A small scale peer group for sellers of expertise and knowledge-based services
The Independent Expert Advisory Council is a private, curated peer advisory group for independent professionals and small firm founders who run knowledge-led businesses.
Built specifically for fractional executives, consultants, coaches, trainers, speakers, authors and other B2B services practitioners, the Council is purposefully small, capped at ten seats. Monthly sessions via Zoom. Every member is vetted personally by the facilitator. The Council is built for trust, not scale.
The Independent Expert Advisory Council is designed for founders who are already successful but who want objective input from other skilled operators.
New seats are only available if/when they become available. Click here to inquire about availability.
The prospectus covers membership details,
how it works, pricing and more.
Running an independent practice means making consequential decisions alone, often without access to anyone who truly understands the economics of delivering intangible services.
That’s why the Council is focused on only successful operators who have navigated the same terrain.
The Council is for people who have built offers, set pricing, made the ultimate bet on themselves and their ability to solve problems and deliver value to clients.
How might you benefit from building relationships with a committed group of trusted peers?
The Council helps you make better decisions and move faster.
A group of trusted, experienced operators meet monthly, online in a structured, facilitated environment. Members bring a wide variety of challenges to the table during each session.
The group spends the majority of the time challenging assumptions, examining tradeoffs and surfacing blind spots. Issues are processed in depth and further expanded, if desired, between monthly sessions.
This is not a networking group, or group coaching. It is not a leads group, social club, or a place to pitch your services.
Those kinds of groups exist in abundance elsewhere. This Council serves a different purpose.
It’s not a sales funnel for coaching, consulting, courses or any other offerings.
It is not one of many chapters – it is a single group with up to 10 seats.
The Council is designed for successful independent professionals who sell services to other businesses. Members include consultants, advisors, coaches, fractional executives, advisors, trainers, speakers, authors, etc. and are solo principals or founders of small firms.
This room is not built for scale. Other groups are optimized for volume – they are on a hunt for bodies. We optimize a single group for the quality of the people in the room and trust.
Perhaps you don’t. Even highly successful experts are pivoting, making big decisions alone and experience doubt and self-limiting beliefs. They often can’t lower their guard and ask for help. That’s what the Council is for.
No. You’ll be placed on a waiting list for when a seat becomes available. We will contact you. If you are still interested in that time, you can apply for membership. If you have lost interest, the next name in the list will be extended the opportunity.
Confidentiality rules prohibit release of member names to the public. However, some members have agreed to share anonymized biographies which you can read here.
All members are required to go through the same vetting process and meet the same criteria as well as undergoing an in-person interview by the facilitator who’s entire job is to ensure only the right people are in the room.
The Council is designed for busy people. It is online for efficiency. Members meet for three hours, once a month. There is no required preparation or exercises. What you do beyond that is entirely up to you. Members who read, implement, and engage with other members between sessions get more out of membership.
If your previous experience has left you skeptical of peer groups in general, we are probably not a match. You should already know the value of a well run peer group. If you are on the fence about this particular group, download the prospectus. You can decide for yourself.
Generally not. While sometimes members overlap in terms of industries or capabilities, we avoid direct competitive conflicts and where the answer is ambiguous, leave it to the members affected to determine if there is a conflict.
If the modest cost of the Council is more than you can afford, it may not be a good fit for you at this stage in your business. You can get current pricing here.
We understand things happen. The Member Prospectus states our attendance policy. Members may miss no more than two sessions every six months or they forfeit their seat. This standard exists to ensure only committed professionals are in the room.
What you get from this council is directly proportional to what you put in. The group provides peer scrutiny, candid challenge, and accumulated experience. What you do with it is entirely up to you. If you are looking for someone to hand you outcomes, a consultant or coach is a better fit.
The High Value Advisor Cohort recently sold out. We are setting the dates for the next cohort and those on the waiting list will be notified in advance once new dates are set. In the event of a cancellation for the current cohort, we will reach out in order of sign-up. We apologize for any inconvenience.
We’ll never share your information nor spam you.
This document will show you a detailed outline of the program, the tools and resources you receive and a code to receive 25% off when you enroll.
We’ll never share your information nor spam you.