Young Presidents Organisation
YPO is the premier global leadership community of more than 35,000 extraordinary chief executives in 140+ countries who are connected by the shared belief that the world needs better leaders through education and idea exchange.
Each of the YPO members has achieved significant leadership success at a young age. Combined, they lead businesses and organizations employing 23m people and contributing USD 11 trillion in annual revenue (Status 4/2024), making YPO the 6th largest economy if it were a country. Interested in becoming a member? Find out more on www.ypo.org.
As it is “lonely at the top” every CEO needs somewhere to turn for the insight and perspective only trusted peers can provide. In YPO, this supreme sounding board is called FORUM. In a YPO FORUM, leaders meet in an atmosphere of confidentiality, respect, and trust and enable breakthroughs on important life topics within an invaluable peer circle.
After having been a YPO member myself since 2007 (in Forum since 2008), I am honored to have qualified as a YPO Certified Forum Facilitator (CFF) in 2022 and getting recertified since then. CFFs are a specialized group of 100+ highly skilled professionals globally with a deep understanding of the FORUM process and protocol and different areas of coaching and facilitation expertise.
Each CFF has completed a rigorous and competitive application, interviews, and a certification process that requires peer recommendations and global YPO board approval.
YPO Forum Facilitation – Forum Trainings, Forum Retreats and more
As a YPO Member since 2007 and YPO Certified Forum Facilitator, trained Executive Coach, and Positive Intelligence Coach, I bring a comprehensive toolkit designed to refine your Forum experience and a focus on tangible results. There are always invaluable group learnings and immediate take home values, personally and professionally.
Over the past years I engaged with 100s of CEOs in YPO’s core programs on a global basis:
YPO Forum Basics – YPO Forum Moderator Development – YPO Supercharge For Forums – YPO Forum Retreats – Key Notes and Workshops for Chapters and Forums
Paige Pierce
President, YPO Utah, YPO London Business School Co-Chair
“Manfred doesn‘t simply exhibit superior leadership skill, he seems, in fact, hard-wired to be an intuitive, focused, caring, servant leader of men and women. Manfred‘s abiliy to relate to people individually to produce a climate of inclusion has allowed him to bring together disparate groups.”
James Lipscombe
YPO, CEO Chesterfield Group (UK)
“Manfred is a fantastic facilitator who we had the pleasure of working with at our most recent YPO forum retreat. Manfred’s subject knowledge, energy and conversational style ensured that there were interesting debates and a collective learning process. He managed the room incredibly well, listened and challenged where needed. I would thoroughly recommend Manfred if you are considering a professional meeting facilitator.”
Robert Frances
CEO Peak Finance, YPO Global Chairman 2012
“Manfred is a natural born leader with great humility and a deep desire to work with, understand and develop people. He has a sharp analytical mind and a good set of listening skills, coupled with a rich experience as a leader in different cultures, as he lived in Asia for 4 years. I recommend him unconditionally.”
Levent Ozgur
YPO Bosphorus, Chair of the Board Atermit (TK)
“Manfred is a very proficient CFF who managed to find out the rooms for improvement and prepared a very well balanced schedule for our 1.5 day retreat. He helped our Forum perfect the structure and his team building activities were effective which I thought were very adaptable for all kinds of teams.”
