Leaders: what do they really do?
What do leaders really do? It’s a big question; one which is asked and answered by Vistage speaker and author Jeff Grout. As Jeff puts it, we all understand the importance of leadership, the significa...
The Klopp effect: What can business leaders learn from Liverpool’s ...
“I had fourth-division feet and a first-division head”, said a younger Jurgen Klopp in the days when he was managing Borussia Dortmund FC. And since his managerial career began in 2001, he’s shown jus...
Expert advice and 8am raves: Uncovering the life of a Vistage Chair
Vistage members provide a valuable source of advice and support for one another, and over time they can develop strong personal bonds. Frank Esson's Vistage group became so close they ended up attendi...
The 5 foundations for scaleup growth
The bigger something is, the stronger the foundations need to be. Let’s take a look at the tallest building in the world today – Dubai’s 828-metre (2,717 ft) Burj Khalifa. It sits on 192 piles buried ...
10 ways Vistage helps the UK's scaleup business leaders
In their 2018 annual review, the ScaleUp Institute endorsed Vistage as an organisation that can help scaleup business leaders achieve and sustain growth. Why? Because Vistage doesn’t just help MDs and...
Rahaf Harfoush: leading through emerging technology
Technology changes the way we interact with each other. We often talk about it in an obvious way, looking at workflows and process and pipelines, at policies and data. There is a whole other lens of d...
Planning, people and performance: The key to moving from startup to ...
Scaling up a business from absolutely nothing isn’t easy - but it can be done. Brian Donne is the living proof. He built Express Vending from a kitchen table, a few contacts and no money, and sold it...
Dream big and define your goals: why visualisation is vital to success
The American poet, Bill Copeland, once said, ‘The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score’. Needless to say, he wasn’t talking abou...
How to make better decisions - Sam Reese, Vistage CEO
Leadership is about decisions - so much so that a Chief Executive Officer may as well be called a Chief Decision Maker. Yet 60% of executives surveyed by McKinsey think their companies make bad strate...
Who holidays better, US or UK business leaders?
When it comes to the subject of leadership, you’ll find a spectrum of opinions on pretty much every aspect. Apart from one: taking a break. It’s an unequivocal fact - like the effects of doing exercis...
