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Question 01
What is the CEO Club?
FULL MEMBER
The CEO Club is the world's oldest and
largest not-for-profit educational association
for CEOs and entrepreneurs. Membership is
by invitation only. There are about 5000
members nationally who represent all areas
of businesses, whether they be private,
public, or family-owned. Members run businesses
with an average of $20 million in annual
sales. There are currently over 125 lifetime
members. Members' companies must have annual
sales of over $2 million, though, some exceptions
may apply. The club opened six chapters
in China in December 2002 and we encourage
you to learn more about this on our website.
Both the United Arab Emirates and Korean
chapters were opened in 2006. The club sponsored
a joint conference with the sister Academy
of Chief Executives in England in November
2006.
ENTREPRENEURIAL MEMBER
This membership is open to everyone.
It allows a person to sample the full CEO
Clubs membership by attending one meeting
annually of both the Club and the PAC.
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Question 02
What are the benefits
and costs of joining the Chief Executive
Officers Club (CEO Club)?
Membership in the CEO Club is by invitation
and guests are encouraged to attend several
meetings to obtain two sponsors for membership.
All CEO Club meetings in all the chapters
are free to CEO Club members. Entrepreneurial
members can attend meetings by paying a
guest fee. There are eight CEO Club meeting
annually in each of the chapters. The meetings
are most often luncheon meetings featuring
a speaker on a topic of interest to CEOs
growing businesses with about $20,000,000
in annual sales. The morning session features
roundtables on topics of interest to members.
The tuition for CEO Club membership includes
a onetime $750 initiation fee, plus $1,500
for a one-year membership. The
CEO Club holds an annual Three-Day Sales
Seminar in January, plus other selected
programs. The Three-Day Management Course
for CEOs is held every August in California.
In addition, we sponsor two week exchanges
between the US and China membership. We
also sponsor boat cruises such as the July
4th Queen Mary 2 cruise.
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Question 03
What is the CEO Club mission
statement?
The Chief Executive Officer's Club is
a Nonprofit Organization, Which Creates
a Nurturing Environment for CEOs Dedicated
to Improving the Quality and Profitability
of Their Enterprises Through Shared Experience
and Personal Growth.
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Question 04
Can you sum up the purpose
of the CEO Club in a simple phrase?
No, but others like to say members say,
"It's OK to have fun if you are making
money." Or, "It's okay to be independent
but there's no reason to be alone."
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Question 05
May I come to a meeting,
courtesy of the CEO Club if I am not a member?
Yes. You can attend a regional meeting
if you are not a member. However, there
is a guest fee for the drinks and lunch.
You must be prepaid, as we do not accept
registration payments at the door. The morning
session of the Club meetings consists of
private roundtables but you can join the
group for drinks, lunch and the guest speaker
at noon.
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Question 06
What is a Presidential
Advisory Council (PAC)?
A Presidential Advisory Council, or PAC
is a group of about a dozen CEO members
who serve as a mutual board of advisors
for one another; a "mastermind"
group. About 150 CEO Club members participate
in a PAC. PAC members must sign mutual confidentiality
agreements, agree to share detailed financial
information, and not miss more than two
consecutive meetings. They must be in control
of a company and they need to have a minimum
of 25 employees with at least $2,000,000
in annual sales. Sounding out issues or
decisions with a knowledgeable, yet not
directly involved peer group can significantly
improve the CEOs' odds of success. A PAC
group focuses on the host company's biggest
problem or opportunities. The council then
offers solutions and advice. A mastermind
occurs at the end of a session as each member
shares their ideas to aid the host. This
is audio taped for the host to utilize as
a reference. Confidentiality agreements
are signed due to the sharing of financial
information. Included in each meeting are
recaps and current developments by the council
members present. We call this "five
minutes around", but it seldom only
takes five minutes. A regional PAC meets
eight times annually, at each member's business.
