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The most innovative ideas often come from crossing boundaries. So if you want to learn new things this year, try spending time at other smart companies – even those outside of your industry. Learning directly from other companies is a … Continue reading →

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Three out of four ain’t bad….The economy has more than made up for its negative first quarter performance (due mostly to weather) with a real (inflation adjusted) GDP Growth of 5.0% for the  third quarter.  This is the strongest quarterly … Continue reading →

Vistage CEO Leon Shapiro recently contributed a short article to Fast Company in which he suggests that there are 3 essential mistakes every leader should make as early possible in his or her career. He says “these mistakes will test … Continue reading →

What’s Your Excuse (for not delegating)? Whether you are CEO, C-level executive or first line supervisor, you no doubt have more to do than one person can accomplish. Vistage speaker Tom Foster in his latest blog entry notes 8 great … Continue reading →

Vistage members gather once a year for “All City Events”.   At a recent All City Event Navy Captain David Marquet shared leadership lessons learned and applied in turning the nuclear submarine USS Santa Fe from  “worst to first” in the … Continue reading →

For several months we’ve been discussing inflation in our Vistage groups? Why? Because one of the reasons that Vistage members do better than the general business population is that they are talking about and acting on economic conditions before they … Continue reading →

On September 18 the Phoenix Business Journal announced the 2014 winners of its ACE Awards (AZ Corporate Excellence). This year Vistage International joined the list of companies sponsoring the ACE awards. In all the 50 winners included 12 Vistage International … Continue reading →