Mark Taylor and I are launching a new Manhattan Vistage group in December, and this conversation will give you a preview of what it feels like to have both of us in your corner. If you are leading a $3 to 12M company in New York, join us to see if our group might be right for you.

We recently hosted a social event for the members of my Vistage peer advisory groups at our home, and was giving a tour of the house to one of my members. He’s a professional home builder, who had never seen the house before. As we went from room to room he was effusive in his praise—the design, the materials, the craftsmanship. This got me thinking about what happens every month in my peer advisory group meetings: we help leaders “build the life they want.” For the leaders I work with, financial success in itself is not enough: they want more. In this blog you’ll learn five other things beyond a flourishing business that motivate my members, as they engage in the important work of “building the life they want.”

During a recent visit to Acadia National Park in Maine, I went to the top of Cadillac Mountain, the highest point on the eastern seaboard. The views are absolutely breathtaking! And the conditions can be absolutely brutal. At the top there is a sign that says, “unique plants grow in extreme conditions.” And it got me thinking about the extreme conditions that I see in the unique leaders I work with. In this blog you’ll learn about three of the most common challenges I find among the high performing CEOs I work with. You’ll also learn about the adaptations they’ve discovered they need to make in order to thrive.