Forum Chair Certification
Chair Certification supports Chair success and ensures consistent, high-quality peer forums by aligning Chairs to MacKay’s six ICCASE values and standards of excellence, professionalism, trusted leadership, and continuous improvement.
What is a MacKay Forum Chair?
MacKay Forum Chairs are experienced leaders who facilitate high-trust peer forums, guiding disciplined processes that enable shared experience, thoughtful challenge, accountability, and meaningful action while safeguarding trust and maximizing the value of every meeting.
Forum Chairs don’t act as experts in meetings; they facilitate peer learning, stepping back from expertise so collective wisdom, accountability, and shared experience drive outcomes.
Become a Forum ChairMeet Our Forum Chairs
Our Forum Chairs bring lived leadership experience, sound judgement, and credibility earned through real-world decisions, enabling them to guide Members with confidence, integrity, and respect.
Our Forum ChairsWhy Forum Chairs Matter
MacKay Forum Chairs help CEOs, executives, and business owners accelerate performance, tackle their most important issues, and achieve their full potential through professionally facilitated peer learning. They enable high-trust, results-oriented dialogue that drives clarity, commitments, and action.
Forum Chairs shape the culture of accountability and shared experience that distinguishes MacKay groups, ensuring every leader is challenged, supported, and pushed toward better decisions and tangible results.
Certification Process for Forum Chairs
MacKay Forum Chairs are trusted, experienced leaders selected and certified to uphold confidentiality, shared experience, and accountability through ongoing learning and professional commitment.
Step 1
Application
Experienced business leaders with prior executive experience apply to explore fit and interest in leading confidential peer groups.
Step 2
Assessment
Candidates with strong facilitation capability and trusted advisor credibility explore mutual fit with MacKay’s peer learning approach.
Step 3
Onboarding & Launch
Forum Chairs complete onboarding with access to resources, then launch a Forum group with ongoing MacKay support.
Step 4
Certification
Certification is an ongoing professional commitment, supported by MacKay, beginning as Chairs launch Forum groups and maintained through continued learning, accountability, and adherence to MacKay’s facilitation standards (CFC, MCFC).
Chair Benefits
Forum Chairs play a meaningful leadership role, supporting CEOs, executives, and business owners in solving real issues, accelerating performance, and creating lasting impact through peer learning and shared experience.
Trusted Leadership Role
Use your leadership experience to guide high-trust CEO forums and create meaningful, lasting impact.
Impactful Peer Learning
Facilitate high-trust peer forums with discipline, accountability, and shared experience that deliver real results.
Deep Professional Contribution
Guide CEOs and executives through complex challenges, enabling better decisions, clarity, confidence, and meaningful impact.
Community of Leaders
Join a trusted network of leaders and stay immersed in confidential, high-impact strategic conversations.
What makes a great Chair?
A great Chair brings lived experience as a CEO, executive, or business owner and creates the conditions for meaningful peer learning. They hold the forum process with neutrality, protect trust and confidentiality, and support accountability—enabling peers to learn from shared experience without giving answers or direction.
Become a Forum Chair
If facilitating honest peer conversations, building meaningful connections, and supporting CEOs, executives, and business owners sounds like you, learn more about becoming a MacKay Forum Chair.
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