Forum retreats
A full retreat designed and facilitated end to end — the reset that takes a group from functional to genuinely close.
Certified Forum Facilitator · YPO & EO
Forum.
“Thanks Fletcher, the best forum retreat facilitator in my 40 odd years in YPO.”
YPO Forum retreat participant · June 2026 · 5.00/5 facilitator rating
Twenty-six years inside the room — as a member, as a moderator seven times over, and now as the person who trains them.
26Years in Forum
7Terms as Moderator
31Countries trained in
3Years, EO Global Board
The short version
A Forum only works when people tell the truth in it. Most of my work is about making that possible.
I have sat in Forum for twenty-six years and moderated for seven terms, so I know what it feels like from the inside — the meeting that runs on autopilot, the member who never quite goes deep, the group that has been together long enough to stop being honest with each other. I am a Certified Forum Facilitator for YPO and EO, and I train moderators and Forums around the world.
What I teach is reflection and deeper thinking: vulnerability, and how to build a place safe enough that people will actually use it. The mechanics of Forum are easy to learn. The culture underneath them is the part that takes work.
Recent feedback
From YPO Forum retreats, 2026.
Anonymous responses collected by YPO after each session.
Thanks for your leadership and guidance to reinvent our Forum. Found the session today extremely helpful, practical, and informative.
YPO retreat · August 2026
Great reframing of the update process, and also the structure of the monthly forum.
YPO retreat · August 2026
Thank you so much — was incredible.
YPO retreat · August 2026
Great session today. Really enjoyed it.
YPO retreat · August 2026
Fletcher fitted in and understood where we were as a Forum, and helped us move forward from there.
YPO Forum retreat · June 2026
Structured, organised and relentlessly pushed us over the two days!
YPO Forum retreat · June 2026
What I run
Sessions and programmes.
Forum workshops & training
Grounding a new Forum in the protocol, or re-grounding an experienced one that has drifted away from it.
Moderator training
Preparing incoming moderators for the job, from someone who has done the role seven times.
Spousal & partner Forums
Forum built for couples and partners, where the dynamics and the stakes are different.
Virtual Forums
Remote sessions that hold real depth — not a meeting with the cameras on.
Chapter & strategy sessions
Chapter gatherings, strategy summits and leadership tracks for larger groups and boards.
Global Moderator Summits
Multi-day summits bringing moderators together across a region — run in Asia, India and the United States.
Forum Next Level Training
EO’s advanced Forum programme — an intensive half-day of deeper peer engagement and leadership development for Forums past the basics.
Global Moderator Summits
Training the people who hold the room.
A Forum is only ever as good as its moderator. I run Moderator Summits across three regions, bringing moderators together to sharpen the craft — alongside Forum Next Level Training for groups ready to go further than the standard protocol takes them.
Asia PacificAPAC Moderator Summit · on stage with Anna Birch
IndiaModerator Summit · with Mala Patodia, EO Chennai
United StatesUS East Moderator Summit · San Juan
Experience
Where the work has taken me.
I began by training teenagers in the Air Force Cadet Corps, which turned out to be good preparation for everything since. For nearly two decades I have grown businesses and trained CEOs, entrepreneurs and leaders across 31 countries.
In EO I built the first EO Regional Council and served three years on EO’s Global Board. I am a master facilitator for Strategy Summits and the Global Leadership Academy, and I work with Hesse Partners on retreats, forum workshops and corporate programmes.
I run Global Moderator Summits in Asia, India and the United States — including the US East Moderator Summit in San Juan, Puerto Rico, co-facilitated with Anna Birch — and deliver Forum Next Level, EO’s advanced Forum programme, as an intensive half-day for groups ready to push past the standard protocol. In the United States that work has also included Washington DC’s Leadership Academy alongside White House Scholar Warren Rustand, Arbinger workshops, and strategy summits for EO’s US regions.
Credentials
Qualifications, accreditations & roles.
- Bachelor of Business
- Twenty-six years as a Forum member
- Seven terms as a Forum Moderator
- EO Global Board, three years
- Founder of the first EO Regional Council
- Private pilot — two national flying competition titles
- Certified Forum Facilitator — YPO
- Certified Forum Facilitator — EO
- Bloom GrowthOS Coach
- Master facilitator — Strategy Summits & Global Leadership Academy
- Global Moderator Summit facilitator — Asia, India, USA
- Forum Next Level & Arbinger workshop facilitator
Facilitation style
Honest, warm, and hard to hide in.
Groups tell me the same things: direct without being blunt, funny when it helps, and quick to notice the thing nobody is saying. I would rather ask the uncomfortable question kindly than leave it sitting in the room for another year.
The aviation background shows up more than you would expect. Checklists, debriefs, speaking up when something feels wrong — the systems that keep pilots alive translate neatly into how a group of leaders talks to each other.
Where I work
Three bases, one diary.
I divide my time between New Zealand, Australia and the United States, and travel for retreats, summits and conferences worldwide — including Moderator Summits across Asia and India.
New ZealandBased in Auckland
AustraliaRegular chapter & retreat work
United StatesEO regions & Washington DC
Enquiries
Talk to me about your Forum.
Retreats, workshops, moderator training, chapter sessions — tell me where the group is at and I’ll tell you what I’d do.