Our Services
Lead with Meaning
Close the Gap
Improve Performance
We work with CEOs, leadership teams, middle managers and coaches to make work more meaningful. Through our leadership development programmes, one-on-one coaching, organizational consulting, and certification training, we help you create lasting culture change and high-performing teams aligned with purpose to unlock growth.
Lead with Meaning™ Leadership Series – Flagship Leadership Development Programme
A flagship, multi-module leadership development journey that builds confidence, clarity, and cultural influence at every level of your organization. Lead with Meaning™ combines immersive workshops, coaching, and on-the-job application to develop meaningful leadership skills in executives, managers, and change agents alike. Participants emerge with a stronger sense of purpose, an evidence-based toolkit for engaging their teams, and the ability to drive cultural change where people and performance thrive.
Own Your Meaning™ (On-Demand Course) – Self-Paced Career & Growth Experience
A self-paced digital course to help individuals align their work with what matters most. Own Your Meaning™ guides professionals through interactive lessons and reflection exercises to reconnect with their values and redefine success on their own terms. Ideal for onboarding programs, mid-career transitions, professional development, or wellbeing initiatives, this course sparks clarity, motivation, and sustainable growth. (Ideal uses: new hire onboarding, career development programmes, personal transition support.)
Executive Coaching – One-on-One Leadership Coaching
High-impact 1:1 coaching for CEOs, senior leaders, and high-potential executives. Our executive coaching provides a confidential space to navigate complexity, build resilience, and enhance your leadership effectiveness. Whether you’re driving strategic change, facing performance pressures, or striving for a more purpose-driven leadership style, we help you gain clarity and confidence. Clients report improved decision-making, stronger emotional intelligence, and the ability to lead with conviction and empathy.
Transition Coaching – Mid-Career & Career Change Coaching
Individual coaching for mid-career professionals and emerging leaders navigating change, reinvention, or role transitions. This coaching focuses on clarifying your direction, reigniting your energy, and achieving sustainable success through meaningful work. We help you confidently manage career changes, leadership promotions, or personal pivots by aligning your next chapter with your core values and strengths. The result: renewed motivation, a clear action plan, and the mindset to thrive in new challenges.
Speaking & Workshops – Keynotes, Off-sites & Interactive Learning
Interactive sessions to ignite meaningful leadership at scale – from high-impact keynote speeches to intimate team workshops and leadership retreats. Angela Rixon and our network of expert facilitators deliver engaging presentations and hands-on exercises that inspire audiences to connect purpose and performance. Popular topics include building meaningful work cultures, values-based leadership, and preventing burnout. These sessions spark insight and action, leaving teams energized and equipped to embed values into practice.
Lead with Meaning™ Coach Certification – Internal & External Coach Training
Train and certify your internal or external coaches in the Lead with Meaning™ methodology. This program provides advanced training for HR professionals, L&D specialists, and independent coaches to coach for meaning and scale meaningful work across your organization. Through a blend of coursework, practicum, and evaluation, participants learn our proven Meaning Over Purpose™ coaching framework. Graduates earn a certification that signifies they can facilitate meaningful growth in others, helping to build a culture of engagement, purpose, and high performance.
Consulting & Culture Change – Meaningful Work Consulting Services
Targeted advisory services and strategic partnership to embed meaningful work into the fabric of your organization. We help you apply the Meaning Over Purpose™ blueprint to your unique context – aligning leadership practices, HR systems, and organizational strategy with a culture of purpose. Our consulting engagements might include culture diagnostics, custom workshops, leadership competency modelling, or change management support. The goal is clear: align your systems and structures so that culture, leadership, and performance reinforce each other. We work alongside you to drive measurable improvements in engagement, innovation, and business results.
We offer an ecosystem of support that delivers
Own Your Meaning™
(On-Demand Course)
Get started with a self-paced, digital experience that helps
individuals reconnect with what truly matters in their work and life. Designed for mid-career professionals, employees in transition, and anyone seeking greater alignment, clarity, and sustainable success.
You will gain:
- Clarify what your personal meaning drivers are using the Five Pillars™
- Build direction, confidence, and energy for today or your next chapter
- Ideal for onboarding, career development, growth strategies and wellbeing initiatives
Why it matters
Lead with meaning,
work with meaning,
succeed with meaning.
- Clarity & confidence in your leadership
- Sustained high performance without burnout
- Stronger, more engaged teams
- Reduced attrition, increased retention and growth
- Cultures where people and performance thrive
“Meaningful work fuels extraordinary results. Our mission: help leaders and organizations embed meaningful work into their DNA, so they thrive and flourish.”
Angela Rixon, Founder and CEO
The Centre for Meaningful Work
Why work with us
When you partner with The Centre for Meaningful Work, you’re choosing a trusted, evidence-based approach. Here’s what sets our services apart:
Evidence-Based & Real-World:
Everything we offer is grounded in psychology, coaching science, and leadership research and built to work in the complexity of modern organizations. You get solutions that are proven in theory and practice.
One System, Multiple Entry Points:
Whether you’re a CEO, an HR leader, a team manager, or a coach, our Meaning Over Purpose™ framework provides an integrated path to grow culture, leadership, and personal impact. We offer one cohesive system with multiple entry points to fit your needs.
Designed for Performance and Wellbeing:
We help you achieve ambitious results without sacrificing your people. Our approach strengthens clarity, connection, and sustainability across teams, leaders, and careers creating a win-win where both performance and well-being flourish.
Inclusive by Design:
Our methods actively support the growth of underrepresented leaders and diverse talent. We embed meaning in ways that foster equity, belonging, and retention, ensuring that everyone can thrive at work.
What people are saying
Sales Transformation Through Meaningful Work
“Angela’s work wasn’t just about motivation, it helped our sales team reconnect with
purpose, build resilience, and shift behaviour to learn, share knowledge and collaborate in
ways we had not seen before. We outperformed targets by 18% and we could see and feel
the uplift in engagement.”
UK President, Technology
Meaning-Driven Behaviours That Shifted Culture
“Angela helped us embed daily behaviours that brought our strategy and values to life
through the lens of meaningful work, whilst also adapting to incredibly challenging market
conditions. Angela delivered a leadership programme and change programme like no other
that I had seen in my 30-year career. Within six months, we transformed a client
relationship with a fivefold improvement in client satisfaction, a threefold improvement in
employee satisfaction and secured the renewal of our second largest client for a further seven years.”
SVP, Technology
From Overwhelm to Sustainable Career Success
“I came to Angela at a career crossroads. Her coaching helped me redesign how I lead and
how I live, with less stress, more clarity, and the courage to create impact my way. Angela
met me where I was and had the rare combination of being both supportive and challenge.
Six months later I am succeeding like never before in my role. Thank you Angela”
Executive Coaching Client, Director, European Policy
Leadership Development With Lasting Impact
“Our middle managers needed to step up and level up to deliver growth through their
teams. They needed confidence and alignment. Angela delivered a development experience
that changed their mindset and how they showed up with their people. They now have
greater clarity on where to focus, an authentic leadership presence and I can see they are
taking care of themselves and their people in new ways which gives me confidence for our
future growth”
Managing Partner, Professional Services
Start Leading with Meaning Today
The world of work is changing – fast. Don’t risk dissatisfaction and burnout spreading in your organization. Now is the time to make work more meaningful for you and your people. Now is the time to build a culture that delivers results and makes work matter. Ready to begin?
Book a Discovery Call today and let’s explore how our tailored services can support your goals.