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How much does it cost to be wrong? Talk to a member of a Vistage group and they’ll tell you that they avoid 2 or 3 costly mistakes a year. Mistakes that would cost their businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars. How much does it cost when a critical hire goes... Read More
I’m a divorced dad. I’m not proud of it. It’s just a fact. I have been an involved father and yet, splitting time with my kids and their mom, has meant I haven’t always been there. I regret this. It was an acutely difficult decision to leave the home. To miss the... Read More
Great executive leadership coaches should be judged more by the questions they ask than the advice they provide. People are more likely to buy-into and successfully execute solutions that they have devined on their own than by advice that is handed to them. Therefore great questions are the key to... Read More
You’re an investor in a startup. You’ve invested in a great idea and a quality team led by a competent CEO. You provide guidance and insight as a board member and you’re always available by phone. You’ve followed all the protocols of good corporate governance. So why do you need... Read More
The problem with the leadership development industry is anyone can hang up a shingle. Unlike the Doctors, Lawyers, Therapists, and even drivers of cars there is no required certification process. If you can talk and send an invoice, you can be a coach. But just maybe you should make sure... Read More
Simon Sinek's does a brilliant job of laying out the importance of Why. Why why works better than why how and why what works. He calls it the Magic Circle and if you haven't seen his TedX talk to that effect and you call yourself an entrepreneur or a leader,... Read More
Vistage is throwing an Ignite in celebration of the brilliance of our members. Venue Details Congressional Country Club Address: 8500 River Road, Bethesda, MD Date: September 24, 2012 Start Time: 5:30 pm End Time: 8:00 pm Description: Vistage is about our members. Vistage members are thought leaders. Vistage Members trust Vistage Members. They have something important to say and worth hearing.... Read More
CEOs spend much of their time on the What – defining, refining product. Most spend even more time on the How – Operations, how to develop product, manufacturer it, sale and support of the product. Typically CEOs I poll spend 15% or less of their time on the Why. Tackling the real... Read More
Featured on Speakerbox Sounding Board We like to turn the camera around, so to speak, from time to time and conduct our own interviews with the movers, shakers and influencers in our community. This Ask the Influencers interview is with Glen Hellman, a notable force in the DC community as well as on a... Read More
Vistage is the worlds largest CEO organization with over 15,000 members in 16 countries. Vistage groups are comprised of from 8 – 16 people who run business, led by a Vistage Chair. Vistage members work on each others' issues, celebrate each others' successes and work together to build better businesses.... Read More
Check out these blogs, newsletters and resources to keep up to date on the DC Startup and Tech Scene. They are ranked by their Alexa Global Ranking. Blog Alexa Global Rank Link Description Facebook DC Tech 2 http://www.facebook.com/groups/washdctech/ Justin Thorpe's Moderated Facebook Group Capital Business 340 http://www.washingtonpost.com/capital_business Steven Overly and Other Washington Post Staffers Wash Biz Journal 1,856 http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/ Bill Flook makes this mostly Real Estate... Read More
What: Group Open House Where: McLean VA Day: Wednesday Date: 8:30 AM Interested: Leave Comment Here or Contact Glen Hellman What happens when you take a 50-year-old format, spice it up with a little Hot-Shot Serial, Startup Entrepreneurship and watch it cook? You get Secret Sauce Magic…. you get DC Vistage Startup 2.0. Vistage is the world’s largest CEO organization with... Read More
(Photo courtesy of buchokoy on Creative Commons)Whether you’re a CEO seeking a board of advisors outside your company, or an HR director trying to create greater alignment within an organization, establishing or joining a peer advisory group may be just what you need. While peer advisory groups have been around... Read More
I run an oversubscribed Vistage Group. It’s a very high-performance collection of forward thinking people who run businesses that meet together monthly to improve the quality of their businesses and their lives. In order to satisfy those on the waiting list I’m starting a second group. Here’s some of the... Read More
