leadershipcourses

A leadership brand that sounds like him, built before the courses.

Identity and tone of voice for a leadership brand about to sell courses, with the rules written down. Then templates and a site he runs himself.

the client

Ponad Linią is a Polish leadership-development brand built by Błażej Kosmowski, seventeen years in IT and an ex-CTO. His audience is managers and C-levels, technical, sceptical of personal development. He had one black business card, nowhere professional to send anyone, and a previous designer who hadn't solved it.

scope
  • [ 1 ]Brand strategy
  • [ 2 ]Brand identity & tone of voice
  • [ 3 ]Seven-page website
  • [ 4 ]Style guide
  • [ 5 ]Rollups & business cards
  • [ 6 ]Docs & Slides templates
  • [ 7 ]Social covers

[ 01 ]

Challenge

The product is a mental state, above the line or below it, with no screens and almost no photos to show. The brand had to make an abstract framework visible in seconds, for people who scan. And it had to sound like him, one person with a high internal bar, without sounding like the coaching industry.

The wordmark, crossed by the line.
The wordmark, crossed by the line.

[ 02 ]

Solution

The line became the design system. It crosses the logo, it crosses the hero headline and the type straightens as it passes, a scroll scene sinks a team below a red line and brings it back, and one continuous line runs across both rollup banners when they stand side by side. Copy was mined from how he actually speaks. Every CTA on the site says "Let's talk", because a brand about staying above the line can't run on fake urgency. He owns the repo, commits himself, and has added new pages since we left.

“Two states. Both needed.” The above/below idea as a page, live: the states roll past the line, the ones above in light, the ones below in shadow.

Koncepcja

Dwa stany. Oba potrzebne.
Jeden Cię kosztuje więcej.

Zobacz, jak różni się działanie z zagrożenia od działania z zaufania.

Znad liniiSpod linii
Uczę sięSpokójAkceptujęOddychamDoceniamCzujęMówię jak jestJasne umowyOkazjaWybieramUczę sięSpokójAkceptujęOddychamDoceniamCzujęMówię jak jestJasne umowyOkazjaWybieram
Mam racjęNiepokójKontrolujęWstrzymuję oddechOceniamTłumięUkrywamNiedbałe umowyZagrożenieMuszęMam racjęNiepokójKontrolujęWstrzymuję oddechOceniamTłumięUkrywamNiedbałe umowyZagrożenieMuszę
A leader at ease by an office window
The homepage, the line crossing the headline.
The homepage, the line crossing the headline.
The team page: less drama, more real work.
The team page: less drama, more real work.

evidence

A leadership brand that sounds like him, built before the courses.

more work

Product screens from Pletly's design system
productdesign system
AIhealthcare

The work behind ~€400K in funding and ~€300K in contracts.

Four years with a care platform, from one small task to a product partnership. Now partnered with Bancroft, one of the largest US behavioral health providers.

Digital ID Forum conference identity
brandweb
digital identityfintechconference

One identity for 200 people across 10 countries, designed in two weeks.

A conference brand for IDENTT, whose clients include MetLife and PKO BP. Identity, materials and the templates to produce them.

Brand and website designed for RightCode
brandweb
AItech

Nothing online to a full brand and website, in under a month.

A software company with clients to chase and no way to be checked. Now they send a link instead of explaining themselves on every call.