The Brain Trust

CEO Organizations

Thomas W. Cramer,
Founder, Co-Chairman, The Brain Trust

Today’s CEO Organizations: CEO Groups, CEO Clubs, CEO Associations
 
CEO Organizations, including CEO Groups, CEO Clubs, and CEO Associations are becoming increasingly popular.
 
One reason for this is based on a general consensus that executive coaching works best when it is done in a systematic way. That is what any top executive group, club for CEO’s, or association for CEO’s has to offer.
 
An organization for CEO’s that offers a comprehensive leadership development program provides executives with real “traction” for tackling areas of leadership.
 
An effective Group can help the executive focus on specific skills necessary for advancing into higher levels of performance. Any executive can benefit from the “outside perspective” offered by a CEO Club.
 
The perspectives provided by an executive association aren’t limited by ties to the executive’s organization, family, or personal social network.
 
The best CEO Organizations are flexible enough for their agenda’s to be directed by the specific needs, interests and goals of its members.
 
The leadership of the executive group is not vested in HOW the executive succeeds, only in the executive achieving the kind of success the executive himself or herself is after. This lends itself to greater objectivity.
 
The executive’s club functions as a link between the executive and the executive’s organization, helping the two parties to work in more effective tandem.
 
Typically, today’s executive leadership association offers a monthly assembly of executives aimed at advancing one another’s goals through:

Interactive discussion
Individual coaching
Group training
 
Members of an executive organization, including groups, clubs, and Associations focusing on executive leadership not only get to work on their immediate objectives, but also have the opportunity to have their “blind spots” revealed.
 
In the most productive CEO Organization the emphasis is on jumpstarting results in ways that improve efficiency by saving time and money.
 
Top CEO Groups provide the advantages of one on one coaching with the leader of the group, and then the added benefit of positive, focused group support.
 
Some of the benefits available through participation in a CEO Organization, including a CEO Group, CEO Club, or CEO Association, include:

Improved bottom line performance
More efficient use of resources
Increased leverage in negotiating
Breakthrough-Resolutions for persistent problems
A higher level of preparedness for growth, change and innovation
Turning down-turns into up-turns
 
You might think about it this way. The combined experience of the executive members of the CEO Association may equal hundreds of years of wisdom.
 
An effective CEO Club may provide an executive with the most candid, direct, and clearly articulated feedback available, not just on a professional level, but on a personal level for positive professional impact.
 
Executive members of CEO Organizations, including CEO Groups, CEO Clubs, and CEO Associations report benefits that include:

Improved life-work balance
Higher morale and retention rates in their organization
Better teamwork among senior executives
Essential personal development that enhances their quality of work and life
An invaluable peer group characterized as close professional friendship
 
Belonging to a CEO Group gives you a positive place to turn when you need honest, pragmatic answers. Beyond the wisdom the executive can gain from this, there is a sense of security and confidence that comes with it of equal if not greater value.
 
CEO Organizations, including CEO Groups, CEO Clubs, and CEO Associations are today’s answer for those seeking to raise their level of performance for greater productivity, profitability, breakthrough-solutions to those recalcitrant problems.
 

Summary: CEO Organizations, including CEO Groups, CEO Clubs, and CEO Associations are today’s answer for executives seeking to raise their level of performance.