Date:March 8, 2012Time:8:30 AM – 12:30 PMLocation:Cooley LLPSuite:15th Floor, 1500Address:11951 Freedom Drive, Reston VA 20190Phone:(703) 456-8000 Agenda8:30Check-In (attendees will sign in on an easel pad with Name, and grade themselves on a 1 – 5 scale, current status of Business, Personal Life, and Health.)8:45Welcome and explanation of the process9:00Introductions (attendees will... Read More
Sign up your startup for the Startup America Toolkit. Get great free and radically discounted products and services from companies including, American Express, Vistage, Intuit, Dell, Google, LinkedIn and Microsoft. Link here to register. Rank+ -StateStartupsPopulationPer 100K of PopPopulation Rank1CALIFORNIA55437,253,9561.4912NEW YORK32619,465,1971.6733FLORIDA29219,057,5421.5344TEXAS25425,674,6810.9925VIRGINIA1988,096,6042.45126+1ILLINOIS18112,869,2571.4157-1COLORADO1805,116,7693.52228MASSACHUSETTS1786,587,5362.70149CONNECTICUT1193,580,7093.323010MARYLAND1015,828,2891.731911GEORGIA999,815,2101.01912PENNSYLVANIA9212,742,8860.72613DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA92617,99614.895114NORTH CAROLINA869,656,4010.891015WASHINGTON826,830,0381.201316MICHIGAN819,876,1870.82817NEW... Read More
I’ve been running a Vistage Group for three years. Over the last few months, my current group has filled to the point where I now have a waiting list. Why is that?Vistage Members achieve better results. According to a D&B survey Vistage Member Companies significantly outperformed the average US company.So... Read More
Repeat after me: “A logo is not a Brand” “A press release is not Public Relations” “Twitter is not Online Communications”A graphic designer who can create a beautiful logo is not a branding expert. They have created a representation of your overall brand which, as Jen Sterling from Red Thinking likes to say, “is how they... Read More
Vistage creates a safe place for entrepreneurs filled with advisers, mentors and peers and structured in such a way that create better leaders, who make better decisions, and achieve better results. Who's helping you evolve your company or are you standing still? Are you hunter or prey? How are you using... Read More
(This article first appeared in the Sunday, January 15, 2012, New York Times, Business Day Small Business)As kids, when we used to wrestle and play around, we had an expression for when someone had you pinned, and you were in enough pain that you wanted to concede — you would yell, “calf... Read More
The single most critical leadership skill in growing companies is delegation. The absence of this skill in the CEO or at the executive team level causes more companies to get “stuck” than any other behavior. As hands-on leaders in a smaller organization, executives were able to manage and lead in... Read More
There's nothing more lonely than being a CEO. Your executive team has an agenda, your partners have an agenda, your board have an agenda. Where do you go for unbiased council.Vistage is a 50 year old organization with over 14,000 members in 60 countries. According to D&B companies led by... Read More
SAN DIEGO, December 10, 2010 - Vistage International is among an elite group of 125 companies acknowledged for its learning and development programs. Training magazine, the leading business publication for learning and development professionals, recently named Vistage among its Top 125, a prestigious list that includes companies such as Microsoft, UPS, Verizon,... Read More
I’m fortunate to have the opportunity to meet with over a dozen top DC-area Business Leaders every first Wednesday of each month. This varied group of Forward Thinking Leaders meet monthly to: discuss the impact of the latest trends on their businesses challenge each other’s thinking on strategy and tactics hold each other... Read More
So the board meeting ends, and a few of the board members and I go out for steaks, single malt scotch and cigars. The CEO has not been invited, and we drink, laugh, blow smoke rings and make CEO jokes. Two board meetings later, the board fired the CEO, and... Read More
(As Seen In Startup America's Blog. Check out Startup America's Blog)Glen Hellman got his introduction to entrepreneurship straight out of graduating from University of Maryland in 1978 when he joined Lexitron Corporation, a company who developed the precursor to the PC and the first word processor with a... Read More
So the board meeting ends and a few of the board members and I go out for steaks, single malt scotch and cigars. The CEO has not been invited, and we drink, laugh, blow smoke rings and make CEO jokes. Two board meetings later the Board fired the CEO and... Read More
