Developed and facilitated by Dr. Amir kfir 

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Many chapters expeirence a deep connection between forum memebrs yet a silo effect in between forum . when memebrs and spouses come to a chapter event they feel very comferatable with their forum friends but less so with the other chapter memebrs . while they can not do business with the forum friends they miss the opportunity to do so with other chapters membrs . The chapter integration event is a great event designed to bring all members closer together beyond one forum into total chapter integration around a shared vision and deepen intimacy and trust.

First the chapters’ board develops a 3 years shared vision and action plan. Then with the total chapter membership (and possibly also spouses) we run the integration event.

How we run this:

Working in small forum groups (5-8 members per group), a total of X groups running in parallel in a private space.

Each session: 60-75 minutes long. Total of 3 sessions

The sessions are run by trained by Dr. Kfir chapter’s moderators. The role of the moderator will be to both pose the question/exercise, be the first to answer it, lead by example within their group, and building trust and intimacy. Every session is starts with signing a virtual Confidentiality agreement and an "Ice breaker".

The first group deals with the past and the area of family. In dealing with the past, one of the following questions are posed to group members:

My family of the region-my story, life turning event, a relationship with a significant parent, “A feeling Family constellation statue".

Second group will deal with the present and the area of business and relationships. Process questions to be addressed in the group are one of the following: What is your business today? Relationship and intimacy life-cycles Questions, What’s on me Exercise, “Life line“/ ”life walk".

Third group will deal with the future and the area of personal. We look at the personal dimension, our dream for the future and the legacy that we would love to leave behind us. The kind of lifestyle we would love to have and what is the next growth opportunity for us and how to make a breakthrough to accomplish this!

Testimonials & References:

" …During our first year in governance we found out that many chapters declined, they have lost direction and growth in both membership as well as value for members. We have created a turnaround team made of members from various countries in the region and I have commissioned Dr. Amir kfir to assist us in developing and implementing a turnaround plan…Through this process many chapters have developed a clear focus, shared vision and coalesced a strong team to drive the incoming change. As a result of our shared efforts we have seen tremendous turnaround which has impacted membership in Europe at large for many years to come".

Doron Herzikowits, Ex YPO Vice president & YPO Board member 

"…further to this we have ran a program developed by Amir - a chapter integration event. All members set together in different semi-forums environments and ran forum activities to develop deep acquaintances and intimacy with other members of the chapter. In this event we have developed a foundation for future business and social relationships of a greater magnitude. The membership integration event got a 9.79 evaluation!!! The reason we did not get a 10 was related to the venue”

Actual Member’s comments:

I will be happy to share further insights on how this process can change your chapter".

Jose A. Cuevas, Puerto Rico WPO Chapter Chair 

"We have used the services of Dr. Amir kfir and his company Amirror to look at the

Chapter in Nevada and develop a vision and a plan of action how to make a turnaround towards prime. Amir has been instrumental in both getting people to open up and ultimately assume responsibility for the assignments driven from the shared vision. We are on our way to have a fantastic chapter and a great year. We have conducted with Amir a Chapter integration event that brought together all members in a forum like setting to develop intimacy with all members of the chapter. This event has been an incredible success rated with straight 10's".

…in working to set the vision and the action plan for YPO Las Vegas The Chapter is completely invigorated with a significant number of new members in their thirties and early forties. We have established an entirely new, motivated Board and the Chapter is thriving.

John E. Adams, President and Chief Executive Officer, Cenegenics Medical Institute 

A forum's annual retreat is a time to step back, assess where you are and evaluate current learning needs in the group. An annual retreat allows your members to reaffirm their commitment to each other, build trust and deepen the level of work members do with each other while addressing possible conflicts within the group.
Our facilitators draw upon a wealth of personal and professional experience when guiding your group through its annual retreat. We help deepen the trust and openness level and bring   great efficiency to your forum process. we custom make the program to your groups history and current needs .the group moderator can lean back and be a participating member and the individual member gets a chance to make a personal breakthrough.

