Polly Benton’s Post

I'm excited to announce my new venture as a Creative Business Consultant, supporting creative-led businesses with their financial & operational strategy. Having spent most of my career as a commercial head in creative worlds, and with family members in the interiors and architecture space, I saw a need for hands-on support for small and scaling creative businesses who don't yet need or want to hire a full-time financial, operational or strategic head. I work with creatives to make running their business easier, so that they can do more of what they love - CREATE ❤️. Whether that's designing, making, producing etc. For those who know, I'm continuing my therapy training alongside and look forward to wearing both hats (consulting is actually quite like therapy... with added spreadsheets 🤓). A bit more info below and on my website pollybenton.com. For any creative business owners - I'd love to know what your main sticking points are when it comes to running your business...? 🙏

How much of our success in life is down to luck? Or does hard work make us luckier? The 2nd volume of our psychology magazine is live - exploring all things luck & alignment, with thoughts from brilliant leaders in business and psychology. #psychology #leadership #mindsetmatters #luck #alignment #success #work

It was such a pleasure to meet Deirdre O'Neill, co-founder of Hertility earlier this week at The Watercooler Event. As a recent happy customer, it was amazing to be able to give Deirdre my 5-star review in person. Hertility offer at-home hormone and fertility testing, doctor-written reports, and follow-up consultations if needed. Why is that important? Unfortunately, for women the biological clock is real. For many women, the unknown status of our fertility - and any hormonal issues that might impact it - can become a source of anxiety. Those wishing to plan ahead are in the dark as to the implications of waiting to start a family. Fertility testing, if you aren't already trying to conceive, isn't available on the NHS, and is expensive (and daunting) to seek out privately. So Hertility is a game-changer - giving women information about their reproductive health quickly, easily and affordably for the first time. Their customer experience and support is genuinely excellent. Why am I sharing this? I hesitated posting about fertility on LinkedIn, but then I checked myself. Female reproductive health, in all its forms, affects half of the workforce in varying ways throughout our careers. It therefore is, and should be, a workplace issue. Just like mental health. I am grateful to have discovered Hertility and would recommend it to anyone wondering about their reproductive health, and any employers thinking about how to better support female health. Above all, Deirdre was as impressive as she was lovely, and her passion for Hertility's mission was tangible - and that's the kind of leader I want to support. #reproductivehealth #health #workplacewellbeing #mentalhealth #people #fertility #hormonehealth #watercoolerevent

Great to see The Circle Line featured in the Financial Times this week, alongside our partners Uniform Group, talking about businesses providing therapy to their employees. For me this goes well beyond being an employee 'perk' - implemented thoughtfully, and offered alongside broader education, conversations and working-practices within a business that support mental wellbeing and personal development, this can be a game-changer for companies as well as individuals. Amazing to hear the benefits Uniform Group have felt from working with us at The Circle Line. Great to see progressive thinking from Hogan Lovells, Linklaters and J.P. Morgan too. #futureofwork #mindsetmatters #leadership #personaldevelopment #mentalhealth #therapy #employeebenefits

Excited for the 1st edition of our magazine to be out in the world. As it's Valentine's day, we've kicked off with The Love Issue, exploring love and leadership. We hope you love it. #psychology #psychologyatwork #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #leadership #love

Thank you Philippa Richardson for your kind words welcoming me to The Circle Line. TCL works differently to anywhere I've worked before - we operate following Teal principles, meaning power and decision-making are distributed among the team according to our roles. It's new to me, and is definitely an adjustment, but already I feel a shift in my energy and motivation. Yes, it's a new role and a new challenge but it's more than that; it's the huge scope for impact in the hands of each member of the team that feels so energising. It's the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and it feels great to be working this way. #team #motivation #power #energy #teal