A Relationship-science-led consultancy with application across human performance and flourishing
Building relationships that drive success.
RELATIONSHIP SCIENCE · LEADERSHIP · HUMAN PERFORMANCE
The quality of our relationships shapes what we can achieve and who we become.
We bring relationship science into the heart of how people lead, communicate, work together and flourish.
Founded by Dr Sophia Jowett · Chartered Psychologist · Relationship Researcher · Author
Everything important happens in relationships.
We depend on relationships to learn, lead, collaborate, create and navigate life's challenges. Yet we often pay more attention to individual ability, technical expertise and performance targets than to the quality of the relationships through which these things happen.
What makes a relationship work well? How do trust, commitment, communication and mutual understanding develop? And how can we strengthen relationships when expectations differ, pressure increases or difficulties arise?
At Tandem Performance, we bring research and practice together to help people understand relationships more deeply and build the conditions in which individuals and groups can flourish.
Understanding what makes relationships thrive
For nearly three decades, Dr Sophia Jowett has investigated the quality of interpersonal relationships and their significance for communication, leadership, development and performance.
Her research has contributed to a framework for understanding relationship quality: the 3+1Cs Model.
Closeness - the trust, respect, appreciation and liking that connect people.
Commitment - the investment and long term orientation that sustain a relationship.
Complementarity - the collaboration involving how people respond and work together, and
Co-orientation - people’s understanding of their relationship quality.
Together, the 3+1Cs offer a way to understand relationship quality as something that can be captured tangibly, understood fully, examined, developed and strengthened - not left to chance! The research underpins our approach to relationship development, communication and leadership across different performance and learning environments.
FORTHCOMING FROM ROUTLEDGE · 2027
The Human Edge
Mastering Quality Relationships in the AI Era
In an increasingly artificial world, wha makes us irreducibly human?
As artificial intelligence transforms what we can do, the quality of our human relationships remains central to how we live, work, lead and flourish.
Drawing on decades of relationship research, Dr Sophia Jowett explores in her book:
why relationships are important,
what do quality relationships feel and look like,
how do we build relationships that really matter and
what it means to create relational capital that creates values in every domain in life?
Bringing relationship science into practice
Consultancy & Development
Tailored support for individuals, teams and organisations seeking to improve relationship quality, communication and collaboration.
Keynotes & Speaking
Engaging talks on relationship quality, relational intelligence, leadership and the human edge in an AI-drive world.
Training & Certification
Evidence-informed learning opportunities drawing on research-based models, assessment tools and applied expertise.
Note. Specialist offering for sport can be found under “The Tandem Method”.
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If you’d like to discuss options revolving around consulting (e.g., assess current situation and goals, explore roadblocks that may be preventing progress, and plan for growth), or if you would like to know more about workshops and training, then get in touch.