What is the CEO Forum: 

For owners of established companies, the primary challenge shifts from "running" the business to leading the organization. At this stage, you are no longer just solving daily problems; you are making long-term bets and navigating the tough trade-offs that define the future of your business.

The CEO Forum by SCORE Greater Phoenix is our highest-level peer advisory group. It provides a confidential "inner circle" where you can step back from the operational noise to focus on direction, corporate strategy, and your long-term impact as a leader.

How It Works

• The Strategic Team: Join an elite group of to 10 business heads from non-competing industries. This ensures a safe environment to discuss high-stakes decisions and sensitive internal matters with peers who understand the unique weight of executive leadership.
• The Monthly Session: Once a month, participate in an immersive 5-hour session. These meetings use a "Challenge & Scale" process to confront your assumptions and sharpen your strategic thinking.
• Engaging Education: While the core of the forum is peer-to-peer advisory, we integrate education segments—typically on a quarterly basis—focused on the complexities of mature business scaling.

The Expert Guidance: Each forum is facilitated by two SCORE Meeting Leaders—typically retired senior executives from Fortune 500 companies or serial entrepreneurs who have successfully scaled and exited large-scale organizations.

The CEO Forum helps you step out of the day-to-day grind of running your business and start leading it with a bigger picture in mind...

• Lead the Business, Not Just Run It: Shift your focus from "how" the work gets done to "where" the whole company is going.
• Sharpen Strategic Direction: Gain clarity on your "big bets" and the structural moves that will drive your company's legacy.
• Navigate Tough Trade-offs: Use your peers as a confidential sounding board for the complex, often lonely decisions that come with executive responsibility.

Drive Value: Focus on the structural and cultural levers that increase the long-term worth and sustainability of your organization.

To maintain a high-impact environment focused on strategy, applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Direct Leadership: You hold full operational and strategic responsibility for the business (e.g., Owner, CEO, President).
• Established Maturity: Your company is an established business that has been in operation for at least two years.
• Executive Focus: You lead a full team and have moved beyond the "hands-on" operational phase of the business.

Commitment to Privacy: All members sign a strict confidentiality agreement, and competitors are never placed in the same group.

• Monthly Investment: Participation in this premium executive program is $185 per month.
• Hospitality: To support a productive and professional environment, a continental breakfast and lunch are served during every session.