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The Table is a private executive community convened by Harper Slade for senior leaders across major global corporations who are anchored in inclusion, culture, and the future of work. It is designed for executives who carry enterprise-level responsibility—and who rarely have true peers with whom they can think aloud, test strategy, and process complexity with candor.
The Table is not a conference, cohort, or content subscription. It is a trusted gathering space—a corporate living room rather than a convention ballroom—where leaders meet in real time to navigate what is happening now, together.
At The Table, executives gain:
• Shared commiseration without competition
• Honest dialogue without performance
• Access to lived expertise already in the room
• Ensurance that they are not alone, behind, or improvising
This community exists so leaders can move faster, move better, and move with shared fidelity to values that matter.
Why The Table Exists
Senior executives are often surrounded by people—but isolated from peers.
They attend conferences filled with impressive titles, yet leave without having spoken to anyone who truly understands the weight of their decisions. They manage risk, culture, labor dynamics, and social pressure in real time—often without a private space to ask:
• How are others actually handling this?
• What did you try that didn’t work?
• Am I overreacting—or underreacting?
The Table was founded to solve that problem.
It is a community built on privacy, candor, and trust, where:
● No sessions are recorded
● Ideas are shared liberally
● Peer support and advising is encouraged
● Insights, learnings and experiences belong to the collective
Think of this as an extension of your leadership team—a readily accessible and peer driven “think tank”.
What Makes The Table Different
1. Peer Fidelity
Membership is curated. Every executive at The Table is operating at a comparable level of influence and accountability. This is not aspirational networking—it is peer alignment.
2. Real-Time Relevance
The Table lives in the present tense. Discussions are shaped by what members are actively navigating, not pre-set agendas or abstract trends.
Sometimes you will be in step with your peers.
Sometimes you will not.
Both are valuable—and both are surfaced intentionally.
3. Privacy as a Design Principle
No recordings. No attribution. No public-facing deliverables.
What is shared at The Table stays at The Table.
4. Connection Over Content
White papers, research, and frameworks are available—but they are secondary to the power of connection, story, and applied wisdom.
The right insight often comes from the right person at the right moment.
Core Community Experiences
In-Person Gatherings (2x annually)
The foundation of The Table.
These are intentionally designed, invitation-only gatherings held in intimate settings—not conference halls. Think: corporate living room, not ballroom.
Executives engage in deep, facilitated conversations that explore:
• What is actually happening inside their organizations
• Where risk, resistance, or fatigue is showing up
• How peers are responding to similar pressures
These gatherings are adaptive, relational, and responsive to the room.
Monthly Community Calls
A standing rhythm that keeps the community connected between gatherings. Calls are discussion-based and lightly facilitated, focused on:
• Emerging challenges
• Timely decisions
• Sense-making together
Executive Check-Ins
Approximately two structured check-ins annually designed to:
• Take stock of what you are navigating
• Surface the right connections or resources
• Ensure you are getting what you need from the community
Accessible and Ongoing 1:1 Peer Connections
Members may connect directly with one another at any time.
Harper Slade acts as a navigator, helping surface:
• The right peer
• The right story
• The right expertise
As individuals gain insights and experience in their own organizations, the solution is likely already in the room, benefitting both individual members and the collective..
First Access to Harper Slade Research
Members receive priority access to:
• Harper Slade white papers and research
• Early insights on cultural, demographic, and workforce shifts
• Discounted Harper Slade and Nikki Lanier services and products
Why The Table Lives at Harper Slade
The Table is uniquely powerful because it is housed within Harper Slade’s advisory ecosystem.
Harper Slade is not a media brand or networking platform—it is a trusted advisor to institutions navigating race, culture, labor, leadership, and long-term workforce risk.
