Welcome, Leader
You’re well on your way through your first year of Forum, one of the most powerful leadership development experiences on the planet. You have a jelled group, poised to take the next step. There is another level to the game. Most YPO member Forums last for years, supporting each other through major business, career, and life changes. That’s possible here.
Process
> Renewing Forums will set their schedule
> KAF team considers any requests to change Forums
> Longer mini-retreat to process health survey and improve direction
How is Year Two Different?
You have a running start. Members know each other and the process. Forums will begin to self-direct more, and deepen their practice of leadership. Where do you want to invest time to go deeper? The professional facilitator will focus on supporting you in customizing the experience to your specific group. Want to co-moderate to practice leading exercises you can also apply in your business? Want to deepen your leadership skills in a safe space? Your professional facilitator is there to support you to do just that. We’ll also introduce new exercises, particularly around the theme of bringing new leadership awareness and skills back to your teams.
New Members
The KA Forum program is growing rapidly and is robust enough to give us flexibility to keep Forums at the optimal size. Most Forums will gain 1-2 new members to bring the number up to about 8. These Key Associates come from the waiting list or sent from sponsors in a later cohort.
The KA Forum team will carefully match candidates to existing forums, consulting with facilitators and sponsors. Forums will integrate new members during the 3-hour kickoff meeting in your next year of Forum. To make sure your new members integrate seamlessly, they will attend an orientation meeting to learn about the Forum basics before your joined 3-hour kickoff meeting .
It is possible that we’ll get it wrong, so there’s a safety valve. After meeting one, if the Forum identifies a mismatch or conflict, we have a process to rematch that KA or return them to the waiting list.
FAQ's
Most of the basics are the same – two hour, professionally facilitated, monthly meetings. The major difference is the running start. There will also be more opportunities for self-direction and even some member-moderation, supported and coached by the facilitator. The year starts with a 3-hour meeting in addition to the 3-hour mini-retreat. And there will be some new exercises introduced throughout to support where the Forum wants to take things. Conversations will deepen the Forum’s work on leadership, business and career challenges.
A great retreat is central to your Forum experience. That is why in Year Two, Retreat is not optional. Forums will be able to schedule their self-organized retreats well in advance, but are asked to commit to this as a core part of the program going in. So, pricing is the same, but bundles both pieces upfront.
Forums will set their own dates, and do have flexibility to try to accommodate emergencies. But, unfortunately, we can’t refund fees if an emergency arises.
Fantastic! Thank you, thank you. Please write to kaforum@circl.es and we’ll get into it.