CEO/Executive Forums
Also known as roundtables, these forums are facilitated meetings that allow business owners and executives to talk about common issues, challenges, and accomplishments with a group of trusted peers.
Benefits
- Structured time to enable you to step back, reflect, and plan
- Opportunity to exchange ideas
- Get timely, constructive advice to solve your challenges
- Get practical business improvement strategies
- Sanctuary from your daily hassles
- Help you stay focused and accountable
- Sounding board to test your strategies and ideas
- Combat isolation that stifles creativity
- Supportive network of colleagues with similar challenges
- Way to leverage your limited resources
- Gain diverse perspectives
Process
Forums take place in person or on the phone monthly, for three to twelve months.
Members meet in peer groups of 6-8 people for 1.5 hours by phone or 3 hours in-person.
The group designs the structure and format for the meetings to meet their specific needs. For example, some groups spotlight one member per month; have each member share his/her challenge and get the suggestions and feedback from other members; or have a guest speaker on a specific business topic.
Membership requirements
CEO, president, owner, partner, principal, general manager
Must attend 80 percent of the meetings
Meetings are confidential