Where Elite CEOs Scale Smarter, Exit Stronger, and Win Bigger.

You’ve already built something great. Now it’s time to level up with a strategy that actually works—and the support to execute it. Less than 1% of all businesses in the USA ever reach 8-figures. It's your turn to achieve that goal. 

Every 1% CEO Circle starts with one goal:
Build your strategic plan. Achieve it in 12 months.

This is Not Another Mastermind.

If you’ve sat through peer-to-peer guesswork and coaching hype with no ROI, you already know what doesn’t work.

The 1% CEO Circle is:
✅ Not a mastermind
✅ Not group therapy for business owners
✅ Not surface-level coaching from someone who’s never built a company

It’s a confidential, strategic advisory circle for elite business owners who want real outcomes.

What We Do Inside the Circle

• Uncover what works—and what doesn’t.

• Build a strategic growth plan.

• Solve business challenges fast.

• Spot problems before they happen.

• Get real guidance from proven success.

• Leave with clear next steps.

What You’ll Get Inside the Circle

✔ Strategic Roadmap
✔ Monthly CEO Circle Zooms 
✔ Private Strategy Sessions 
✔ Real-Time Solutions 
✔ Results-Focused Execution 

By the end of your first year, you’ll:

• Build a 7-figure strategy custom to your business
• Anticipate challenges before they become crises
• Make faster, sharper decisions with CEO-level clarity
• Gain the discipline and foresight used by top-performing leaders
• Turn goals into systems that deliver predictable results

Built for the 1% Who Refuse to Settle

Most businesses stall before they ever reach 8 figures.
This Circle is for the rare leaders who are ready to break through—armed with a strategy, the right guidance, and a confidential boardroom where execution comes first. You can be one of them—with the right plan, the right support, and a Circle that pushes you to win bigger.

Waitlist Now Open – Invitation Only

Join the private 1% CEO CIRCLE waitlist to be considered for the next launch. For serious CEOS only. Join the waitlist to be considered. 

FOUNDER & CIRCLE CHAIR

Founder and Circle Chair of the 1% CEO Circle, Darlene M. Ziebell built four companies to 7 and 8 figures, navigated multiple successful exits, and advised over 20% of the Fortune 1000. She doesn’t teach theory; she delivers strategies, insights, and battle-tested experience drawn from decades in the trenches.