How a year runs

Fewer sessions. More depth.

The Top Table isn't a programme you attend. It's a year with a circle that stays with you.

• Four table sessions. Two half-days in person in a private, confidential space. Two online. Each one shaped by what the table says matters most that month. Jenni and Advita bring the thinking and a real example, then the table works through a member's live challenge. Everyone leaves with one thing they'll do.
• Four one-to-ones. Private coaching with Jenni or Advita, for the decisions you can't take to the table yet.
• Quarterly trends report. How your peers are resourced, structured and measured, and what's coming next. The report you'll quote in your budget conversation.
• Your profile. Impact assessment plus DISC and Values profiles through the year, so you know where your confidence and credibility sit and what to work on.
• Ask the table. A private WhatsApp group for a fast, candid steer on a decision, a supplier or a tricky stakeholder. Between sessions, not just at them.
• On-demand learning. Confidence and credibility courses to dip into when you need them.
• The members' dinner. An annual evening with every Top Table member, with a half-day conference pitched at where you are now, not where you were fifteen years ago.

A welcome box marks your seat. Sessions are never recorded. What's said at the table stays at the table.

Know where you stand

Most directors only find out how peers run their function by chance. Four times a year, the Top Table benchmarking report puts it in front of you: team size against organisation size, budget ranges, how comms sits in the structure, what directors are being asked to own, and how they're measuring it. Bring it to your planning cycle. Bring it to the board.

Investment

£4,167 a year (plus VAT if applicable)

Membership runs June to June. Applications open in February.

Most organisations fund this from the learning or leadership budget. If you need to make the case internally, email hello@thebeliefbuilders.com and we'll send a one-page summary built for your CFO.

How to take your seat

1. Register your interest. Tell us your role and the budget you're responsible for. We'll let you know the moment applications open.
2. Apply in February. A short form, then a call with Jenni or Advita to make sure the table is right for you. Not sure whether it's the Top Table or the Round Table? This call will help you decide.
3. Get ready. Once you're accepted, you'll take your assessments and get access to the courses.
4. Take your seat in June. Your year starts with your first session, your welcome box and the members' dinner.