Where strategy meets support

Being a CEO can be exhilarating, rewarding - and deeply isolating.

You’re the sounding board for everyone else. The decision-maker. The holder of vision and values. And somewhere in there, you’re still trying to do your best thinking while half-drowning in emails, meetings, and daily demands.

That’s why I created the CEO Collective.

Not as another networking group or a lecture series. But as a room designed specifically CEOs of SME & NFP organisations to step out of the whirlwind and into strategy, space, and support.

And most importantly, into conversation with people who get it.

One of our regular attendees described it better than I ever could:

"𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘌𝘖𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴-𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘌𝘖 𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦-𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 - 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦-𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘌𝘖 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧." Richard.

It’s not about ego or showmanship. It’s about helping each other think better, lead better, explore real issues and feel more like yourself in the process.

Each session is curated to prompt meaningful discussion and clear priorities. No filler. No fluff. Just genuine insight, a strategic pause, and human connection.