Great Business.
Greater Purpose.

C12 membership is a monthly fee paid in advance for that month, and is collected regardless of your attendance that month. The forum is typically 10-12 members, and it meets on a certain day of the month every month at the same location. The forum members go deep with each other and often engage outside the monthly meeting as needed. There is a high level of trust and vulnerability, as well as godly counsel and accountability between each of the members, plus a scheduled monthly 1:1 with the Chair for whatever the member may need.

The meeting includes the typical peer advisory activities of open forum and an annual deep-dive into your company, but with a strong element of prayer and concern for each other. There is a check-in on work-life balance and company health, plus MBA-level curated curriculum prepared by the national office on a wide variety of relevant topics, facilitated by the Chair. We hear this often at the end-of-day wrap-up: “I thought I might skip C12 this month because I had so much else on my plate, but I am so glad I came. This is exactly what I needed!”

We have a non-solicitation policy. There will not be an outside speaker hoping to win your business after the meeting. Our forums have one mission: to inspire and equip you to run your profitable business as a lighthouse for biblical truth and love. This is accomplished by our full-time professional Chairs facilitating a meeting dedicated to your success in integrating your faith, skills, and experience to steward well the business where God has placed you.

Members and guests sign a pledge of confidentiality. Violation of this pledge is grounds for dismissal from the group.

A healthier work-life balance; an improved walk with God and biblical community; healthier marriages and family life; better financial management in both business and personal life; growth in fitness, rest, and recreation; biblical principles guiding hiring, talent development, and succession; more robust strategic planning; and pricing on purpose based on value rather than market pressure.

C12 is priced to be comparable with other high-quality peer advisory forums in our state.

Access to a national network of C12 member companies; downloadable curriculum from over eight years of content; exclusive, time-tested tools and resources tailored to C12 members; and a very robust strategic planning guide and assessment tool for company health.

We have two forums that meet slightly north of downtown on the 2nd or 3rd Wednesday of the month, led by Chair David Fergus. We have two forums that meet south of the metro on the 3rd Wednesday or 3rd Thursday of the month, led by Chair Ben Phillips. Part of the discernment process is both of us together determining which forum best fits your needs.

There are currently two full-time professional Chairs here in Minnesota; and we have a vision for growth. David Fergus has been Principal Chair for over 10 years, and leads two CEO forums. Ben Phillips has been a Chair for over four years and leads two CEO forums. Ben and David together lead one Key Player Forum that meets in Lakeville MN.

Ben and David will confer and prayerfully balance the needs of each forum with your needs to determine our recommendation for the best fit. You may visit any of our forums (more than one) to aid in this determination. Unless a forum is at capacity, the final decision is yours.

Direct competitors are usually not in the same forum. When a prospective member is in the same industry or has the same customer base as a current member, with the help of the Chair, both people are asked to decide together if they could be in the same forum. The level of transparency and vulnerability that is usual in a C12 meeting might be hampered by two members with the same or similar customer base; and most likely would be if they are direct competitors.