Each year Vistage Florida offers an event we call The CEO Summit. This event is really an opportunity for area CEOs to gather and hear a knowledgeable speaker concerning a business message of universal interest to those of us who run businesses. This year the meeting is March 31st so there is still plenty of…
This week at the annual Chair conference in Orlando I received the Red Scott Award. I was astonished. Didn’t see this coming and in fact never expected to win the award. First, the Red Scott award began only two years ago. It is given to the Florida Vistage Chair that best represents the spirit of…
At this time of year I encourage all those I work with to be thoughtful about what they want to put energy into in the coming months. Those conversations nearly always end with statement of several business or personal goals since I often serve as their coach or business advisor. This is great because it…
For the past two weeks I have posed the same question to several members of my Vistage groups here in south Florida with fascinating results. That question is, what if the economic situation has masked a paradigm shift in your industry? Most of us only really know that revenue has fallen, often sharply compared to…
At the Vistage International Chair and Member Conference I attended last week, nearly 1000 people with similar ideas lived together in a bubble for four days. Since the Gaylord Texan Resort is covered by a gigantic glass structure filled with fanciful canyons, waterfalls and dessert landscapes the illusion was complete. Most of us never went…