Activities
Professional LifeLife Activity
In a prior post, I shared the LifeLine activity (https://tinyurl.com/yfb787gc) as a way to help members share their personal origin stories from birth until now. …
Forum Overview
How To Onboard a New Member
By this point in the process, you have already gone through the process of picking a new member (https://tinyurl.com/yhvsbwbq), and have unanimous support to have …
Activities
A Simple Way to Welcome New Members
It’s a great idea to do some sort of welcome activity for a new member right at the start of the Forum meeting. While some …
Constitution/Culture Tips
Code of Conduct Template
Every Forum has a Code of Conduct that is signed by all the members and reviewed every year at the Forum retreat. Here’s a template …
Constitution/Culture Tips
Emergency Meetings
It would be wonderful if all our career/personal/family challenges happened right around the time of our monthly Forum meeting so that we could bring the …
Presentation Tips
Open Coaching Presentation
While it’s always best to take at least one hour prior to the Forum meeting to have the presenter meet with the coach, that’s not …
Forum Overview
Create An Ideal Member Attributes List
In a prior post, I talked about building a Forum Intro Sheet that you can use to help recruit new members (https://tinyurl.com/yf9pef8m). One of the …
Meeting Agenda
Very Structured Process
One of the parts of Forum that surprises many people initially is how meetings are very structured. Forum meetings are packed with a lot of …
Forum Overview
The Four Pillars of Forum
Behind the structured agenda, coaching system, goals process, and presentation are four pillars that create the foundation of Forums. Everyone going into a Forum should …
Forum Overview
Fire Fighting vs. Smoke Detecting
Every time I ramp up a new Forum, the first few months usually involve putting out a lot of fires that members have in their …