The Work
This isn’t for every CEO. It’s for those CEOs who refuse to plateau.
You’ve built something real. But the higher you climb, the fewer rooms you find where you don’t already know the answer.
Leadership TBD circles are small, curated, peer groups for CEOs who crave more: deeper thinking, real challenge, and conversations that sharpen what matters most.
This isn’t support. It’s strategic perspective — the kind that doesn’t just solve problems but changes how you think about them.
Who’s it for
This work is for accomplished CEOs who are restless — not because they're lost, but because they know they are meant for more.
Still hungry, even after success
Done with safe circles, shallow answers, and performative brilliance
Asking sharper questions than the people around them
Leading organizations where the consequences are real
No longer energized by familiar conversations
Ready to think differently — because they’re becoming someone different
If that sounds like you, you already know: the right room doesn’t just change your work — it changes you.
Every leader deserves the right room — one that meets them where they are and challenges who they are becoming. The right circle depends on the scale of what you are leading — and the scale of who you’re becoming.
Find Your Room
GOLD
For CEOs and owners leading companies with 100+ employees or $40M+ in revenue.
This is high-stakes leadership with no room for “good enough.” You'll be surrounded by peers who understand pressure at the consequence level and still choose to aim higher.
SILVER
For CEOs leading companies with 25–99 employees or $20M+ in revenue.
You’re scaling fast — and the decisions are getting bigger. This room is built for sharper thinking, steadier perspective, and choices that shape what happens next.
BRONZE
For founders and small business owners who are ready to lead the business — not get buried in it.
This is the shift from keeping up to leading with intent — and building mastery, not just momentum.
WHERE THE WORK COMES ALIVE
These peer circles meet in Greenville, South Carolina and Asheville, North Carolina — two communities known for leaders who value depth, consequence, and craft.
Inside the room
What happens in these rooms isn’t easy — but it’s exactly what most CEOs need.
No playbook. No performance. No ego.
You’ll find rigor. Challenge. Real reflection.
Real conversations with sharp peers who don’t waste time — or truth.
The structure
Each peer circle meets monthly in a confidential, curated group of 9-11 CEOs. Alongside these sessions, you’ll meet one-on-one with Joelle to sharpen how you think, decide, and lead.
The aim
This is not about keeping up, but growing sharper.
It’s about becoming more precise, more capable, and more aligned with what actually matters. This is work that clears your head — and moves your company forward.
The difference
You don’t come here for advice. You come here to think differently — about your business, your relationships, and your role as a leader.
“Who challenges you when no one else can?”
What Shifts When You
See Differently
How you see shapes everything — how you think. How you lead. How you live.
This work begins with how you think — and inevitably changes how you decide, communicate, and lead. It’s not about learning new tactics. It’s about becoming the kind of person for whom better results are inevitable.
In these rooms, you’ll build the clarity and precision that carry through everything you touch. Leadership becomes steadier. Decisions come faster. The noise quiets.
This is what it looks like when CEOs grow at the same pace as their companies. And when that happens, everything else shifts too — how they listen, decide, relate, and live.
“It’s changed how I lead — but also how I listen. How I make decisions. Even how I show up at home. This is work that follows you.”
- CEO, Manufacturing
Leadership TBD is built on one simple truth: how you think shapes everything you lead. The rooms here exist for leaders who want to grow at that level — beyond tactics, beyond performance, into the kind of depth that changes who they are and what becomes possible because of them.
Questions Leaders Ask Before They Step In
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These circles are built on frameworks forged in the trenches—not on trends or theory. Every session is built around dialogue. You’ll experience challenge without performance theater and clarity without cliché.
We connect how you think, who you are, and what you do—in deep, purposeful ways.
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We start with what’s alive—your current leadership questions, the decisions that matter most. Then we introduce a concept to stretch your thinking.
The heart of your session isn’t your presentation—it’s what you uncover through Socratic-style dialogue.
This is thinking, not teaching.
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Groups meet monthly—same day, same time, year-round—with a summer rhythm break. Consistency builds trust. Trust builds momentum. That rhythm is what makes the work compound.
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Come ready. Read what lands. Speak honestly. The agenda is real—but transformation only happens through participation. This isn’t passive consumption. It’s engaged, identity-level work.
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Think sharper. Smaller group. Zero filler. No branding or prestige badges. Rooted in the Thayer legacy—deep leadership theory meets real-world demand. We don’t outsource facilitation, sprint to applause, or trade comfort for clarity.
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This isn't a purchase—it's a recalibration. The real cost is what gets prevented: blind spots, missteps, opportunity barriers, and personal stagnation. Pricing is confidential and matched to circle level (Gold, Silver, Bronze). We'll talk specifics once we determine fit.
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Completely. Each circle includes a noncompete structure, strict boundaries, and no recordings. Trust isn't an add-on here—it's the foundation.
Start the Conversation
If this resonates, don’t apply. Start a conversation.
This work only works when it’s built on trust — and it begins with a real conversation.
If something stirred while you read this page, that’s your signal. Let’s find out if there’s a seat for you in one of these rooms.