More than 65 years of Leadership Success
Vistage Overview
Founded in 1957, Vistage is a global CEO peer advisory organization that spans the globe with over 45,000 members in more than 35 countries. Vistage provides outstanding support and opportunities to both its members and chairs.
Why Vistage?
Investment in Yourself and Leadership
Self-awareness and introspection change your thought process to help solve your most critical challenges. With this transformation your business is impacted in a significant manner, scaling your leaders and their performance.
Valuable Investment in Your Business
Vistage members get out of the weeds and focus on their businesses one day each month. We work together to prioritize growth and business results.
Time-Tested Approach for Growth
During each of the meetings, we tackle complex situations as peers share and provide experience and expertise. These confidential executive sessions allow group members the opportunity to participate in the generation of new ideas and approaches leading to better decisions.
Are you a growth-minded executive ready to invest in yourself and your business? Connect with Tim today for a consultation and interview. Reach out at tim.gustafson@vistagechair.com to discuss how Vistage can help resolve challenging issues as you grow your business.
The Vistage Chair
About Tim Gustafson
You might say that Tim Gustafson was destined to be a coach from the time he was a youngster – whether on the field, on the court, or in the classroom. He has now taken that natural ability to clients and leadership teams alike. Others are quickly drawn to Tim’s genuine caring demeanor, as they quickly come to know that he is someone they can trust to take them to the next level. Tim has the unique gift of being able to leave people better than he found them.
Tim has over 35 years of experience leading and coaching individuals and teams. He has led groups as small as five and as large as 200, managed budgets up to $350M, executed small projects and complex programs. Today, Tim has found his “calling” as an executive leadership coach that stems from his passion for serving and helping others succeed. Tim’s coaching style brings about introspection and creates “inside-out” learning for leaders. He cuts through complexity, simplifying and bringing clarity and focus. His disarming yet challenging style provides an opportunity for engagement, drives change, and ultimately improves business performance.
As a Vistage chair, Tim facilitates confidential, monthly group meetings for high-caliber executives, business owners, and CEOs, along with individual coaching sessions for each member. Leaders can often feel alone in their roles… having a trusted experienced guide and peers who understand the situation provides a pathway for open, honest discussions of current challenges facing today’s business leaders. Tim’s vision is to create greater self-awareness, resulting in the development of better leaders, making better decisions, and achieving better results.
Interested? Please reach out to tim.gustafson@vistagechair.com to discuss how Vistage can help you and your business resolve issues and experience greater growth.
Vistage Groups
Local Vistage groups meet monthly to work on their business needs in a private, safe environment. The goal is to get members out of the daily details of their companies and focus instead on the overall well-being of their businesses. Four group types, determined by experience level, are offered.
CEO Peer Group
Leaders gain a supportive community of peers where they can tap into each other’s insights and experiences to address challenges. Gaining an outside perspective while learning to leverage self-awareness can help grow your business and improve your leadership effectiveness.
- Peer Advisory Board Meetings – 12 full-day meetings per year
- World-class speakers – Up to 10 speakers per year. Topics and speakers are determined by group input.
- Executive Sessions – Peer support and input during issue resolution
- Private Executive Coaching – Monthly one-to-one sessions with a private executive coach
- Online Community – 24/7 access to thousands of members worldwide.
Key Executive Group
Peer support and guidance for your personal and professional challenges. Vistage’s Key Group enables you to push your career forward.
- Peer Advisory Board Meetings – 12 full-day meetings per year
- World-class speakers – Up to eight speakers per year. Group input determines the speaker selection and topic.
- Executive Sessions – Peer support and input during issue resolution
- Online Community – 24/7 access to thousands of members worldwide.
Advanced Leader Group
Peer support and guidance for your personal and professional challenges. Vistage’s Advanced Leader Group enables you to push your career forward, focused on effective thinking, communication, and collaboration.
- Peer Advisory Board Meetings – six full-day meetings per year
- Expert speakers – Six speakers per year
- Issue processing focused on problem solving and execution
Emerging Leader Group
This two-year program prepares rising stars for the next level through enhancing leadership skills and building confidence to better deliver on company goals.
- Two-Year Commitment – Focusing on 12 leadership competencies
- Dynamic Group Meetings – Six all-day meetings every other month with cohort interaction during the “off” months
- Experiential activities creating introspective learning and development
- Expert Speakers – Speakers delve deep into each competency
Vistage Transformation
Vistage works in all economic environments.
According to Dun & Bradstreet data, Vistage CEO members grew their annual revenue on average by 4.6% in 2020, while nonmembers with comparable small and midsize businesses saw revenue decrease by 4.7%. Through peer advisory, executive coaching and training, and enrichment opportunities, Vistage creates better, more insightful leaders.
In both difficult times and a “normal” environment, being a part of Vistage will be a learning opportunity, benefiting you as a leader, your company, and your family. Vistage is for bold, courageous, and open-minded individuals who desire the support and guidance necessary to expand their businesses. Being a Vistage member will change your life.
About the Dun & Bradstreet Study
This study was an analysis performed on Dun & Bradstreet data for U.S. companies with up to $1B in annual revenue. The comparison was made on annual revenue growth (2020 vs. 2019) between Vistage member companies (sample size: 1,897) who joined the Chief Executive or Small Business programs before 2020 and a random sample of non-Vistage small and midsize businesses (sample size: 702).
