Grounded Toward Growth

Interview with Member Chris Hood

Join me with Chris Hood, the CEO of ARCA International Expat Relocation Services.Chris is an experienced executive with a demonstrated history of working in the transportation/trucking/railroad industry. Skilled in Negotiation, Import, Operations Management, Freight, and International Moves.We'll talk about what drew him to Vistage, and the culture of our group. 

Have You Heard of S-Curves?

This theory proposes that once you get past the initial upswing, the life cycle of a successful company takes on the form of a sigmoid, or S curve. The S shape represents growth over time—starting out slowly, picking up speed during rapid growth, then tapering off as growth slows. So how do you keep your business growing?
 
For video with visual aides, visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sVN2rdzgbE&t=3s

What is Executive Coaching?

What is Executive Coaching? Here, my colleague Grayce Carson and I break it down. Looking for an executive coach? Message me today about joining Vistage.
rick.vanasse@vistagechair.com

How’s Your Financial Acumen?

Join me and author, developer, and instructor, Darrell Mullis to discuss managing your business capital.Darrell delivers programs that help companies who experience that the traditional command and control model is outdated and want to shift their culture and relationships to accommodate increased speed of change, a need for broad based innovation and improved peer-to-peer decision making at every level.He is the co-author of The Accounting Game and provide programs in business and financial acumen to improve strategic decision making. These programs give participants gaming activities, in which, for example, they create financial statements similar to their own company's and 'experience' the financial principles that have often been confusing and obscure to them.Darrell's specialties are:1. Financial literacy programs for managers, sales professionals, individual contributors2. Communication and culture programs for leadership and operating teams3. Train-the-Trainer programs in communication or finance4. Web-based financial training

The Leadership Circle

The Leadership Circle is a 360° leadership assessment tool that uncovers underlying habits to help leaders become even better at what they do. In this video, I go over the model proposed by Bob Anderson with my colleague, Grayce Carson.I use this tool with the #CEOs in my Vistage groups, and they've found it incredibly useful. I hope you do too.

Anton C. Bizzell, MD on Vistage

Anton Bizzell is an experienced business leader with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. He is also a current member of one of my Chief Executive Advisory Groups. Join us for this discussion of his experience.

Where Do Members Find the Most Value in Vistage?

Could you use a little M.A.G.I.C. in your business? Vistage does a great job of surveying our members. When asked about the areas they receive the most value, they share these 5 areas:
Making better decisions
Accountability
Growing 
Isolation relief 
Change management
In this episode, my colleague and I discuss each of these areas in depth.

Situational Leadership

In 1969, Ken Blanchard and Paul Hershey developed Situational Leadership, believing that there is no “one size fits all” leadership style. Instead, you have to adapt your leadership style to each situation meet the needs of your team.
In this episode, I explain this model and its benefits to my colleague, Grayce Carson. 

Is a Professional Employment Organization (PEO) Right for You?

District Manager, Georgia Beglin, will discuss how Insperity works with small to mid-size growing business owners in the MD, DC, Northern VA and PA areas to help their business run better and grow faster.Could this be right for you and your business?

CEO Glynis Harvey on Vistage

Glynis Harvey is the CEO at American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM), and a current member of on of my Vistage groups.