Meeting Agenda
Shoutouts and Needs/Leads
Two high-value, low time-intensive, sections that should be included into your monthly Forum meeting agenda are Shoutouts and Needs/Leads. Shoutouts – Give the group up to ...
Activities
ACTIVITY: Lessons From The Past For The Present
This process of three questions can have MANY different themes, but given the current COVID-19 situation and so much change happening in everyone’s career and ...
Goal Setting Tips
S.M.A.R.T. Forum Goal Setting
What’s your personal goal?” I asked him.“To go to the gym,” he responded.“Great! How many times?” I asked.“Three times per week,” he responded.“Great! For how ...
Constitution/Culture Tips
3 Dangerous Outcomes of Giving Advice
Each Forum member is on their own journey with their own challenges. When it comes time to present a challenge to the group, the group ...
Constitution/Culture Tips
Don’t Give Advice – Share Your Experience
A core practice of the Forums I run is that we don’t give each other advice, but rather, we share our own experience around the ...
Monthly Reflection Tips
The Monthly Reflection Template
There are several formats that Forums use to do their monthly reflection. No one way is the correct way, and your Forum will collectively decide ...
Constitution/Culture Tips
Forum Roles
The best-run Forums are when everyone takes on a role to keep the Forum running smoothly. Typically, each person holds a role for one year ...
Parking Lot Tips
The Purpose of the Third Column in The Parking Lot
In a well-run Parking Lot doc, there are three columns that a topic is scored against. Importance – How important is this topic to you in ...
Forum Overview
Effective Forum Meeting Scheduling
Trying to schedule a meeting date/time that works for everyone is a never-ending battle and time suck. The worst way to schedule meetings is to ...
Announcement
QUESTION – Should Our Forum Meet Virtually?
Without a doubt, I think established Forums should be meeting virtually via video to keep things going during this time. Forums that were great prior, ...