The Pressure Council
Six leaders. No competitors.
A private advisory table with a coach sitting at it.
Peer advisory groups work — that’s why leaders pay five figures a year for the well-known ones. But most give you peers plus a facilitator whose job is to keep time. The Pressure Council gives you peers plus a coach with a proprietary method and a mandate to keep the room honest.
The Council seats six leaders, maximum, screened so that no member competes with another. We meet once a month for a full two hours — long enough to take one member’s situation apart completely, not just around the table for updates. Twice a year, we meet in person for half-day working sessions. The members set the agenda: succession, pricing, conflict, hiring, the pressures nobody at their own company can be told about. I bring the Pressure Performance Protocol™, direct answers, and the discipline that keeps a group of strong personalities productive. Between meetings, members can email me on anything connected to the Council’s work.
What’s included
Monthly two-hour sessions with me. Two in-person half-day meetings per year. Email access between sessions on Council topics. A vetted, confidential room of six that compounds in value as trust builds.
What clients build here
Five peers who know your situation well enough to challenge it — and a coach who won’t let the room settle for comfortable answers. Decisions stress-tested before they’re made rather than reviewed after they fail. A place to say the thing you cannot say at your own company.
This is for you if you’re an owner, executive, or senior professional who wants peer perspective sharpened by expert coaching, and you’ll show up prepared, every month, for a year. You may join an existing Council or bring your own group of up to six and have me run it.
This is not for you if you’re networking. This is a working council, not a referral exchange, and members who arrive to sell to the room are asked to leave, without refund.
Questions clients ask
How are Councils formed? I match for seniority and chemistry and screen out competitive overlap. Groups arriving intact go through a formation session to set their charter and confidentiality terms.
How is confidentiality enforced between members? Every member signs the same confidentiality commitment before the first session. What’s said at the Council table stays there. This rule has no exceptions and I enforce it personally.
Where are the in-person meetings? Metro Atlanta by default. Councils occasionally vote to meet elsewhere and share the logistics.
Investment: $4,500 per member, annually. Due 45 days before the Council year begins; if a seat is accepted on shorter notice, payment is due on the day of acceptance.