As a CEO, you are in the business of making decisions, and it’s the outcome of those decisions that define your success. So how do you rise to the challenge day after day, year after year? What does it take for CEOs to become exceptional decision-makers?

Through coaching 100,000+ CEOs and business owners of small to midsize businesses over 60 years, Vistage has identified the fundamental truths about what it takes to become (and remain) a successful CEO.

These seven laws enable an executive to transition from a good decision-maker to a great one:

1. Reject shortcuts to growth.

2. Carve out space to work on the business.

3. Challenge your thinking with fresh perspectives.

4. Stoke curiosity.

5. Apply discipline to decision-making.

6. Find a trusted guide.

7. Rise by helping others.

Vistage is the world’s leading organisation for Managing Directors and Chief Executives wishing to grow their businesses and develop themselves. We only have certain types of leaders in a Vistage Group...ambitious to grow their business, obviously, but also:

• I only work with leaders who see the value of continuous learning and honing their own leadership skills.

• Who know the importance of making time to step away from the day-to-day and work on their business, not just in it.

• And who are already successful, have useful experience to share and genuinely get pleasure from helping others with their business challenges"

Having benefitted from being a Vistage member, I became a Chair in 2014. Now one of the most experienced and high-performing Chairs in the North of the UK, my groups offer a unique combination of resources for accelerating business performance: monthly meetings with non-competitive business peers in a private advisory group; one-to-one executive coaching & mentoring sessions; expert speakers and interactive workshops; a rich online library of content, best practices, webinars, and more. Vistage also provides access to a global member network of more than 46,000 business leaders.