By Invitation. By Stage.
Important decisions deserve peer review.
Eight CEOs. No competitors. A confidential board where experienced leaders challenge assumptions, share perspective, and help one another think more clearly.
By Invitation. By Stage.
Eight CEOs. No competitors. A confidential board where experienced leaders challenge assumptions, share perspective, and help one another think more clearly.
Great leadership isn't about having all the answers—it's about surrounding yourself with the few who ask the right questions.
This is where you work through your complicated decisions. In confidence. With seven other non-competing CEOs who understand what you've built and where you want to grow. They hold you accountable because you ask them to.
When was the last time you could get candid advice from another CEO about your business?
The hardest part of running a business is the lack of outside perspectives.
As a CEO, you're surrounded by people who look to you for answers. But there are decisions you can't fully discuss with your team, your employees, or even your board. The bigger the decision, the fewer people you may have who truly understand what is at stake.
OCTET facilitates crucial conversations about your real leadership challenges.
Open, candid, straightforward advice about what actually matters to you.
Eight CEOs. No competitors. A confidential room where experienced leaders challenge assumptions, share perspective, and help one another think more clearly.
↓ Download OCTET Program OverviewYou and your CEO peers, grouped by leadership challenge.
Two rooms matched by role and situation, not by growth stage.
Core Benefits
Candid Perspective
Talk openly about the decisions you can't discuss inside your company.
Sharper Judgment
Test your thinking against seven experienced leaders before you make the call.
Real Accountability
Leave with a plan — and come back to peers who remember what you committed to.
A Peer Advisory Board
Eight leaders. No competitors. Confidential conversations among people carrying similar responsibilities.
Frequently Asked
Membership is by invitation only. We select CEOs, owners, presidents and other C-suite company leaders who are running established small and mid-sized businesses — matched by scale and stage, not industry.
Each advisory board is built around eight members matched by scale and stage. Fit is personally curated, but every member has a real voice — candidates for open seats are reviewed and discussed by the board before anyone is seated.
We use a simple, three-step process to make sure there's a good mutual fit. You'll start with a conversation with your Board Director about your business, goals, availability, and any potential conflicts. Next is a pilot coaching session to make sure you and your Board Director work well together. Finally, you'll meet the other members so everyone can confirm the fit before moving forward.
Each session opens with a business check-in, then a review of what members committed to last time — done, not done, and why. From there, the board digs into members' latest or persistent challenges for real discovery and resolution. This is a real roll-up your sleeves working session.
Membership is making a commitment to be present for your colleagues. This includes attending the 4-hour meeting each month, plus the private 90-minute one-on-one alignment and coaching session — both are built to fit inside a CEO's schedule, not take it over.
Membership is priced by location: Rochester · Buffalo · Finger Lakes
Is OCTET Right for You?
Everything starts with a conversation. Let's figure out together if Octet is a good fit for you and if you're a good fit for a group.
Membership is by invitation.
Becoming a better leader is the goal. Success is the reward.
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