Your Personal Board of Directors
The Power of EO Forum
EO Forum is a foundational experience for members—a confidential group of 6–10 entrepreneurs who meet monthly to share and grow together. These peer groups offer a rare space to be fully open about challenges in business and life. More than just discussion, Forum is structured for impact. It’s consistently rated by members as EO’s most powerful benefit, helping founders build deeper relationships, gain perspective, and accelerate personal and professional growth through experience-based learning.
What makes EO Forum different from other peer groups?
EO Forum is built on a unique structure: no advice, no judgment, and total confidentiality. Instead of offering opinions, members share direct experiences. That shift—from advice to lived truth—creates deeper understanding and emotional clarity. Led by a trained peer moderator, each session is focused, respectful, and transformative. The result? Stronger leadership, better decision-making, and more honest relationships. It’s a rare space where entrepreneurs can take off the armor and be real with people who understand.
Forum as Your Personal Board of Directors
Forum becomes your personal board of directors—an inner circle of trusted peers invested in your growth. In this space, fellow entrepreneurs become sounding boards, support systems, and accountability partners. They offer insights not because they’ve studied your situation, but because they’ve lived something like it. Forum members cheer for your wins and challenge you when you’re stuck. Over time, the support and clarity you gain from your Forum will shape how you lead and live.
What types of EO Forums are available?
EO offers a variety of Forums to meet different needs. Chapter Forums connect members locally. Bridge Forums bring together entrepreneurs from across regions virtually and in person. Experience Forums focus on shared industries or interests. For loved ones and senior team members, there are Spouse/Life Partner (SLP) Forums and Key Executive Forums. Every Forum follows the same structured approach, ensuring safety, confidentiality, and impact—no matter where you are in your entrepreneurial journey.
The Forum Experience
In Forum, you’ll share wins and failures, explore deep questions, and practice active listening. You’ll learn not by being told what to do—but by hearing how others have navigated their own paths. The Forum mindset prioritizes vulnerability, authenticity, and growth. When practiced consistently, these habits shift how members lead, communicate, and relate to others. Many members say Forum is the first place they’ve felt truly seen, not just as business leaders, but as whole people. Forums travel together, learn together and experience EO as a team.
How does EO prepare members for Forum?
To ensure every member gets the most from their Forum experience, EO offers structured training. The Forum Training Program (FTP) is an immersive, one-day workshop that introduces key principles such as confidentiality, emotional safety, and experience sharing. Members can also pursue Forum Moderator Training if they want to lead their groups. Ongoing Forum Workshops help deepen understanding and improve communication. This global consistency ensures EO Forums remain impactful, high-trust spaces wherever members are in the world.
The Long-Term Value of Forum
Over time, Forum becomes more than a meeting—it becomes a foundation. As you build trust with your group, you gain a reflective space to think through complex decisions, receive honest feedback, and be held accountable to your goals. Many members credit Forum with breakthroughs in business, health, and family. It becomes the leadership lab where personal and professional growth intersect. EO Forum is where entrepreneurs go to become not just better founders—but better humans.
How can I join a Forum in EO?
New EO members gain access to Forum after completing the required Forum Training Program. Once trained, you’ll be placed into a Forum group that fits your chapter, interest, or executive role. Your Forum journey can begin locally—or stretch across regions or industries, depending on your needs. No matter the format, joining Forum is one of the most powerful steps you can take to unlock the full value of EO membership and accelerate your personal evolution.
Forum Journey
Transformational growth through life-enhacing connections. Upskill in Forum as you upskill in life.
“Following the EO Forum standard for Deep Dives has become a personal practice for me. DoiTrung monthly and sharing openly with my forum mates has not only created structure, but also deepened my self-awareness and growth over the past year.”
Trung Ho
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