Not a membership.
A retainer.
The Inner Circle exists because some leaders need someone present across whatever arises — not just the things that can be scheduled, not just the projects that have a defined scope. The things that come up. The decisions that need thinking alongside. The continuity that makes everything else possible.
We work with a deliberately limited number of people at any given time. Not because exclusivity is a selling point. Because the relationship requires it. Because the standard demands it. Because you cannot hold someone's life alongside three dozen other people and do either well.