Entrepreneurship can be a lonely journey, but it doesn’t have to be.
We, at CRIB, believe that every business founder needs somewhere to turn for the insight and perspective only a trusted sounding board of peers can provide. With CRIB Circles we seek to create small groups within the community with an atmosphere of confidentiality, respect and trust.
CRIB Circles aims to create a safe fold for its members on topics such as impact and purpose, business, personal growth, guided by trained by facilitators, who will in turn train members to lead and facilitate for their own groups.
Forums have long been held by business groups such as YPO (Young Presidents Organization) and EO (Entrepreneur’s Organisation) as the most valued asset within the group.
A Circle will be formed as a group of six to eight members who meet on a regular basis in an atmosphere of confidentiality, trust and openness to share in each other s business, family and personal experiences. Circles will provide an ongoing opportunity to share and discuss with a group of peers the issues that arise from being an entrepreneur. An entrepreneur’s s journey has often been described as being lonely at the start. Circles serves as a solution to that isolation.
Forum is not a social club, although strong social relationships frequently grow out of the experience. It s not a therapy group, although some members have found Forum support to be therapeutic. It s not a fix-it group, although members can find answers to their problems. The breadth of topics discussed the long-term life of the group, the commonality and diversity of members, the use of peer moderation, and the close relationships that develop combine to create an experience you are unlikely to find elsewhere.
Unlike other business-oriented personal advisory groups whose meetings are run by paid professionals as a business, all YPO-WPO Forums are peer-moderated. The moderator, selected by the members, prepares for the job by attending a Forum Moderator Development workshop. The moderator serves for 12 to 24 months. The moderator is important, but cannot do it alone. Responsibility for effective meetings and the Forum s continuing health is shared by all members. YPO-WPO provides workshops for moderators, for entire Forums, and for Forum Officers and Spouse Forum Coordinators.
What Forum Provides:
A confidential, trusting environment for learning, idea exchange and self-exploration.
Enrichment of your business, family and personal life Integration of business, family and personal interests
Leadership development skills
Personal growth Support
The Forum environment nurtures these qualities:
Safety
Honesty
Openness
Trust
Respect
Risk taking
Sharing vulnerability
LOCATION Studio 426