Vistage

A memorable, meaningful and measurable vision statement can inspire us to live in a purposeful way. read more >

This Thanksgiving, I want to recognize the owners and leaders of small- to medium-size businesses whose grit, imagination, focus and tenacity have been fundamental to keeping our economy alive. read more >

Decision-making (like pretty much everything else) has become more complex, nuanced and more turbulent than it was 13 months ago. read more >

Trust in information sources is at an all-time low, an infodemic. If trust is low across the board, and information sources cannot be trusted, can business leaders afford to wade into this ocean of trust? I propose business must lead and lead now. read more >

Times that test our organizational culture and values can show us how genuine those fundamentals are and how much of a resource they can be. read more >

CEO optimism is not a new metric. It is tracked by businesses, economists and pundits as a barometer for decisions on investments in capital expenditures, employment and other expansion-related issues. read more >

Virmarie DePoyster is the newest partner with The Art Group Gallery in Little Rock. read more >

An effective leader must be able to do both, respond to new ideas and integrate disruptive thinking. But how can that leader best recognize the better choice for their organization? read more >

Smart leaders understand that to deal with difficult times, the culture and attitude of their workforce must be critical to survival. read more >

The recent flood of women who have begun speaking out about behavior that ranges from inappropriate to criminal creates a lightning-rod topic for organizational leaders. read more >

Vistage, a worldwide facilitator of private advisory groups for CEOs, senior executives and business owners, has announced the first chief executive group in northwest Arkansas, led by Terry Bowen, Vistage chair and co-founder and CEO of Sew in Heaven LLC of Fayetteville. read more >

A succession plan means not only knowing who could move into an open slot, but what development gaps the candidate has for readiness and what the plans are for filling those gaps. read more >

Anyone who runs a business is familiar with how easy it is to spend every day heads down in the business. But the same efficiency a leader gains with day-to-day operation also leads to tunnel vision. A leader can easily become isolated as well as stale. read more >

When Arkansas CEOs come together at their Vistage support group, egos are checked at the door. read more >

In the end, listening became the proverbial superpower that most of us thought had the greatest impact on leadership. From a first blush perspective, this seems fairly ho-hum. After all, we listen all the time, right? read more >