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OUR PROGRAMS

LEARN NEW TRENDS

Top executives from non-competing companies of similar size, come together into an advisory board process through which they gain fresh ideas and new insights.

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MONTHLY MEETINGS
 

We offer Peer Advisory Groups for Top Executives, Key Executives and Tech Executives.  Our forum groups meet monthly for half-day sessions. In addition, there are coaching and personal development components for our members.


There are usually three components to every five-hour meeting:
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Peer Roundtable Discussion

 

Group members have the opportunity to share questions, updates, and issues and get feedback and fresh ideas from their fellow Executive Forum members. Our Forums provide a safe place for a business owner to discuss his or her business and its challenges and get much needed advice from peers.

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Educational Component

 

Local Expert resource speakers or your Forum Leader delivers an Educational Component in most monthly forum meetings. These workshops are focused on business trends, strategic concepts, and management and leadership tools to help you be a more effective business owner. Some past topics have included: “Financial Literacy,” “Best Practices,” “Contribution Margin Analysis,” “Unique Ability,” “Exploring the Foundation of Your Financial House,” “Hiring and Firing in the Recession,” “DISC and Workplace Motivators Assessments,” etc.

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Focused Executive

 

Every meeting, a different member gets a chance to go through a structured process called the Focused Executive. This is a peer review process of your business that allows you to gain insight and advice from your Forum members, drawing on their extensive knowledge and business experience. This valuable process produces the perspective you need to achieve the next level. Many Executive Forum members experience breakthroughs in their business as a result of their Focused Executive session.

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CEO Coaching

 

You have opportunities to meet with Forums Staff and Forum Members one-on-one to receive direct input and advice on all aspects of your business. Just some of the assistance you can receive includes: preparing your Focused Executive presentations; follow-up on implementing your action items; review and development of personal and business strategic plans; identification of additional personal and business needs.

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Learning Opportunites

 

Executive Forum membership provides a wealth of information to its members through newsletters & publications & webinars; small business news updates; access to resources such as books, DVDs, CDs; one-on-one coaching available outside of the group meetings; workshops and seminars that can be offered to members’ employees; and several themed meetings focusing on a particular topic or issue relevant to today’s business owner.

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Forum members also receive our monthly Email Newsletter, and can participate in REF's monthly Webinars.

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Strategies For Success Retreat

 

Once a year, we hold an annual off-site retreat. Always held at a top-drawer destination, the retreat combines personal and professional educational offerings with socializing and general R&R.  Past topics have included:

•  The Great Game of Business
•  The Breakthrough Company
•  PEAK – How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow

•  What Great Brands Do

•  Delivering Happiness

•  The Fascination Advantage

•  SCALE: Grow Your Business and Get Your Life Back

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