Convene

Convene is a peer-advisory organisation for Christian chief executives and business owners, founded in 1996 by Brian Thatcher and five CEOs out of what began as the BBL Forum at Saddleback Church. Members join a team of 10 to 15 non-competing Christian business leaders led by a Convene Chair, an experienced business coach. Teams meet for a full business day each month, and each member also takes a separate 60 to 90 minute one-to-one coaching session with the Chair, making the time commitment among the heaviest in the category. Three team types run in parallel: CEO & Owner, the traditional peer-advisory model; C-Suite & Executive, for those reporting directly to the CEO; and Key Leader, for senior influencers below that level. Teams run in person and online. Membership includes a suite of assessments Convene calls CORE - an organisational 360, DiSC Work of Leaders, a financial dashboard, a top-three-challenges exercise and a trust index - plus regional and national gatherings and a library of leadership resources. Pricing is not published and is set by company size, revenue, location and team type.

Как это работает

An applicant submits an enquiry and Convene follows up to test fit before placing them on a team. Each team of 10-15 non-competing Christian business leaders meets for a full business day each month under a Convene Chair, working through leadership content and members' live business issues. Between meetings the member takes a 60-90 minute coaching session with the Chair. Members also attend regional Impact Gatherings and an annual national gathering, and complete the CORE assessment suite.

Типичный участник

Members are Christian business leaders. Teams are composed of 10-15 peers from non-competing industries. Convene publishes no revenue or headcount threshold, though it says pricing depends partly on company size and annual revenue, implying a size-banded structure.

Convene is explicit that faith is the organising principle rather than an add-on: teams are described as "10-15 Christian business leaders", the stated mission is Kingdom impact, and the programming includes family and personal-calling material alongside business content. That makes it a poor fit for anyone who does not share the frame, and a distinctive one for those who do. Operationally it is the heaviest commitment in this batch - a full business day a month plus a 60-90 minute coaching session, against half a day at The CEO Institute or a morning at REF - and the closest structural analogue is Vistage, from which its long-serving leadership is partly drawn. The transparency gap is real: no price, no current member count, no published team-location list and no named international countries, so a prospective member cannot compare it against alternatives without a sales conversation.

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