Each meeting usually goes from 10 am to
5 pm. See related questions about Super
PAC.
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Question 07
What is a Mastermind?
If you haven't experienced a mastermind
you are in for a treat. One of the elements
which differentiates the CEO Club's PACs
from other similar boards of advisors is
we are the only group which employs a mastermind.
Other groups, which form CEOs into mutual
boards of advisors, make a big mistake by
not including a mastermind. These groups
conclude their sessions on a time criteria.
"It's five o'clock lets go home".
The CEO Club is unique because our PAC sessions
end on a crescendo (that's a high note)
with a mastermind. Here is how it works.
At the end of the meeting, the facilitator
makes sure there are no more questions.
Once this is established, the tape recorder
comes out and the mastermind begins. Each
CEO offers the host up to three action steps,
which they would do if they were in the
shoes of the host. During a mastermind,
it is the facilitator task to keep the host
CEO silent to listen to advice from peers.
This is the second hardest task for a PAC
facilitator. The hardest task is setting
the dates for future meetings. Consequently,
we conclude a PAC with specific suggestions,
which the CEO is free to consider and implement.
All of this advice, about thirty-six related
action steps, is put on an audiocassette,
which is left with the host. When the mastermind
is completed, members stay to answer or
clarify their recommendations. Hosts have
kept these recording for years and have
listened to them numerous times. This final
segment of the PAC is called the mastermind.
If you'd like more information on the power
of a mastermind, see Napoleon Hill's classic
book "Think and Grow Rich". Almost
a century ago, in chapter ten of that book,
entrepreneurs began using masterminds with
astonishing results. It's only six pages
long but well worth the reading.
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Question 08
Does the CEO Club have
an international chapter?
Yes, in December of 2002, 21 USA members
traveled to China to establish four chapters
in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xian, and
Shenzhen. See the CEO Clubs in China website.
In 2006 the clubs opened in Dubai and Korea.
See www.ceoclubsuae.com
and www.ceoclubskorea.com.
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Question 09
What are the benefits
and costs of joining a Presidential Advisory
Council (PAC)?
Within the CEO Club, members chose to
be members of smaller groups, which act
as a mutual Board of Advisors for one another.
Each PAC is lead by a paid facilitator.
They meet at members companies for sessions
that normally run from 10:00 AM to 5:00
PM. Each member hosts a PAC meeting about
once annually where his or her biggest problem
or opportunity is the focus of the group.
CEOs helping one another are a long-term
positive investment for a CEO's personal
growth. New members must be acceptable to
the existing members. There are about a
dozen regional PACs in the chapters. Fees
for regional PAC members are in addition
to CEO Club dues. All PAC members are also
CEO Club members. Current fees for PAC membership
are $4,000 annually billed $1,000 per quarter.
In addition, the CEO Club operates two international
PACs where the members come from all over
the world. These Super PAC are comprised
of larger businesses, which meet for three,
three-day weekends annually at resort locations.
Currently, there are two of these PACs called
the Super PAC and the Eagles PAC. Some CEO
Club members are members of both the regional
PAC and one of the Super PACs. The fees
for the Super PAC are about $10,000 annually.
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Question 10
Can I attend a Presidential
Advisory Council (PAC) meeting as a guest?
The answer to that question is it depends.
Because PAC meetings are confidential, guests
must also sign a confidentiality agreement.
You must be approved to attend by the host
(to be sure there is no conflict) and by
the facilitator. There is no cost to attend
the initial meeting as a guest. Dress is
casual and lunch is served. If you are attending
as a guest, you must send all the PAC members
some information about you and your business
before you attend. In that manner, everyone
will be better acquainted with you when
you meet. To join a PAC, you must be acceptable
to existing members.
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Question 11
I understand the CEO Club
sponsors a number of national events other
than the management course. Can you describe these programs?
