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An Introduction to Vistage
Do you want to become a better leader? Make better decisions and get better results?
It’s still a human world where integrity, experience and relationships
matter. We’re here to connect the most successful CEOs of small and
midsize businesses so — together — we can share expertise,
challenge one another to think critically and arrive at better decisions.
Through this ongoing collaboration, we build lifelong leadership
excellence that elevates companies, strengthens communities,
delivers meaningful results and fosters sustainable growth.

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What Happens When You Join Vistage?
Is Vistage worth it?
For more than 65 years, Vistage has been helping CEOs,
business owners and key leaders solve their greatest
challenges through confidential peer advisory groups and
one-to-one executive coaching sessions with accomplished
business leaders.
Today, more than 45,000 members in 25 countries
rely on Vistage to help make better decisions for their
companies, families and communities.
The results prove it: Vistage member companies grow
2.2 times faster than average small and midsize U.S.
businesses, according to a 2017 study of Dun & Bradstreet data.
And, on average, CEO members stay with Vistage for more than 5 years. Cathy "Fitz" Fitzhenry has members who have been under her mentorship and in her Vistage Peer Groups for over 15 years.
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Here's why it works...
Are You Ready for Vistage? Here are five reasons why leaders accelerate their leadership when they join Vistage.
1.They believe there is more than one right answer.
Successful leaders acknowledge there are several paths to success. When leaders are vulnerable and transparent, it allows room for constructive feedback and helps avoid confirmation bias. Listening without interjecting long-held beliefs allows for unexpected collaboration, creativity, and innovation.
2. They believe they have something to learn from everyone.
Many years ago, a mentor taught me the power of asking questions, being open to learning from others, and collaborating to achieve a better outcome. It changed my leadership trajectory dramatically. Being open to feedback and self-analysis creates a lot of space that opens up possibilities for success. When leaders stray away from humility, it closes the door on learning and improving.
3. Have want to have clear, unambiguous goals.
It is no secret that the key to success is hard work, but hard work alone doesn’t guarantee success. Effective leaders work toward clear goals, and they don’t justify poor results when goals aren’t achieved. Rather, they evaluate what could have been done differently and keep moving toward the goal. In the wise words of Earl Nightingale, “You become what you think about.” This has proven true for leaders who take time to set realistic, success-driven goals for themselves and their organizations.
4. They want strategies how to stay close to customers and enhance the customer experience. To understand what customers truly find valuable is vital to success. When leaders ask questions and listen to customer feedback, they are so much more effective. Customers can also be sources for new ideas that lead to fresh solutions and innovations.
5. Focus on mission, vision and purpose.
I’ve observed that effective leaders return to their guiding principles each time they need to make a key decision. And when leaders communicate strategy to their team rather than focusing on individual tactics, everybody aligns around the key pillars of the strategy.
Strong leaders are curious, seek to understand, listen and are open minded. They know the tools that lead to success can come from unexpected places and people, from within and outside their organization. Leaders who are open to these unexpected sources of success can change the course of their careers and their companies.
Many candidates when they begin to explore membership in Vistage have a plethora of questions. Therefore, I have listed these questions and video recorded some answers. Just click the yellow button below.

Thinly reasoned conclusions have no place in a Vistage Peer Advisory Board.
The hallmark of our boards is something we call Issue Processing. It’s a structured, thorough and efficient approach to helping members think through the dynamics of a challenge. It forces you to push beyond your assumptions and get to the real issues. That’s critical to understanding and evaluating your options before making a decision and taking action.
The process is a bit like working on a post- graduate business case in real time. Only the subject is your business.
You asked when do the Vistage Peer Advisory Boards Meet And What Is The Cost?
Fitz's Boards Meet On The Following Dates:
CEO Boards -Meet the first Thursday of the month - full day sessions. You qualify for this board as it is for CEOs, Presidents, COOs, General Managers, High level executives $1730.00 a month)
Key Leader Board 2nd Wednesday of the month - full day sessions $820- a month (This is for emerging leaders, partners, co-owners, and a board that you can place your emerging leaders within your organization. This board is online and has members from all over the country.)
HR Board This is Free for anyone in your organization who handles hiring, organizational development training, and or contributes to developing the culture. This board meets quarterly from 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. four times a year, and is free to members and their HR professionals.
Sales & Marketing Board This is a FREE for anyone in your organization wanting to meet up with other sales and marketing professionals to sharpen their skills. They meet quarterly from 9:00 a.m. 12:00 pm. and is free to members and their sales and marketing professionals.
In addition, each member meets monthly with Fitz for a two hour Private One-to- One Executive Coaching And Mentoring Session. This is all included with the monthly membership fee.
The One-to One Session, allows Fitz to work directly with the member to help them:
- Meet the challenges they face
- Sharpen their mental fitness
- Design and track necessary strategic intentions
- Learn specific skills that the member may be weak in
- Identify necessary resources and connections that
Fitz can provide
- Outline, track and develop an individualized learning
path for the individual member.
- Expand on the knowledge and learnings that the
member may have acquired from the Vistage
speakers.
- Arrange specialized Vistage "Tiger Teams" when the
member needs very specific knowledge and insights
that other members may be able to provide.
- Lead 90 minute Leadership Dialog sessions with the
members leadership team as needed.
Fitz's members also urged her to author a book about heart-based leadership, and she is now publishing a captivating trilogy as part of the Heartbeat Series.
The trilogy, titled Heartbeat: Why Bold, Beautiful, and Brave Matter;
Heartbeat: How To Stay Out Of Life's Muck and Tap Into the Love Wisdom; and
Heartbeat: Conversations with My Heart,
will soon be released, offering insightful and empowering perspectives on heart-centered living.

