Round Tables offer five unique factors which produce powerful results for their members.

1. Peers
By meeting regularly with your peers facing similar challenges, a community of equals is built. They provide a level of understanding and support that is not available from other staff, a board, friends or a spouse.

On the other hand they can be incisively confrontational at a level that subordinates, spouses and consultants rarely can. This strong peer support enables the confrontation to be useful and accepted.

Consultants and industry experts under contract typically lack the credibility and courage to push so hard and so successfully.

Peers are also a great way to filter out passing management and industry fads that are often primarily supported by consultants and professors.

2. Industry Focus
By focusing on your industry you can really become better. Athletes from all the Olympic sports share many things in common, but swimmers only become better by racing other swimmers; not volley ball players or rowers.

Consultants are smart, but your peers know you and your industry.

3. On Going
The high value from Round Table has led to members attending regularly for years. This allows the members a long term view. This nurtures accountability, follow through and true implementation and growth.

Seminars and industry association meetings are great ways to learn, but too often the agenda is repetitive and there are no tools for customising a generic message to your company and then assuring implementation. Most CEOs have learned much more than they can implement.

Driven by practicality Round Tables seek to reverse this imbalance.

4. Implementation
When Will Phillips – the founder of Round Tables – was a principle in charge of strategic planning services in a major, national CPA firm, he examined the usual recommendations made at the end of each audit. These suggestions were made by smart and experienced business people.

In most cases the recommendations were 'right'; that is they were on target. If implemented they would have helped the business. Yet in reality over 85% of the recommendations were not implemented.

This is exactly what the Round Tables provide – results.

5. Round Table Priorities and Results
There are two major priorities in Round Tables.

First is business success which is built on a foundation of dramatically improving financial results. A recent survey of Round Table members reported an average of 25% improved performance due to their Round Tables participation. On top of this financial foundation is shaping an organisation that runs well and fulfills its mission.

Secondly, the Round Tables work to enhance the CEO's life. This varies from freeing up their agenda to better focus on their strengths and passions to managing significant transitions in their work and professional life. Members report an average of 30% reduction in stress from Round Table participation.

In one Round Table the members averaged 18% annual growth for every year they were a member. And many were members for fifteen years.