We are taking the Vistage Small Business Program to Miami!
On the 29th of this month we are conducting an Informational Breakfast to inform Miami area entrepreneurs of the advantages they can gain as members of a Vistage Group. The SB Program is specifically designed for those businesses that have a solid start but are currently five million or under in revenue. Members will be placed in groups of about fifteen CEOs. Each group will meet eleven times per year. No competitors are ever placed in the same group and as a result it is a place where complete confidentiality is assured. Group members bond and become each other’s board of advisors. The group is a super board made up entirely of CEOs. Members could never hire a board of this quality with an equivalent spectrum of skills, experiences and perspectives.
Members bring their most important issues and opportunities to the group. Here they get better questions and superior challenges. Decisions become better as a result. Action must be taken because the group holds each other accountable. If this sounds good it actually becomes better. This is truly the only place members can take their most important concerns to a trusted group of advisors that has only one agenda, the growth of the member and his or her businesses. No more isolation at the top!
Each member receives one to one coaching monthly from the fully trained and experienced Chair who also facilitates the group meetings. What CEO could not benefit from having a completely confidential coaching session where the agenda is entirely theirs? The Chair’s role in the one to one is to ask better questions and to hold the member accountable for specific actions and goals.
As if this wasn’t enough, there’s more. Each quarter, experts from the Vistage Speaker Bureau come to the group meeting to operate interactive workshops in vital areas of business. Leadership, Organizational Development, Process Refinement, Marketing and Economic Trends are frequent topics.
Finally, there is Vistage Village, a members only virtual community where Vistage members connect with the 14,000 other members in the world-wide organization and the more than 700 Florida members. This site houses an amazing archive of useful business information, there for downloading. Members can find a method or procedure for nearly any business need. Or, register a problem or concern for network comment and receive the help and counsel of others who have already dealt with a similar situation.
The result is Vistage member companies have historically grown at a rate of more than double their non-Vistage competitors. Recent third party research indicates Vistage member companies are emerging from the recession faster and stronger than their competition. If you are a Miami based small business owner or CEO and this sounds attractive to you, give me a call at 561-740-4774 or contact me at Les@lesdeckconsulting.com
The Informational Breakfast will be November 29th from 7:30 am until 9:30 am at the Marriott Biscayne Bay in Miami. You need to register to attend. We are looking forward to meeting you.
Les Deck is a South Florida Vistage Chair who has facilitated groups successfully for more than five years. Prior to becoming a Chair he founded and operated a series of small businesses and served major companies in a variety of executive roles.
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