Vistage International and its Affiliates Top 13,000 Member Milestone.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Vistage International, the world's largest CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. membership organization, together with its affiliates, has topped the 13,000 member milestone. Spanning 15 countries, Vistage-member companies now generate nearly $300 billion in annual revenue and employ more than 2.1 million people in industries ranging from service, manufacturing and construction to retail trade, transportation and communications. Vistage was started by a Wisconsin businessman in 1957 as a way for executives to share business knowledge and experience. Members, including CEOs and key executives from small and medium-sized businesses, meet monthly in small groups to resolve issues including managing change, exercising leadership, growth strategies, technology and globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation , as well as work/life balance, communications and personal planning. Vistage also provides one-to-one coaching, expert speaker resources, and proprietary content and regional conferences for its global network of members. "Our ongoing growth demonstrates the unique value of the Vistage experience to CEOs and key executives who want to become better leaders, achieving better results," said Rafael Pastor, Vistage CEO and Chairman of the Board. "Vistage provides its members with an array of powerful resources that helps them have a broader perspective and make better decisions on their toughest issues." As a prelude prelude (prā`l  d), musical composition of no universal style, usually for the keyboard. It was originally used to precede a ceremony and later a second, often larger piece. to the company's 50th anniversary in 2007,
Vistage is holding a first-time series of member conferences. The first
in Irvine, Calif. in late July drew nearly 500 CEOs and top executives.
Additional conferences are scheduled for Chicago on September 25 and New
York New York, state, United StatesNew York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on September 28. The conferences provide a practical and provocative forum for CEOs and executives to learn and exchange information about a myriad Myriad is a classical Greek name for the number 104 = 10 000. In modern English the word refers to an unspecified large quantity. The term myriad is a progression in the commonly used system of describing numbers using tens and hundreds. of business issues and opportunities. In the first week of September, Vistage will release its third quarter CEO Confidence Index. Now in its third year, the Index provides one of the most comprehensive measures of economic trends generated from the responses of more than 2,000 CEOs around the nation. The Index measures CEO confidence on key business indicators such as job growth, capital investment and energy costs. about Vistage International Vistage is dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and enhancing the lives of chief executives. Member companies are better run and grow their revenues, on average, at twice the percentage growth rate after joining Vistage. Vistage affiliates include TEC, The Executive Committee and The Executive Connection in the following areas: Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Mexico, Malaysia, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Singapore and South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . |
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