University Lectures ( life and leadership England 2004 Scotland 2008 ) Amir's innovative work, as dean of the YPO UK University, describes and draws upon parallels from a corporate lifecycle model while providing participants with an understanding of marriage lifecycle and its transition points.
It enables participants to:

1.  gain greater insights into their own corporate and marital strengths, opportunities, and challenges.
2. Renewing dialogue, intimacy, empathy, and commitment to grow in the marriage.
3. In Business: Greater awareness of corporate lifecycles and how to bring your company to its prime. Smooth integration process.

The parallels between corporate and marriage lifecycles and how these cycles impact each other and how to manage the transitions correctly.
In this interactive presentation we will explore the theory of lifecycle applied to both corporate and marriage learn ho to best manage these transition. This is a fun and open presentation ideal for couples.

We have learned that many YPO/WPO chapters have developed very strong forum but suffer from weak integration between members who are not in the same forum. We have developed a program to address this challenge by creating a one time fun event that is all about chapter integration. In this activity we will create opportunities for chapter members to get to know each other and create a deeper bound and openness like never before.
In looking at the challenges posed for chapters we see an opportunity for YPO at large. Many chapters feel that the holding of membership is weakening as forum becomes the main and only true value for members.

For the fun part there are the table games and the open space games. These include finding new things in common with people we do not know much about yet and exposing ourselves more too new people.

• “all those who …. Love dancing, have a tattoo, lived in an other country... “
   “You will be surprised to know about me…. “
• The dyad games: ask a deep question and both replies with eye contact, and then widen the circle to 2 couples (not married) and from there to groups of 6 then 8 and so on.
• Getting to know people out of my circle - finding as many possible people with a shared:  interest. Values, history. Hobbies.
• Singing games
• Drinking games
• Groups of women making human statues of men and men making human statues of women
• In the Other Person Shoe games
• Dinner table games: 1 true and 1 lie, ask any question..., and others

We have found that many times problematic chapters and regions lack a shared leadership structure and vision. We have been commissioned by Ypo international to run turn around session for most of the European chapters. This work consists of a gathering of the executive committee and a relook at where is the chapter today, agree on where you want to take it in the next 3-5 years and then create the right governance structure, education plan, forum groups and membership targets. A plan of action is created and a follow up process is put in place to insure the chapter will reach prime state.

1.  Getting to know each other
2. Understanding what is happening to the industry around the world
3. Find out key challenges and opportunities
4. Agree on possible actions and initiatives
5. Develop a follow up mechanism

(The time allowed for each segment or the merging of segments depends on how many people attend and how much time you have.)

We establish rules for participation and confidentiality up front. The group will decide at the end of the meeting what will be shared with other members not attending and in which means of communication. No sharing will be done with the name of the person revealed. All will agree on what and how will be shared and the approach will be to go along with the most strict perspective .all raise thumb to agree to these rules.

Sample process to achieve the above:

1. Each participants shares: name, Company, what they do and one snap shoot observation on the industry “I see orders of x grouping in y market “I see manufacture j doing f “I see a trend towards  ...” and so on. These are non filtered observation from the ground roots with no media distortion. (2 minutes per person) to be prepared before the meeting so people have a fast and deep sharing to offer. Have someone capture these observations for future sharing on the web after review with other network members that are not attending.
2. Depending on time available. Each member does an update about their business issues challenges, what keeps him/her awake at night and where do they see the light) max 2 minutes per person .
3. from the updates/insights in number 1. Map very fast where the key challenges/opportunities/ topics are and prioritize to the top 2-6 issues. (10 minutes if someone plays role of high integrator/moderator in parallel).
4. Develop small round table groups to do fast brainstorming on action to be taken around each priority issue. Have a moderator for each table to allow for equal participation and structured impute generation and documentation. Appoint time keeps per group and scribe on flip charts or computer. (1 hour for a group of around 8 people). People will be set to possible groups before hand to avoid possible conflict of interests but will be able to move around before start depending on relevance and interest.
5. Share, by moderator, with the large groups the outputs of the teams. (2 minutes per group) chose possible moderators before hand to experienced moderators with high capacity to drive a fast group process and high synthesis capability. Write issues on flip charts.
6. Agree on 4-6 action to be taken. (15 minutes) by fast peer polling on the charts.
7. Agree on a steering committee that will follow up on virtual round table groups for further discussion. (Try to have this done already before the meeting).