Yes, we do, one event is an annual boat
cruise. During the month of June, 2000,
just under ninety (90) people sailed with
the CEO Club from Vancouver, Canada, to
Alaska. In 2001 we went to Athens, Greece
to Venice, Italy; and in the year 2002,
we went from Montreal, Canada to Boston
Massachusetts. In the summer of 2005 - July
4th - the CEO Clubs will view the fireworks
aboard the Queen Mary 2 just off Manhattan.
More recently we have arranged one and two
week exchanges between the USA, China, Dubai,
Korea and England.
(See the Upcoming Events section for
more information.)
SPECIAL FEATURES
From time to time, the CEO Club conducts
special events for the benefit of its
members. These events vary as to purpose
and place. Past examples include Joe Batten's
one-day seminar on "Tough-Minded Team
Building," Zig Ziglar's sales and golf
tournament and Joe Sugarman's four-day Marketing
Workshop. We are planning a joint effort
with the Chief Executive Network.
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Question 12
What is the CEO Club's
Super PAC?
he Super PAC is comprised of eighteen
members who run businesses with average
annual sales of about $50,000,000. This
group meets for three, three-day weekends
annually at resort locations. It's a work-hard-play-hard
format and fun evening get-togethers are
scheduled after a full day of business.
It operates as do the other PACs, but members
come from all around the world including
Japan, England, and China
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Question 13
What should I do if I
have trouble viewing content on your website?
If the Browser And Utilities Help section doesn't help you
to resolve the problem on your own, you
can e-mail the webmaster at: webmaster @
ceoclubs.org
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Question 14
How can I become a member
of the Super PAC?
You must first attend a meeting as a
guest. To join as a member, you must be
acceptable to the group.
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Question 15
What is the Entrepreneurial
CEO Clubs Membership?
It is an information service for entrepreneurial
mangers, open to everyone. Including foreign
companies, there are several thousand members.
These members can become candidates for
CEO Club membership. The $250 annual dues
are in exchange for about $4,000 worth of
goods by mail. The Entrepreneurial option
provides value to members in the form of
a regular information flow, discounted products
and services - all by mail. This membership
allows for access to the CEO Clubs health
insurance plans.
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Question 16
Can you sum up the purpose
of the Entrepreneurial Membership in a simple
phrase?
No, but others like to say members say,
"It's OK to be independent but there's
no reason to be alone."
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Question 17
How did the CEO Club begin?
When did it start?
Joe Mancuso resigned as the Chairman
of the Management Department of a small
engineering School in Massachusetts, Worcester
Polytechnic Institute (W.P.I) to start the
not-for-profit associations in 1977. He
had previously organized the entrepreneurial
alumni of the school and decided he wanted
to make this his life long work but for
a larger audience. In the early 1980's,
Joe and his family moved to the SoHo section
of Manhattan. Today the CEO Club is the
oldest and largest not-for-profit association
for CEO's and entrepreneur. It has been
in downtown Manhattan for over three decades.
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Question 18
Why is the CEO Club a
non-profit association and exactly what
does that mean?
When Joe Mancuso founded the association,
he wanted it to be member based and supported.
The association does not seek grants, gifts
or government support. The CEO Clubs are
charted as schools under 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Service Code. This means
that gifts they receive are tax deductible
to the donor. As a school or college, the
associations do not always seek to maximize
profits but to return any excess to the
member as increased benefits.
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Question 19
I don't want to become
a member of the CEO Club, but I'd still
like to have access to the CEO Clubs health
insurance. Can do it?
I recall the old Groucho Marks joke which
said:
"I wouldn't want to join an association
which has such
dismal standards that it
would accept me as a member."
Yes. This is all part of the $250 Entrepreneurial
membership.
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Question 20
Where can I get a newsletter?
We no longer send out a monthly printed
Chief Executive Officers' newsletter. From
time to time a special edition will go out
by e-mail to our members. You can download
digital versions of the newsletter by year
in the Publications section. We still publish
individual articles on various subjects
in the Publications section, as well.
