Chief Executive Program

For your most critical decisions.

There’s a lot riding on your decisions. The Vistage Chief Executive Program is designed to help you make more effective decisions that lead to powerful results. At the core, a confidential advisory group of peers helps you focus on what’s most critical. Led by an accomplished business leader, this unbiased group will help you solve problems and uncover opportunities.

Designed for the challenges of chief executives.

Challenge:

You’re surrounded by stakeholders with competing agendas, and you make all decisions without the benefit of unbiased advice.

Solution:

Get your decisions vetted by an ideal sounding board — an objective, experienced peer group who will offer unbiased advice in a confidential environment.

Challenge:

You’re concerned your current culture may be having a negative impact on business.

Solution:

Learn best practices on building an empowered, results-driven team. Find and fix blind spots to enhance your leadership ability.

Challenge:

You’re not sure you have the best processes in place to scale up the business.

Solution:

Get access to models of success and expert advice to help you retool your long-term strategy without sacrificing current performance.

Challenge:

You’re seeking guidance on how to fuel the next stage of growth.

Solution:

Gain fresh perspectives on complex issues to optimize business decisions and results.

What Members say

Peter Ganahl

CEO, Ganahl Lumber Co.

There are so many things you can take away from your Vistage experience that would take you an MBA or a PhD to get. But you get them, not in the context of a classroom, but in the context of real business people talking about having actually lived through this crisis or that situation.

“There are so many things you can take away from your Vistage experience that would take you an MBA or a PhD to get. But you get them, not in the context of a classroom, but in the context of real business people talking about having actually lived through this crisis or that situation.”

Peter Ganahl

CEO, Ganahl Lumber Co.

Mike Lauber

Chairman & CEO, Tusco Display

From the superb speakers, to dynamic counsel offered by my fellow CEOs, to the one-to-one sessions with my Chair — we have fundamentally changed how we run our business, manage our teams and drive learning throughout our organization. Our company health and growing success are directly attributable to my Vistage engagement.

The Chief Executive Program Overview

  1. 12 full-day peer advisory board meetings per year
  2. 12 one-to-one sessions with a private executive coach
  3. Up to 8 speaker presentations by subject matter experts
  4. 24/7 access to a global community of 24,000+ business leaders who face similar challenges, issues and opportunities

How Vistage works

Confidential peer advisory groups

Private executive coaching

World-class speakers and events

Specialized networks and communities

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Tap the experience and impartial advice of exceptional business leaders to improve your leadership and drive outstanding results.

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Diverse perspectives from a trusted group of peers, a respected executive coach (Chair) and subject matter experts help drive better results.

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