is Included

Nicola Hladky

3 × 1:1 Sessions with Nicola

  • A 30-minute kick-off to clarify your starting point
  • A floating 60-minute session to use when you need it most
  • A 30-minute close to consolidate shifts and map your next steps

6 × Fortnightly Group Sessions

  • Six 90-minute Zoom sessions, every two weeks
  • Facilitated by Nicola: part peer work, part guided reflection, part hot seat coaching
  • You leave each session with a shift you can feel and act on

Weekly Audio Drops

  • 20 to 30 minutes of practical, deep psychology each week
  • Perfect for a commute, a walk or ten minutes before your day starts
  • Insights that stop you mid-track, the ah-ha moments you have been searching for

Peer Accountability Pods

  • Weekly small-group check-ins with peers at the same stage of leadership
  • No agenda, no pressure, just honest conversation with people who get it

Elevate Collective

  • A private space to share wins, ask questions and get support between sessions
  • Direct access to Nicola and your peers whenever you need it

Elevate HQ

  • All recordings, resources and audio drops in one place
  • Miss a session or want to revisit the work? Everything is ready when you need it

Your Investment

Secure your place by 15th April and upgrade your kick-start 1:1 to a 90-minute deep dive (worth £395).

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Is This For You?

This is for you if:

  • You're leading a team and ready to lead from strength, not stress.
  • You're preparing for your next level and want the internal foundations in place first.
  • You're ambitious, values-driven, and want success that feels good, not just impressive.
  • You're curious, open-minded, and ready to do the reflective work that creates real change.
  • You want the psychological fitness to be genuinely resilient, not just good at hiding the pressure.
  • You are tired of feeling like you have to hold it all together alone with nobody who really gets it.
  • You have achieved a lot but feel increasingly isolated at the top with no real peer group to think alongside.

This isn't for you if:

  • You're looking for tactics, templates, or a quick fix.
  • You'd rather consume content than do the real work.
  • You need full one-to-one support. This programme relies on the group dynamic.
  • You are not open to learning from and with a peer group.

May 2026 · 12 Weeks · Limited Places

Frequently Asked Questions

Will this work if I am already high-functioning? +
Especially if you are. Most of the people in this room are high-functioning. That's part of the problem. When you're good at performing fine, nobody around you knows what it's actually costing you. This programme is built for people who look like they have it together and know that something still needs to change.
Do I need to be leading a team to join? +
No. This works whether you're leading a team of fifty or leading yourself into your next level. The internal work is the same either way.
How much time do I need each week? +
The fortnightly sessions are 90 minutes. Weekly audio drops are 20 to 30 minutes, designed for a commute, a walk, or downtime. Peer pods are self-organised around your calendar. It's built to fit around a demanding schedule.
I have done coaching before. How is this different? +
Most coaching works at the level of behaviour and strategy. This goes underneath, to the identity, to the belief patterns that are quietly running everything. You've probably already changed what you do multiple times. This changes how you lead. That's a different thing entirely.
What if I cannot make a live session? +
All sessions are recorded and available in Elevate HQ within 24 hours.
Nicola Hladky

Your capacity isn't about your strategy.
It's about you.

May 2026. 12 weeks. Limited places.

Clinical psychology. Executive strategy. A room where you do not have to perform.

£500 per month or £1,350 paid in full.

Secure your place by 15th April and upgrade your kick-start 1:1 to a 90-minute deep dive (worth £395).