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Question 21
Do you still sell books
and tapes?
Not as many as we used to sell. When
we began, we sold several hundred different
titles but today we only sell the audiocassettes
or CDs of the CEO Club's luncheon talks.
We also carry some of the Joe Mancuso's
twenty-five (25) books. Mancuso's books
and tapes have sold several million copies
but in the past two decades, the CEO Clubs
have directly sold only a few thousand copies
of his works.
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Question 22
Can I get some information
about the CEO Club and the Entrepreneurial
option?
Yes. First send us your name and address,
including your email address. We will send
you an invitation to one of our upcoming
events. Also, you can view our online Application.
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Question 23
What is the best part
of your web site CEOClubs.org?
That's hard to say because it depends
on your needs. We believe the audiocassettes
of past luncheon speakers are worth hearing
live or down loading to a tape recorder.
We have several dozen of these tapes on
the web site and they are free in the Talks
/ Audios section. Another
popular part to the website are Mancuso's
work on getting a business loan and writing
a business plan. We offer a dozen real life
actual business plans to view free. Some
of this material, all of which is free,
are what others have said makes the website
unique and valuable. The new CD in MP3 format
which contains these talks has been very
popular, as well.
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Question 24
What are your business
hours?
The office is open from 9:00AM to 5:00PM,
Monday to Friday, Eastern Standard Time.
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Question 25
Can I come to the offices
and speak to a representative about the
CEO Clubs?
We office in Manhattan and coming to
the office isn't nearly as effective as
coming to one of the regional CEO Club meetings.
It's more productive to meet our members
than to meet the office staff.
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Question 26
May I speak to Joseph
Mancuso?
When Joe is in the office, he'll take
calls and emails from members at almost
anytime. He often is accessible to members
at odd hours. However, he loves voicemail
and prefers to have messages left in his
voicemail 212-978-8863.
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Question 27
How often is your website
updated?
Major changes on the website usually
take place on a monthly basis.
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Question 28
May I fax a press release
for the newsletter?
We prefer to receive press releases by
U.S. Mail rather than fax or Email. Send
any press release to:
Business Editor
CEO Clubs, Inc.
47
West 22nd Street
10th Floor
New York, NY
10010
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Question 29
Do you accept article
submissions from freelancers for your CEO
Club newsletter?
Yes. E-mail your articles to the Webmaster
at: webmaster @ ceoclubs.org, or direct
all submissions by postal mail to:
Business Editor
CEO Clubs, Inc.
47
West 22nd Street
10th Floor
New York, NY
10010
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Question 30
I'd like to reach your
membership as our services are directed
at CEOs. Can I advertise in your newsletter
or on your website?
We don't accept advertising in our monthly
newsletter. However, our mailing list of
about 35,000 CEOs is available for rent
from Venture Communications - 212-684-4800.
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Question 31
May I purchase the mailing
list of your members for the CEO Club?
We do not rent or sell the list of the
CEO Club members. However, we have 35,000
CEOs on the mailing list we do rent from
Venture Communications (212-684-4800). These
are former members or someone who attended
an event, or purchased something from the
CEO Club.
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Question 32
What is the CEO Club's
Management Course?
Our unique debate format contrasts two
management styles, entrepreneurial and professional.
It's a never-ending discussion and that
what makes it so popular. These three days
are clearly the flagship for our unique
nonprofit association of CEOs. It's our
best stuff. Another of the ingredients that
make our three-day Management Course so
popular is the diversity of the people who
attend. This year's group will include a
lot of returning alumni. That always increases
the level of discussion/debate. At the management
course, we like to say, "While the
professional manager is skilled at protecting
resources, the entrepreneurial manager is
skilled at creating them."
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Question 33
How can I find out where
the regional CEO Club meetings are held
and who the chairperson of each regional
chapter is?
You can find this information on the
local pages provided for each of our four
national and three international chapters on
this website.
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