The Influential Leadership Circle

Vietnam's first experiential leadership program rooted in emotional intelligence and real-world leadership practice. Inspired by Stanford Graduate School of Business' legendary Interpersonal Dynamics course.

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A Learning Lab For Leaders Ready To Grow From The Inside Out

The ILC was created for founders and C-suites, directors, or equivalent who are tired of surface-level leadership training and one-size-fits-all advice. It's for leaders who want a space to challenge themselves, grow emotionally, and build deep connections with a trusted group of peers.

This program may be right for you if you’re facing:

  • You often feel alone at the top, carrying team and emotional burdens without support
  • You've tried “all the right tactics” but still struggle with influence, team motivation, or upward alignment.
  • Your team seems disengaged or low ownership, despite your best efforts.
  • You avoid difficult conversations to keep the peace, but feel stuck or dissatisfied.
  • You feel like you’re performing a role instead of leading from your real, grounded self.
  • You’re craving deeper connection, more powerful communication, and emotional intelligence that’s real and embodied, not theoretical.
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What ILC Alumni Are Saying

The ILC reshaped how I think about leadership. It reminded me that leadership isn't only about checking boxes or following frameworks — it's about how I choose to show up, connect, and lead with authenticity and intention. Tara creates a space that's safe, real, and deeply human. Her passion for this work shines through in how she guides and listens to help uncover your most authentic self.
Chow Huynh
Chow Huynh
Director of FP&A, MASAN Group
Tara created a space where I felt emotionally safe and challenged — where I could be vulnerable without being judged, and stretched without being pushed. Since the program, I'm making decisions with greater clarity and confidence. I've had difficult conversations I would have delayed before. I'm delegating more effectively, creating real ownership in my team. Most importantly, I feel lighter and more at peace.
Zoee Nguyen
Zoee Nguyen
CEO, Dreamplex
Don't sign up if you intend to sit in the stands. The Leadership Circle is a court, and you're playing from the moment you walk in. The dynamics that play out in your career, your relationships, your leadership — they all surface in the room. But unlike real life, you get feedback in real time. I came thinking I'd evaluate the program for my team. I walked out having seen my own armor for the first time.
Hawkins Pham
Hawkins Pham
Director, VNGGames
The ILC was different: raw, human, and deeply personal. I learned that emotion is wisdom — it deepens reason and sharpens judgment. Tara created a space so safe I could explore parts of myself long hidden. Leadership, I realized, is about connection — aligning who you are with how you lead. This experience doesn't just make you a better leader; it makes you a fuller human.
Katina Dell'Acqua-Lubich
Katina Dell'Acqua-Lubich
CFO, Virtual Internships
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Our Signature Program

The Influential Leadership Circle

Designed for senior leaders craving depth and transformation beyond generic corporate training.

This immersive 4-day experience is inspired by Stanford University's legendary Interpersonal Dynamics Course. We use the globally renowned T-Group methodology for building emotional intelligence to deliver real-time, group-based experiential learning.

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3-Day In-Person Leadership Circle

Immersive, experiential learning focused on real-time facilitated feedback and group dynamics. No theory overload, just transformational interpersonal development.

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1-Day Integration & Skills Workshop

Reflection of what you have applied post Circle along with playbook for operating and leading teams that you can immediately apply in your business.

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Circle Graduation Ceremony

Celebrate your growth and strengthen connections with your Circle members in an elegant setting.

Program Outcomes

Designed for senior leaders craving depth and transformation beyond generic corporate training.For leaders who are ready to do the work.
This immersive 4-day experience is inspired by Stanford University's legendary Interpersonal Dynamics Course. We use the globally renowned T-Group methodology for building emotional intelligence to deliver real-time, group-based experiential learning.
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Lead with Trust and Connection

  • Build trust and psychological safety with others, faster
  • Learn how to connect through self-disclosure and vulnerability
  • Communicate and listen at deeper levels
  • Build your empathy muscle, especially with those who are different from you
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Navigate Challenging Feedback and Conflict

  • Give and receive feedback without defensiveness
  • Learn to regulate emotions and manage ego during challenging conversations
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Unlock your Authentic Leadership Style

  • Identify your natural strengths and blind spots
  • Gain intrinsic confidence by learning why others would choose to follow you
  • Influence without authority by rediscovering and owning your core self
  • Motivate teams through authentic, human relationships

How it’s different

Embodied Transformation Through T‑Group

A real-time learning lab for how you show up in relationships.

The Influential Leadership Circle isn’t another workshop filled with frameworks you forget by Monday. It’s a space for real-time feedback, honest human connection, and sustained inner growth — guided by expert facilitation and grounded in a proven methodology.

We use the T‑Group method made famous at Stanford Graduate School of Business to create a real-world learning lab of self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal dynamics.

You’ll leave not with a stack of notes, but with:
  • The ability to influence without authority
  • Stronger relationships at work and in your personal life
  • The confidence to lead with authenticity, presence, and integrity
  • A Circle of peers who have seen the real you — and have your back
Influential Leadership Circle participants

What Alumni Say About the T-Group

"The Circle creates a laboratory for human interaction. A microcosm. The dynamics that play out in your career, your relationships, your leadership — they all surface in the room. But unlike real life, you get feedback in real time."

— Hawkins Pham, Director, VNGGames

"GTL's Stanford-inspired methodology, combined with the depth of facilitation and the container it creates, made genuine change possible. This wasn't surface-level leadership training. It was an invitation to lead from a more honest, more human place."

— Tran Phuong Le, Principal Consultant, Janus Executive Search & Talent Advisory

How to Join

Application Process

We carefully curate each Circle to ensure the right fit and maximum impact for all participants

1

Application Form

Submit your application and leadership background

2

Discovery Call

30-minute conversation to explore fit and answer questions

3

Circle Invitation

Personal invitation to join the transformational journey

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Next Circle

Join the next Influential Leadership Circle

July 2–4, 2026
Apply by June 19, 2026 · 8 seats left

A 4-day experiential journey inspired by Stanford’s Interpersonal Dynamics course. You’ll build self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and relational leadership — through real-time practice, feedback, and deep human connection.

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Influential Leadership Circle

35,000,000₫
A comprehensive learning journey that includes:
3-Day In-Person Leadership Circle

30 hours of immersive, experiential learning — no theory overload.

DatesThu–Fri, Jul 2–3, 2026 · Sat, Jul 4, 2026
Times9am–7pm (Thu–Fri) · 9am–8pm (Sat)
LocationHo Chi Minh City
1-Day In-Person Integration Workshop

Reflect on what you’ve applied post‑Circle, plus practical playbooks you can use immediately.

DateSat, Aug 8, 2026
Time9am–4pm
LocationHo Chi Minh City
1 Circle Graduation Ceremony

Celebrate your growth and deepen connections with your Circle members.

DateSat, Aug 8, 2026
FormatHeld alongside the Integration Workshop
LocationHo Chi Minh City