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Tired of Boring, Fruitless Staff Meetings?

Tired of Boring, Fruitless Staff Meetings?

It may be time to shake things up a bit!  Most staff meetings involve the use of an all too familiar agenda:  1) The leader Read More

The Answer to Both Questions

The Answer to Both Questions

Last week, my post Peer or Expert? was a follow-up to a piece I wrote over the summer titled, What Does it Take to be Read More

Your Unique Life Story

Your Unique Life Story

Your “unique life story” may be the most valuable asset you bring to your peer advisory group.  Author of True North Groups, former CEO Read More

Peernovation

Peernovation

I read once that “innovation is creativity realized.”  I wish I could remember where I read it and who wrote this statement, but it squares Read More

Mountain Metaphor

Mountain Metaphor

Last week, I wrote about the importance of Getting Your Peer Group Out Once In A While.  Today’s post is similarly inspired by some Read More

Get Your Peer Group Out Once In A While

Get Your Peer Group Out Once In A While

Whether your peer advisory group meets in the same location each month or you rotate your meeting locations by allowing different members of the group Read More

So Who’s Responsible?

So Who’s Responsible?

Since communication is so important to any successful peer advisory group experience, let me retell a still painful anecdote that offers an invaluable communication lesson.  Read More

Practice: Why So Little Of It In Business?

Practice: Why So Little Of It In Business?

Does Practice Make Perfect?  Probably not.  Perfection is a pretty high bar, but most people would agree that practice can improve game-day performance for individuals Read More

Being There For One Another

Being There For One Another

A number of years ago, United Way produced a video that cleverly poked fun at itself, while at the same time making a powerful point.   Read More

You Think Peer Advisory Groups Are Expensive?  Try NOT Joining One!

You Think Peer Advisory Groups Are Expensive? Try NOT Joining One!

This short post is prompted by two events of sorts: 1) I’ve come across a number of blog posts over the past several weeks that Read More

What Core Values Drive Your Peer Advisory Group?

What Core Values Drive Your Peer Advisory Group?

Earlier this week, Glen Hellman wrote a posted titled, 5 Signs Your Company’s Core Values are Rotten.  The timing was perfect, as my graduate Read More

Consultants or Advisory Boards?

Consultants or Advisory Boards?

Last month, I met Marissa Levin, author of the new book Built to Scale - How Top Companies Create Breakthrough Growth Through Exceptional Advisory Read More

If Time is Money, How Can There Be Free Time?

If Time is Money, How Can There Be Free Time?

I couldn’t help but look up the old axiom, “Time is money,” just to find out who first uttered this quote.  Not surprisingly, it was Read More

How Will You Access Your Peers?

How Will You Access Your Peers?

The New York Times ran a story and accompanying blog post earlier today about a new platform from Vistage, called Vistage Connect.  It Read More

Start With Why

Start With Why

As I mentioned last week, I traveled to the Vistage Colorado All-City event in Denver to join Vistage Chairs, members, and their guests from peer Read More

Taking Peer Advisory To New Heights

Taking Peer Advisory To New Heights

On Tuesday, April 17th, I plan to attend the Vistage All-City event in Denver, where more than 350 Chairs, members, and their guests will gather Read More

Announcing Vistage Kidz and Vistage Seance

Announcing Vistage Kidz and Vistage Seance

In a bold move by the company leadership, none of whom wished to be named in this post, Vistage announced the launch of two exciting Read More

Where Do Peer Advisory Groups Come From? (2)

Where Do Peer Advisory Groups Come From? (2)

Last week, I posted Where Do Peer Advisory Groups Come From? and invited members of the Executive Street community and members of The Peer Advisory Read More

Where Do Peer Advisory Groups Come From?

Where Do Peer Advisory Groups Come From?

It appears there are many parents who can lay claim to either conceiving or nurturing the concept of The Peer Advisory Group.  For starters, Read More

Make A Difference

Make A Difference

As you may know, I work for the world’s leading peer advisory membership organization for business leaders.  During my “off hours,” I lead learning teams Read More

How Peer Advisory Groups Can Change The World

How Peer Advisory Groups Can Change The World

When you consider the nature of today’s public discourse – with the right screaming at the left and the left shouting at the right – Read More

2012: The Year of the Peer Advisory Group

2012: The Year of the Peer Advisory Group

In September of last year, I wrote a post titled Why Peer Advisory Groups Will Be The Next Big Thing, based on a number Read More

Why We Dare To Be Average!

Why We Dare To Be Average!

Jim Collins offers his perspective in the opening line of his second book by stating, “Good is the enemy of great.”  He explains that we Read More

Peer Advisory Groups Bring Out the Best in People

Peer Advisory Groups Bring Out the Best in People

Vice President Biden tells a story of when he first entered the U.S. Senate, shortly after his 30th birthday. Upon his arrival, he tended only Read More

Peer Advisory Groups Will Throw You For A Loop

Peer Advisory Groups Will Throw You For A Loop

A reinforcing loop that is.  One of the most powerful dynamics of the peer advisory group is the momentum created when peers engage in a Read More