becoming a Vistage Member
You make decisions. Vistage helps you make smarter ones.
Our unique approach to executive development gives CEOs and business owners the support, perspective and guidance they need to lead with confidence. First, you gain access to a trusted group of peers who challenge your thinking, share real-world experience and offer valuable perspectives in a confidential environment.
Second, your Vistage Chair, an experienced business leader, provides one-to-one coaching tailored to your goals, challenges and leadership growth.
Finally, you benefit from insights and expertise from leading subject matter experts, helping you grow both professionally and personally.
1. Peer advisory groups offer diverse perspectives.
At the heart of the Vistage experience is your confidential peer advisory group. Each month, you meet with a group of like-minded executives from non-competing businesses to work through real challenges and opportunities.
Together, you get structured, unbiased feedback and practical insights you can rely on when making important decisions.
2. A CEO coach and mentor (Vistage Chair) facilitates the group.
As a member, you have your own executive coach and mentor — your Vistage Chair — who works with you in confidential one-to-one sessions.
Your Chair also facilitates your peer group meetings, keeping discussions focused, productive and on track using a proven framework for working through key business challenges.
3. Thought leaders to unlock new levels of success.
Our expert speakers bring real-world experience and insights that challenge your thinking, spark new ideas and give you practical takeaways you can apply directly in your business to achieve your goals.
Frequently asked questions
A Vistage peer advisory group consists of carefully selected CEOs and business owners from non-competing industries. Led by a Vistage Chair, an experienced executive coach and mentor, the group provides a confidential sounding board for unbiased feedback, testing ideas, identifying blind spots, and addressing business challenges, while enhancing leadership development and decision-making clarity.
Vistage peer groups bring together CEOs and business owners to focus on both strategic vision and immediate business challenges. Guided by a Vistage Chair using a structured facilitation method, members collaborate to vet ideas, troubleshoot strategies, and find effective solutions. This approach leverages peer insights, enhances decision-making, supports leadership development, and helps members build relationships and grow their business network—all within a confidential, collaborative environment.
Yes. Vistage has supported over 250,000 CEOs and executives globally since 1957, including 45,000+ members today. Members benefit from peer advisory groups, executive coaching, gaining valuable insights and best practices that help them make better decisions, grow their businesses faster than comparable non-members, and achieve measurable personal and professional development.
Vistage blends peer advisory groups with personalised coaching, delivering more than standard networking. Members build relationships, expand their business network, gain insights, challenge assumptions, and enhance leadership skills—leading to smarter decisions and measurable business results. Groups meet across Australia and New Zealand, including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Auckland, and Christchurch.
A Vistage Chair has a proven track record and previous leadership experience as an accomplished business leader. They facilitate peer advisory group meetings and provide one-to-one executive coaching, guiding members through complex decisions, helping set strategic goals, offering unbiased feedback, and holding members accountable. This supports leadership development, stronger decision-making, and measurable business results.
Vistage empowers CEOs and business owners to navigate challenges and seize opportunities. Through confidential peer advisory groups, personalised executive coaching, members gain diverse perspectives, access valuable insights and best practices, refine decision-making, and enhance leadership capabilities. This collaborative environment fosters strategic clarity, accountability, and measurable ROI, including accelerated business growth and improved operational performance.
Vistage peer advisory groups include leaders from a wide range of industries, ensuring diversity while maintaining a non-competing environment. Members come from sectors such as professional services, manufacturing, technology, healthcare, finance, retail, construction, and family-owned businesses. While industries differ, CEOs often face similar challenges—strategy, sustainability, talent, innovation, and digital transformation—allowing peers to provide fresh perspectives, actionable solutions, and proven strategies relevant across sectors.
Members bring real-world business challenges such as growth strategy, financial performance, team leadership, operational efficiency, market expansion, innovation, family business issues like succession planning and governance, and preparing to sell a business. Peer advisory groups provide confidential guidance, diverse perspectives, and the collective wisdom of experienced peers, helping members develop actionable solutions and achieve better outcomes for both their business and leadership goals.
Yes. Vistage supports small and medium-sized businesses with tailored guidance, strategic insights, and peer connections. Members gain clarity by learning from peers’ proven strategies, avoiding costly mistakes, and leveraging shared experiences to navigate challenges, seize growth opportunities, and strengthen both leadership capabilities and professional network.
Beyond coaching, Vistage membership provides continuous learning, access to expert speakers, exclusive events, and a global network of leaders. Members gain actionable insights, accountability, and a supportive community that fosters personal development, strengthens leadership, and drives measurable business growth.
Deep dive into the Vistage experience
Our Programs
Leadership development designed for CEOs, business owners and senior executives who want real, measurable results.
Our Chairs
Every Vistage group is led by a Chair with real-world leadership experience and a deep commitment to helping members thrive.
Our Members
Growth, confidence and clarity — hear directly from members about how Vistage has made a difference.