Bring the challenge
Gain fresh perspective.
Use your monthly Forum to explore a live decision, hear perspectives from experienced peers and challenge the assumptions shaping your response.
Membership of The Forum
Leadership support shaped around responsibility.
Whether you are considering membership for yourself or development for a senior leader in your team, The Forum combines trusted peer challenge with highly personalised one-to-one leadership coaching. The right membership depends on the responsibility held and the support needed.
Think Better.Lead Better.Execute Better.
One connected support system
From live challenge to stronger action.
Deepen the insight
Strengthen your leadership response.
Use highly personalised one-to-one leadership coaching to examine how you are leading through the situation and decide how you want to respond.
Create momentum
Turn decisions into progress.
Leave with clearer decisions, purposeful commitments and accountability. Principal Members can also draw on hands-on Strategic Support to help move important priorities forward.
The member experience
Perspective that changes how you lead.
“Since joining, I've benefited hugely from the collective wisdom of peers from other industries. The diversity of perspective has sharpened my decision-making, improved how I lead under pressure and helped me navigate some of the biggest leadership hurdles of my career. Gavin's insight is sharp, his challenge is constructive and his support is unwavering. The Forum has become a vital part of my leadership toolkit.”
Choose the support that fits your role
Two memberships. One standard of trust and challenge.
Both tiers combine a consistent peer community with individual leadership coaching. Principal Membership adds flexible strategic support for leaders carrying final responsibility for organisational outcomes.
Executive
Significant organisational responsibilityFor senior leaders extending their organisational impact.
- Monthly peer groupA confidential group with a structured leadership-development agenda
- Practical applicationApply the agenda to the live leadership situations members are navigating
- Leadership coachingOne highly personalised 60-minute session each month
- Trusted communityConsistent challenge, perspective and accountability
Best suited to leaders carrying substantial responsibility within an organisation, but not final accountability for the organisation as a whole.
Membership investment
Discuss Executive Membership£395per month
Principal
Final organisational accountabilityFor leaders with final organisational accountability.
- Monthly peer groupMember-led discussion of live strategic and organisational challenges
- Comparable peersA consistent community of leaders carrying final responsibility
- Leadership coachingOne highly personalised 60-minute session each month
- Strategic SupportUp to three hours of hands-on support each month
Best suited to leaders for whom the final decision, and its consequences, rest with them.
Membership investment
Discuss Principal Membership£695per month
Membership is billed monthly in advance. Fees are exclusive of VAT where applicable. There is no minimum contract term unless otherwise agreed in writing.
Developing your senior team?
Give your leaders support that extends beyond your organisation.
The Forum gives experienced leaders in your team access to an independent, confidential peer group, highly personalised leadership coaching and the challenge and perspective that can be difficult to provide internally.
We can explore the right membership for one individual or several members of your senior team, based on each leader's responsibilities, development priorities and readiness.
Discuss leadership development for your teamExclusive to Principal Membership
When an important priority cannot afford to stall.
Principal Members can use up to three hours each month as a flexible allocation of Gavin's time. Bring a live organisational issue, paper, plan or meeting. Gavin can review and challenge the work, help structure a response, facilitate a focused session or support implementation over several months.
Make a sound decision
Evaluate options and business cases
Compare possible courses of action, test risks and trade-offs, and strengthen the case for investment, change or growth.
Prepare for Board or Executive scrutiny
Review a paper, proposal or plan, challenge its assumptions and prepare for an important stakeholder discussion.
Turn strategy into action
Plan change and implementation
Translate strategic intent into phased delivery, clarify responsibilities and assess readiness, dependencies and risks.
Improve operating effectiveness
Review structures, roles, workflows, processes and KPIs to identify barriers and develop practical improvements.
Strengthen leadership and teams
Align a senior team
Use a focused session to clarify priorities, ownership, accountability and the behaviours needed to work effectively together.
Facilitate an important conversation
Bring independent challenge or neutral facilitation to a Board, Executive Team, away day or difficult organisational issue.
The examples are indicative. Strategic Support is tailored to the member's priorities and does not include regulated legal, financial, tax, accountancy or employment-law advice.
Principal Membership
Turn an important priority into practical progress.
What makes the Forum work
Trust creates the conditions. Members create the value.
Each Forum is carefully constituted and facilitated. Its value deepens through six shared commitments that allow leaders to speak candidly, challenge thoughtfully and learn generously from one another.
Commitment to presence
Show up fully.
Attend consistently, arrive prepared and give the conversation your full attention.
Reciprocal contribution
Ask and contribute.
Bring your own challenges and offer your experience, perspective and support to others.
Confidentiality without exception
Protect what is shared.
Keep every sensitive discussion within The Forum so members can speak with confidence and candour.
Respectful challenge
Be honest and constructive.
Question assumptions, surface difficult truths and challenge the thinking without diminishing the person.
Personal ownership
Turn insight into action.
Take responsibility for your decisions, commitments and the progress you choose to make.
Stewardship of the community
Strengthen the whole Forum.
Help sustain a generous, inclusive and trusted community in which every member can contribute.
Membership is selective because the right combination of people, perspectives and shared intent matters.
Frequently asked questions
Before we speak.
Practical answers about the Forum experience, membership and what happens when you enquire.
The membership experience
How are Forum meetings delivered?
Meetings are held online, once each calendar month, and are facilitated to create candid dialogue, useful challenge and clear commitments.
How large is each group?
Each Forum is limited to a maximum of 16 members so every voice can be heard and relationships can deepen over time.
How long is the monthly Forum meeting?
Forum meetings are held once each calendar month. The exact meeting length and schedule are confirmed for the group before membership begins.
Are members grouped by time zone?
Yes. As a fully remote experience, each Forum is scheduled around a practical shared time zone so members can participate consistently.
What happens if I miss a leadership coaching session?
Each membership includes one leadership coaching session per calendar month. Unused sessions do not accumulate or roll into future months.
Can Principal Strategic Support hours roll forward?
No. Principal Members receive up to three hours each calendar month. Unused hours do not accumulate and all preparation, delivery and follow-up time counts towards the allocation.
Sponsorship and joining
Can an organisation sponsor membership for a senior leader?
Yes. An organisation can sponsor one or several senior leaders. Each person joins the Forum best matched to their responsibilities and development needs, subject to mutual fit.
How is confidentiality handled when an organisation sponsors membership?
The confidentiality of Forum and leadership coaching conversations remains fundamental. Any objectives, progress updates or sponsor involvement are agreed clearly with the member at the outset.
How do I know which membership is right for me?
The confidential first conversation explores the responsibility you carry, the support you need and the group in which you are most likely to contribute and benefit.
Am I committing to a long contract?
Membership runs monthly, with no minimum contract term unless something different is agreed with you in writing.
What happens after I submit an enquiry?
We arrange a confidential conversation to understand the responsibility involved, the support required and whether The Forum offers the right mutual fit. If it does, the next step is an invitation and onboarding.
Optional reading
Take a closer look.
If you would like more detail before we speak, choose the Membership Guide or explore the Strategic Support available to Principal Members.
Membership guide
Think Better. Lead Better. Execute Better.
A fuller introduction to The Forum, its purpose and the experience of membership.
Download PDFPrincipal Membership
Strategic Support Portfolio
Practical examples of how Principal Members can use their monthly Strategic Support allocation.
Download PDFReady to explore membership?
The right membership begins with the right conversation.
Your next step
Book a confidential conversation to explore whether The Forum is right for you, or how it could support a member of your senior team. We’ll discuss what you want to achieve, the most appropriate membership tier and any questions you have about how The Forum works.
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