Peer Group Membership
Has Its Advantages
An Overview
Peer Groups Enable Confident
Decisions and Empower Leaders
You can be a more effective leader, and confident decision-maker, with peer group engagement. Every leader can benefit from getting peer feedback on new ideas and seeing blind spots before they happen. Rapid growth comes from diverse perspectives and support. Drive Wheel® membership gives you access to experienced business leader’s insights, ideas, and wisdom so you can confidently make the decisions that grow your business.
Drive Wheel® Peer Groups are semiannual and professionally facilitated by our Drive Wheel® Facilitators to ensure an energetic and productive meeting.
Drive Wheel® Member Companies
A small sample of our member organizations
What To Expect at
A Peer Group Meeting
Each meeting consists of two half-day sessions with a group networking dinner.
Day One:
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- Morning: Travel to meeting
- Afternoon: Participate in collaborative Peer Group meeting
- Evening: Drive Wheel™ hosted networking group dinner
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Day Two:
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- Awake: Breakfast served in the meeting room
- Morning: Participate in second session of Peer Group meeting
- Afternoon: Travel home
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All meetings are business casual
Agendas are created collaboratively with members, so the more questions members ask, the more ideas they receive
Next meeting location, dates, and focus topics are determined by peer group members in the meeting
Guest speakers may be invited at the discretion of the group
Connect With Your Peers
We believe isolation is the enemy of great ideas.
Peer Group events are scheduled over two days to ensure an opportunity for a networking dinner. Designed to inspire, our Networking Events are hosted at innovative restaurants and food service establishments to create new experiences for our members. Members, speakers, and other industry professionals are invited to the events, which serve as an informal opportunity to meet new people, reconnect with acquaintances, and to informally continue discussions.
What to Expect Between Meetings
Drive Wheel® Peer Group Membership offers year-round benefits and value to ensure members have the information they need to make well-informed confident decisions.
Unlimited Industry Benchmarking and Survey’s:
- Administered and curated by our team to ensure findings are quickly and professionally reported
- Extensive distribution creates diverse perspectives and valuable results
- Cumulative library of past results for member reference
Regularly Distributed Exclusive and Syndicated Reports:
- Industry trend reports
- Key customer initiatives, announcements and activities
- Consumer and shopper insights and research
- Financial, economic and business activity studies
- Regulatory, quality and HR focused initiatives
Current Groups
Sales and Marketing Focus
National Brand Sales and Marketing
Store Brands Sales and Marketing
Walmart Sales and Marketing
E-Commerce Sales and Marketing
Club Store Sales and Marketing
Convenience Stores (C-Store) Sales and Marketing
Food Service Sales and Marketing
Specialty, Organic, and Natural Products Sales and Marketing
Marketing
Category Management & Consumer Insights
Supply Chain Focus
Demand and Supply Planning
E-Commerce Supply Chain
Customer Service Management
Retail Supply Chain
Department Focus
Human Resources (HR)
Information Technology (IT)
Quality & Regulatory Management
Research & Development
Executive & Finance Focus
Executive Leadership & CEO
Finance Management & CFO
Member Development
Young Leaders Mentoring Group
Next Steps
Joining is quick and simple. Join at any time.
Step 1: Learn More
Simply fill out our Contact Form to get additional information or to set up a call. If its helpful we can connect with current Peer Group members to discuss the benefits of membership.
Step 2: Join
It only takes a few minutes to join, we’d be happy to help you today.
The sooner you join, the sooner you’ll start getting our timely industry reports and start receiving benchmarking studies.
Step 3: Onboarding
We’ll connect with you to understand your top objectives, new strategies, and greatest frustrations to help you get the most value from your membership.
Step 4: First Meeting
At your first meeting you will be a full member with the ability to add agenda topics, join in the conversation, learn from other members, engage with guest speakers, and network with your group members.