Science-Matched Peer Intelligence · SME Executives · 5–9 Members · USD $2,500 per month
Section 1
THE LEADERSHIP PROBLEM NOBODY TALKS ABOUT
At C-suite level, the decisions are the most consequential and the sounding board is the smallest. Your leadership team reports to you. Your board has fiduciary obligations that shape every conversation. Your investors have their own agenda. Your peers at other organisations are potential competitors.
Most senior executives make their most important decisions in relative isolation — not because they lack intelligence, but because they lack a confidential forum of genuine equals who have no stake in the outcome.
This is the problem the Executive Mastermind Circle™ is designed to solve.
Section 2
WHAT SEPARATES THIS FROM EVERY OTHER MASTERMIND
Most executive mastermind groups are assembled by proximity, application, or revenue threshold. Members self-select into groups that feel comfortable. Comfortable is not the same as high-performing.
The Executive Mastermind Circle™ is assembled by science. Every member has completed the Gateway RutherfordINTEL™ Assessment and qualified for the Rutherford Talent Guild™. The composition of each circle is then determined by one of two evidence-based configuration models — chosen to match the strategic purpose of the group.
TWO CONFIGURATION MODELS
Section 3
THE SME EXECUTIVE CASE
For leaders of small and medium-sized enterprises, the Executive Mastermind Circle™ addresses a structural gap that larger organisations solve through headcount. A CEO of a 50-person company does not have a Chief Strategy Officer to pressure-test their thinking. A CFO at a 200-person firm does not have a peer finance team to benchmark their models against.
The Complementary Configuration is particularly powerful for SME executives — it gives a CEO access to the functional intelligence of a full C-suite without the overhead. The Aligned Configuration gives a functional leader access to peer benchmarking that their organisation cannot provide internally.
Both configurations are supported by Rutherford Talent Solutions™ research, market intelligence reports, and RutherfordINTEL™ behavioural data — resources that most SME organisations do not have in-house.
Section 4
WHAT EVERY CIRCLE INCLUDES
Section 5
HOW IT COMPARES
Section 6
THE ENTRY PATHWAY
Step What Happens
Guild Qualification Complete the Gateway RutherfordINTEL™ Assessment and meet the Rutherford Talent Guild™ threshold. Guild membership is the baseline qualification for all Executive Mastermind Circles™.
Circle Interest Registration Express your interest in an Executive Mastermind Circle™ and indicate your preferred configuration model — Aligned or Complementary.
Configuration Interview A brief conversation with a Rutherford International™ advisor to confirm your functional profile, strategic priorities, and the specific value you would bring to and draw from a circle.
Matching & Placement Rutherford International™ identifies available Guild members whose profiles are compatible with your configuration preference. You are presented with the proposed circle composition before committing.
Circle Launch First session facilitated by your assigned C-suite curator. Monthly cadence established. Rutherford Talent Solutions™ intelligence briefing delivered to the group.
MEMBERSHIP INVESTMENT
Section 7
KNOWLEDGENET™ PEER COMMUNITIES — THE ENTRY LAYER
Guild members who are not yet at C-suite level, or who prefer a self-directed peer community, have access to KnowledgeNET™ — the broader Rutherford Talent Guild™ knowledge communities segmented by sector, function, and interest. KnowledgeNET™ communities are included in base Guild membership and allow members to organise their own peer groups within the ecosystem.
The Executive Mastermind Circle™ is the curated, science-matched tier above KnowledgeNET™ — reserved for senior executives who want the structure, the rigour, and the intelligence support that self-organised communities cannot provide.