Become a Forum Chair
Do you have a passion for helping CEOs, Executives, and Business Owners tackle their most important issues and achieve their full potential? Join MacKay and connect with our community of over 1,300 CEOs, Executives, and trusted advisors.
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Why Chair a MacKay Forum
Forum Chairs create the conditions for CEOs to think clearly, decide wisely, and grow as leaders. You facilitate structured peer dialogue, hold members to high standards, and protect trust. It is meaningful work with tangible impact on leaders, organisations, and communities.
Our Impact
Real results created through expert facilitation, peer accountability, and long-term leadership growth.
1300
Members Across Canada
100
Active Forums nationally
90
Member retention year over year
20
Years of impact
The MacKay Forum Chair Opportunity
Meaningful leadership work, professional mastery, and a trusted community of exceptional peers.
Invest in Yourself
Be stretched, supported, and inspired by fellow Forum Chairs while building a lifelong peer network grounded in trust, candour, and shared standards.
Peer Community
Join a national community of Chairs who challenge assumptions, share best practices, and continuously raise the bar for peer facilitation excellence.
Professional Growth
Deepen your facilitation, governance, and leadership capability through structured training, feedback, and real-world application with senior leaders.
Referral Mastery
Learn the four cornerstones that transform trusted relationships into sustainable, high-quality business referrals.
What Great Chairs Do
Great Forum Chairs create judgement-free space for honest dialogue, clear thinking, and accountable progress. They are experienced leaders, advisors, or former CEOs with strong presence and sound judgement. Chairs facilitate difficult conversations with care, protect confidentiality without exception, and value disciplined process. This role suits those seeking meaningful impact, professional leverage, and long-term optionality without pressure to scale.
The Chair Experience
Chairs consistently describe forum leadership as deeply meaningful work. Guiding trusted peer conversations, supporting real decisions, and watching CEOs grow creates a strong sense of purpose, connection, and professional fulfilment beyond traditional advisory roles.
Is This A Fit For You?
This role is not transactional or advisory. It requires presence, discipline, and commitment to process. If you value trust, long-term relationships, and helping leaders think better rather than telling them what to do, this may be a strong fit.
How We Set Our Chairs Up For Success
You are never building alone. Support is structured, practical, and ongoing.
Coaching From Our Founder
Direct, regular coaching with our founder to build confidence, judgement, and momentum in your first year.
Proven Systems
Access to certification, facilitation frameworks, business development tools, and MacKay intellectual property.
Events
High-impact events throughout the year that connect Chairs with members and support strong, trusted relationships.
Common Questions
Clear expectations on time, investment, and what success looks like as a Forum Chair.
Business development time varies depending on your network, pace, and growth goals.
No. Forum Chairs operate independent businesses while using MacKay’s proven peer-learning model, brand, systems, and standards.
Most Chairs generate income from their first forum within the first 6–12 months and recover their initial investment within that period, depending on pace and effort.
Most Chairs generate income from their first forum within the first 6–12 months and recover their initial investment within that period, depending on pace and effort.
Formal facilitation experience is helpful but not required. MacKay provides certification, training, and ongoing development to ensure Chairs meet our standards of excellence.
Chairs receive structured onboarding, certification, tools, marketing support, proven business development frameworks, and access to a national Chair community for shared learning and support.
Success is defined by high-trust forums, strong member retention, and meaningful leadership impact, alongside building a sustainable, values-aligned practice.
Yes. Most Chairs begin with a single forum and expand thoughtfully based on demand, capacity, and personal goals.
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