The Chief Alternative for Founders in Recovery

If you are looking for a Chief alternative, here is the direct answer: Phoenix Forum is a confidential peer advisory board for founders in recovery. Ten vetted members, monthly hot seats, $349 a month. Chief is built around senior women executives. Phoenix Forum is built around recovery, for founders and operators who want sobriety understood in the room.

These are different rooms for different reasons. If your reason for searching is the confidential core group, not the executive-network angle, read on.

What is Chief built for?

Chief is a private network for senior women executives and leaders. It pairs a curated core group, often guided by an executive coach, with a large professional network and events. For a senior woman leader who wants that, it is a strong room, commonly $5,800 to $7,900 a year.

Where it stops for a founder in recovery

Chief is organized around executive leadership and gender, not recovery. The room does not assume sobriety, and the broader social structure is not alcohol-free. So a founder in recovery, woman or man, is back to keeping the most important context off the table.

The right room is chosen by what it can hold, not by the logo on the door. For a sober founder, that means a room where recovery is assumed.

Phoenix Forum as a Chief alternative

Phoenix Forum is a peer advisory board for founders in recovery. Ten vetted members, one confidential room, monthly meetings, every member on the hot seat. A Founders’ Compass keeps each person accountable. The room is alcohol-free by design and closed under a mutual NDA, and it is open to founders and operators in recovery regardless of gender.

If what drew you to Chief was the executive women’s network specifically, Chief is the right room. If what you wanted was a small, confidential group that understands the whole picture, including your recovery, that is Phoenix Forum, at a lower annual cost and with a 6 month money-back guarantee.

How do you decide?

Name what you actually want from the room. A senior women’s leadership network points to Chief. A confidential peer group built around recovery points to Phoenix Forum. Book a 20 minute call and the conversation will make it clear.