The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
Francesco Guicciardini, Italian historian, statesman and political writer of the Italian Renaissance.
When Are We Old? What Does it Mean To Be Old?
As the baby boomer population ages, rarely does a day go by without several news articles about how to stay fit, keep your brain active, and stave off the ills of aging. At the same time, millennials are also aging and entering middle age.
Speaking of middle age, my doctor says we are middle-aged until 85.
So what does all this mean?
- Does it mean the middle part of life is longer?
- Or does it mean the later part of life is longer?
- How much is choice? How much is dictated by genetics and health?
- Does this mean we continue our careers longer? Or do we change careers in mid-middle age or early middle age? Or do we choose an encore career or an encore life?
- What about retirement? Is it still an option for most people? Is it a privilege, a desire, or a destiny without choice?
I suspect the answer to all these questions is “It depends.” At the same time, it might be worth pausing to ask ourselves these questions.
Leadership Quote: If you’re going through hell…
If you’re going through hell, keep going.
Winston Churchill
Who we are
Your peer group are people with similar dreams, goals and worldviews. They are people who will push you in exchange for being pushed, who will raise the bar and tell you the truth. They’re not in your business, but they’re in your shoes.
Finding a peer group and working with them, intentionally and on a regular schedule, might be the single biggest boost your career can experience.
– Seth Godin
My Vistage groups bring together top executives and business leaders for high-value interactions that make a difference to your company and your career.
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What we do
Through facilitated discussions, problems become perspectives. A definitive plan of action is determined. In subsequent meetings, progress is checked and accountability ensured.
Vistage International’s Private Advisory boards include more than 18,000 CEO, business owner and executive members worldwide.
Member companies are better run and grow their revenues, on average, at more than twice the percentage growth rate after joining Vistage.
Our impact
VISTAGE WORKS
Over 30% of Elisa’s Vistage member companies doubled in size within two years of joining. Several are members of the Inc. 5000, Crain’s Fast 50, and Crain’s Largest Privately Held.
Since 1957, Vistage has been dedicated to improving business performance by fostering peer-to-peer interaction among business leaders. Vistage member companies are better run and grow their revenues, on average, at more than twice the percentage growth rate after joining Vistage.
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Why Join a Private Advisory Board Led by Elisa Spain?
We look for interesting people with interesting businesses. Successful business owners and professional managers who want to become more successful.
CEO members have in common a desire to build professionally managed businesses that operate independently. Key Executive members represent the key leaders who CEOs have entrusted to take them there.
Members are in various phases of this journey and all share the following core values:
- Authenticity – Strive to be my authentic self in every part of my life
- Diversity– Embrace people that are different and think differently from me
- Lifetime Learner – Focused on personal and professional development
If this describes you, contact me to explore further:
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Inspiring Action, Achieving Results
As an award-winning Vistage CEO Chair, leadership coach and advisor, I have developed a straightforward practice theory: I hold up a mirror and help you identify and build upon your own strengths, values and goals. I inspire you to action so you can achieve the results you seek, and make possible what you used to think was impossible.
Why Vistage
VISTAGE WORKS
Your peer group are people with similar dreams, goals and worldviews. They are people who will push you in exchange for being pushed, who will raise the bar and tell you the truth. They’re not in your business, but they’re in your shoes.
Finding a peer group and working with them, intentionally and on a regular schedule, might be the single biggest boost your career can experience.
– Seth Godin
Vistage International’s Private Advisory boards include more than 18,000 CEO, business owner and executive members worldwide.
Member companies are better run and grow their revenues, on average, at more than twice the percentage growth rate after joining Vistage.
Why Join a Private Advisory Board Led by Elisa Spain?
- Engagement.
Members are fully present and engaged in their own and their fellow members’ results. And, it works – We had 100% retention of members and their businesses during the recession.
- Performance.
30% of member companies doubled in size within two years of joining. Several Inc 5000, Crain’s Fast 50 and Crain’s Largest Privately Held.
- Diversity.
The diversity of our board –businesses, backgrounds, education, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, lifestyle and personal style — works.
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