As a result:
• Conversations are grounded in real advisory work
• Insights are informed by cross-sector exposure
• Members benefit from pattern recognition across industries
Simply by being aligned with Harper Slade, members gain:
• Strategic context beyond their own organization
• Early awareness of emerging risks and opportunities
• A partner who understands both culture and consequence
Membership Structure
Level One: Community Membership
Annual Investment: $15,000
Designed for executives seeking peer connection, perspective, and shared intelligence. Includes:
• Up to 3 member participants per organization
• 2 in-person gatherings annually
• Monthly community calls
• ~2 executive check-ins per year
• 1:1 peer connections within the community
• First access to Harper Slade white papers and research prior to broader publication
• 10% Discounted pricing for Harper Slade and Nikki Lanier advisory and merchandise offerings and programs:
Harper Slade Offerings: Leadership Coaching, IDI AssessmentsI, Monthly Advisory Packages, 2045 Maturity Framework Subscription;
Nikki Lanier Offerings: RAARE Woman Collective Membership, Uncommon Ground Workbook for parents, speaking engagements and workshops, The Common Grove Social Awareness Brand merchandise
This membership provides belonging, perspective, and velocity—without the obligation of a retained advisory engagement.
Level Two: Community + Advisory Membership
Annual Investment: $45,000
Designed for executives who want both community and embedded advisory support. Includes everything in Community Membership, plus:
• 15 annual advisory hours with the Harper Slade team (virtual or in-person, as appropriate)
• Bundled access to Harper Slade’s retained advisory expertise
• Priority navigation to Harper Slade subject-matter experts across culture, labor, leadership, and risk
• Strategic translation support to move insights from The Table directly into actionable practices for your organization
This level is ideal for organizations that want ongoing counsel—without committing to a full retained advisory relationship.
The Table | Founders Circle
By Invitation Only
Purpose of the Founders Circle
The Founders Circle is designed for a small cohort of anchor organizations who want to:
• Shape—not just participate in—the evolution of The Table
• Move from peer insight to enterprise-level application
• Gain privileged access to Harper Slade’s most proprietary tools and thinking
• Be in relationship with Harper Slade as strategic partners, not just members
This tier should feel like:
“We are inside the room where the thinking is being formed.”
What Makes the Founders Circle Distinct
This tier is defined by four differentiators:
1. Influence (you help shape the ecosystem)
2. Integration (community insights translate into your organization)
3. Access (to tools, leadership, and proprietary frameworks
4. Proximity (to Harper Slade’s senior advisors and thinking)
Founders Circle Core Inclusions
1. Everything in Level Two (Community + Advisory)
This is critical—Founders Circle is not parallel, it is additive.
Includes:
• Full Community Membership benefits
• Community + Advisory benefits
• Advisory hours (expanded—see below)
2. Annual Multicultural Maturity Framework (Enterprise License)
High-value, high-differentiation inclusion
• Full annual access to Harper Slade’s Multicultural Maturity Framework Tool
• Enterprise use for the member organization
● Assessment deployment
● Executive-ready outputs
● Interpretive guidance from Harper Slade
This alone should feel like something organizations would normally purchase separately.
3. Annual Executive Briefing (Custom)
A bespoke executive-level briefing, delivered once annually.
• Tailored to the organization’s:
● Workforce demographics
● Industry pressures
● Cultural risk profile
• Designed for:
● Executive teams
● Boards
● Senior leadership councils
Positioning language:
“What Harper Slade sees coming—and what it means for you.”
4. Leadership Lunch & Learn (Internal)
One facilitated leadership session per year with the member organization.
• Virtual or in-person
• Designed for:
● Senior leaders
● People leaders
● Enterprise influencers
• Practical, applied, and contextual—not performative DEI
This is where the community’s thinking lands inside the company.
5. Expanded Advisory Access
Increased advisory capacity to support integration and execution.
• 30 advisory hours annually (vs. 15 at Level Two)
• Flexible use across:
● Executive counsel
● Culture risk navigation
● Strategy translation
● Leadership moments that can’t wait
6. Founders Circle Convening
One private annual Founders Circle gathering, distinct from the main Table convenings.
• Smaller
• Strategically oriented
• Focused on:
● Pattern recognition across enterprises
● What’s breaking
● What’s next
