As a member of a Renaissance Executive Forum group that I facilitate you will meet monthly with your "advisory board" of fellow business owners to learn from growth experts, to share solutions and best practices with your group, and to commiserate. Members of my Executive Forum groups find it is no longer lonely at the top; there are others who actually understand and can help.

I was first introduced to Executive Forums when I was asked to provide the educational component at the monthly meeting for various forum groups in Arizona and Ohio. All I needed to do was observe a few of those meetings to understand the power of the program and why the members were so enthusiastic and committed to their groups. I was so impressed, in fact, that when I was given the opportunity to form my own Renaissance Executive Forum groups as part of one of the most successful Forum franchises in the country in Phoenix Arizona*, it didn't take me long to accept.

Being part of the international Renaissance Executive Forum organization and of the great Phoenix franchise provides the members of my group with powerful resources to help them grow successful businesses. They get the benefits of two all-member, educational events each year and an annual, intense, two-day strategies-for-success program. This is in addition to the monthly half-day forum meetings and my quarterly one-on-one meetings with each member of the forum.

If the prospect of having 10 other successful business owners on your team to help you reach the next level sounds pretty good, let's get together. Being realistic, these groups are not for everyone. If we spend two hours together we will know if you are right for a Forum group and how joining a group could be the most important thing you do to ensure the success of your business.

*This Phoenix franchise owned by Rick Johnson and John Cosgrove has been operating since 2003 and was the top Renaissance franchise of 2007.