Vistage Named Seventh among Training Magazine’s 2016 Top 125 Organizations

SAN DIEGO (Feb. 17, 2016) — Training Magazine, the leading business publication for learning and development professionals, has ranked Vistage Worldwide Inc. as the seventh leading organization among its Top 125 organizations for training and development. For Vistage, a global organization that assembles and facilitates private advisory boards for CEOs, senior executives and business owners, training and career…

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Isolated? Hearing Echos? Find Your Decision-Making Sweet Spot

To be a great decision-maker you must fine-tune your network. You must also carefully and continually engage in social exploration. From the HBR article, Beyond the Echo Chamber: “Decisions don’t happen in a vacuum; the best ones rarely come from deep pondering in isolation. They happen when people learn from and draw on the experiences of others. In this…

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Living and Leading in the Perpetual Discomfort Zone…

I love this quote from Francisco D’Souza, CEO of Cognizant Technology Solutions: In business, the comfort zone has never been a good place to be. Companies that get too comfortable risk becoming irrelevant, obsolete—and extinct. This is particularly true in today’s business world where the forces of globalization; new social, mobile, analytical and cloud technologies; and fast-changing…

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“Growth And Comfort Do Not Coexist”

That title is from Ginny Rometty, CEO of IBM. Pithy, huh? I relate… I’m a guy that breathes persistence. I don’t give up. I lock onto my intended purpose. I grow through wilful discomfort all the time. Painful. Embarrassing. And, for some reason–hard to admit. I wish things flowed easier. Still, I believe that my…

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Genius is Purposeful. How Leaders Deliver Extraordinary Results…

Curious about an ongoing study of the mindsets of business leaders when delivering their most extraordinary results?  What is the mindset that shows up when CEOs are at their most effective? Of the eight mindsets identified, the “Purposeful” theme is exhibited by 82% of the leaders. This mindset is especially important to a sense of personal power and…

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Generating Rapid, Repeatable Revenue: Seattle CEO Workshop

This is just a quick reminder about the private CEO breakfast/lunch meeting I’m hosting at Escala on June 21 from 7:30 AM to 12:30 PM. At this private peer advisory board meeting, we’ll hear from Vistage speaker Greg Winston. He’s talking about Generating Rapid, Repeatable Revenue. Greg explains how to improve sales and how to hire and manage processes and people more efficiently. Greg’s…

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How Do You Triple Your Company’s Growth Rate?

Making a habit of getting unbiased counsel on your most important business decisions triples your company’s growth rate. As leaders, we often feel trapped in own businesses. Instead of working ON the business, we get stuck working IN the business. I’m also sure your management team and advisors serve you well but very often don’t have…

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Seeking Real Leaders (CEOs) Desiring Brobdingnagian Awareness

Brobdingnagian is Vast, Huge, Big, Immense, Mammoth… The CEO superpower we all want in our arsenal? Mega self-awareness. Why? This is the basis for solid decision making. The best decisions rarely come from the CEO pondering in deep isolation. High-quality decisions and decision-making excellence happen when CEOs: …learn from and draw on the experiences of others. In…

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The Essential Traits of Effective Leaders? Predicting CEO Success…

We know from Daniel Coleman in the HBR article – What Makes a Leader – that effective leaders are distinguished by a high degree of emotional intelligence in five areas: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill. Coleman’s findings are based on research at nearly 200 large, global companies. We know from the McKinsey article – Decoding Leadership: What really matters – that the secret…

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CEO Snack: Value of Outside Peers…

Make sure to keep your energy up today. Here are a couple snacks to chew on: 9 Reach out for support. It’s lonely at the top and having a couple trusted advisors or peers outside your company who you can run things by will help you learn new tricks, see things from different perspectives and avoid costly…

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