The Table.
A private table for the leaders who carry the weight of a vision they didn't get to name.
A Fundamental Shift
This is not about incremental tips. It is about fundamentally restructuring how you operate, manage upward, and execute at the highest level of your organization.
Expand Your Capacity
Master the nuances of the second seat. Increase your ability to lead laterally, drive culture, and sustain the vision without burning out.
The Power of the Room
You will no longer figure it out alone. Stand alongside twenty-four peers who carry the exact same weight and know exactly what your Tuesday feels like.
The Problem
Everyone builds for the first chair — the books, the conferences, the coaching, the peer groups, all written for the person whose name is on the vision. Almost nothing is built for the person who executes it.
"There is no one in your building you can be fully honest with."
Who this is for
Second-chair leaders, executive pastors, chiefs of staff, COOs, administrators, and trusted deputies. People responsible for building teams, strengthening culture, solving problems, and moving organizations forward without standing in the spotlight.
Primarily but not exclusively ministry contexts — the pain is the same in any organization with a strong founder.
How the room works
Twelve-month commitment
Twelve months, because trust doesn't form in ninety days. This is a sustained environment for real growth.
Twenty-five seats maximum
The cap is real, not manufactured. A room for second chairs stops working past twenty-five people.
Application and interview
Who is in the room is the product. Every member is interviewed before enrollment to ensure fit.
Two intakes per year
We open the doors twice a year to maintain the integrity and cohesion of the cohort.
The Four Rhythms
Weekly,
the thread
Private, always-on. Real situations in confidence. What is said in the room stays in the room.
Monthly,
the hot seat
Sixty minutes. Thirty teaching, thirty on one member's live situation. Rotating, so every member gets the room.
Quarterly,
the gathering
In person. Small room, no stage, no lanyards. Working format. Members cover their own travel and lodging.
Annually,
the Forum
Front row, private dinner, visibly the inner circle.
The curriculum matters.
The room matters more.
For the first time, you will sit at a table where you do not have to explain your context. Twenty-four other second-chair leaders who carry the exact same weight, navigate the same complexities, and understand exactly what your Tuesday feels like. You are no longer figuring it out alone.
Shared Context
You don't have to explain your job before you can talk about your problem. Everyone here already knows.
Absolute Candor
You cannot solve what you cannot say. What is said in the room stays in the room. Period.
Lateral Experience
The situation you are losing sleep over has likely already been solved by someone else at the table.
Curriculum
Who Leads the Room
For over 26 years, Odell Dickerson Jr. has served from the second chair alongside Bishop Walter S. Thomas, Sr. and Dr. Walter S. Thomas, Jr. at New Psalmist Baptist Church, leading vision, culture, operations, finance, investment management, capital campaigns, and major organizational initiatives.
He built 1@2 because for most of those years he didn't have it. He had a phone, two or three people he trusted, and a lot of nights figuring it out alone. It worked. It cost more than it needed to.
Investment
$4,000 paid in full, or 12 payments of $400.
The founding rate is locked for as long as a member remains continuously enrolled.
This is a founding cohort.