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HBR Advisory Council membership requirements

Every criterion HBR Advisory Council publishes, with its source, the date it was verified and how confident we are in it, plus superseded figures, so you can see how the tests have moved.

Read a requirement as the organization's published floor, not as a promise. A revenue test may have alternative versions for different business types, chapters can set stricter local tests, and invitation-only bodies publish criteria that describe members rather than admit them.

Current published criteria

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Criterion	Published requirement	Note	Provenance
Invitation	"Advisory Council membership is currently by invitation only."	HBR publishes no eligibility criteria beyond invitation status and no route to request an invitation	Verified September 2026High confidenceSource ↗

Not publicly disclosed beyond membership being by invitation only.

How admission works

Application process

There is no application. HBR invites readers to join the Advisory Council and the FAQ does not describe any way to request an invitation. Members can leave at any time using the unsubscribe link in a council email.

Invitation required

Yes

Sponsor required

Selectivity

Not publicly disclosed. HBR states only that membership is currently by invitation.

Membership term

Open-ended; members leave by unsubscribing

Primary audience

Harvard Business Review readers, mainly managers and executives, invited to give structured feedback to HBR's editors

Typical member

Not publicly disclosed. HBR publishes no eligibility criteria, seniority test or member profile for the Advisory Council; membership is by invitation.

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If not: alternatives to HBR Advisory Council (Council on Foreign Relations, The Economic Club of New York, The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., The Economic Club of Chicago).

Last verified: 6 September 2026 Report an error on this page

Sources

Advisory Council - Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Contact Us - Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Publishing. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 1
Advisory Council FAQ - Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review. Accessed 6 September 2026.tier 2

Source tiers follow the published hierarchy: 1 official site · 2 official membership materials · 3 application documents · 4 annual reports · 5 government filings · 6 reliable business publications · 7 credible interviews · 8 other reputable secondary sources. Sources and data policy.