A book in progress by Gerry Morton
How great peer groups are led
What separates a group people rearrange their calendars for from one they quietly stop attending. Drawn from twenty years in EO, YPO and TIGER 21, and from the leaders who do it best.
The Room Letter
One practice a month for people who lead peer groups. Short enough to read before your next meeting.
Who it is for
Anyone responsible for a room of accomplished people who came to learn from each other.
What the book covers
It follows the life of a group, from forming it to keeping it worth attending year after year.
Why peer groups work
- What successful people cannot get anywhere else
- Twenty years in three rooms
Building the group
- Recruiting and vetting members
- The first 90 days
- Confidentiality and trust
Running the room
- A meeting that matters
- Deep presentations
- Better questions
- Conflict and the difficult member
Building value that lasts
- The second year
- Connecting beyond the group
- When a group needs to change
Questions the book answers
Each chapter starts from a situation group leaders face and ends with a checklist for the next meeting.
What makes you say no to a candidate who looks perfect on paper?
What happens in a new member's first 90 days?
Why does the second year slip, and what stops it?
What do you do with the member who is drifting, or the one who dominates?
About Gerry
Gerry Morton chairs two TIGER 21 Groups in Los Angeles, serves on the board of YPO's Global One Chapter and is a past president of EO Los Angeles. He is chief executive of NutriScience Corporation and the author of The Energy Guidebook, in print since 2004.