Being an Executive: Key Skills, Leadership, and Growth

Being an executive is more than holding a fancy title. New executives will need the skills to make tough decisions, inspire teams, and adapt to the challenges of a rapidly changing business world. Join an executive organization where peers share struggles and triumphs that help everyone succeed. CEO Global Network instills the skills and ethics that develop better leaders.

Develop the Skills to Succeed as an Executive

Becoming an executive involves new responsibilities and pressures. Successfully navigate the change with these essential executive management skills:

Strategic Thinking: See the bigger picture and plan for long-term success.
Emotional Intelligence: Lead with empathy and build stronger team relationships. Gain the EQ to make decisions that improve your corporate culture and retain top talent.
Decision-making under pressure: Act confidently and effectively in high-stakes moments. It can be lonely at the top, so an executive organization of people in similar roles provides an outlet for coping and growth.
Effective Communication: Share visions clearly and listen actively so everyone in your organization is on board with a common goal.
Adaptability: Disruptive technologies and changes in society can produce new opportunities. New executives learn new insights and perspectives from peers in our executive organization to look at problems in new ways.
Team Development: Learn how to inspire people and delegate tasks efficiently. Identify your star players, B-team, and C-team individuals, and find ways to structure teams for maximum productivity.

What Makes a Great Leader?

What is the role of a company leader? Great ones go far beyond managing day-to-day operations. To be effective and inspirational, you must understand how to communicate a vision, drive strategies, and align people and processes. Top-level managers make decisions that impact the entire company and must be able to identify innovations and efficiencies to keep it competitive in a rapidly evolving marketplace.

Decision-makers are also ambassadors of company culture and processes to external stakeholders, customers, and the public. They must clearly communicate the company's values and vision, ensuring alignment across all interactions. By embodying the brand’s principles, decision-makers help build trust and strengthen relationships, driving internal and external success.

Join Our CEO Peer Group for Ongoing Support

Want to become the leader you’ve always dreamed of being? Becoming an executive means facing a whirlwind of challenges. Rise above these unfamiliar responsibilities and dynamics by joining an executive organization of your peers.

Our group helps ease this transition by connecting new executives with experienced leaders who’ve faced similar hurdles. Through open dialogue, shared experiences, and honest feedback, we provide valuable perspectives, reduce the isolation you’re experiencing at the top, and offer practical solutions to give you the confidence and clarity needed to lead effectively.

Take our Self Assessment and find out if you have what it takes to be a part of our support network.

Leadership Development Programs

We offer several executive management skills programs tailored to today’s and tomorrow’s business challenges:

Enter a confidential forum where like-minded professionals share experiences, gain insights, and receive guidance. GLTP focuses on developing essential leadership principles, methods, and procedures, enabling participants to contribute significantly to their companies' success. Next Step is a resource that instills confidence when changing trajectories in your career. Small Business Coach and CEO Training combines group learning, one-to-one mentoring, and focused learning events within a targeted curriculum to increase accountability, reduce isolation, and accelerate growth.

Testimonials

“I wish I learned sooner in my career how a CEO peer group could provide an opportunity to share with, learn from, and collaborate with other like-minded executives. CEO Global Network has provided me this forum and has exposed me to a diverse range of experiences from other CEOs. I was surprised at how relevant the issues of a CEO in a different industry can be to my business. My group gives me the opportunity to present individual challenges and dilemmas to other executives who can provide unique and fresh perspectives and gives me a chance to discuss strategy, vision, and the big picture for my business. I have experienced early on that honest input from multiple sources in my CEO peer group helps me see a more accurate portrait of my industry and the market as a whole than is possible from working within my individual business. I am a true believer that CEO peer groups and forums are an excellent outlet for all CEOs to share and learn. With a diverse range of perspectives, a chance to step back and see the big picture, and a climate of honesty and accountability, you can utilize these groups to take your organization and professional career to the next level. That is my plan!”

Daryn McLean, President & CEO

Moore McLean Insurance Group Ltd.

“Why am I a proud Member of CEO Global Network? For me, the most important reasons are accountability, personal and professional growth, support and advice. Whether it is the confidential mutual sharing of key indicators with the Group, or receiving advice on strategic or tactical issues, or learning from a world-class presenter; the monthly meetings are not to be missed. And the monthly one-to-one with the Group Leader provides the extra confidential accountability and support that every CEO needs. Participation in CEO Global Network is both a challenge and a breath of fresh air.”

Dean Martin, Chairman

Melmart Distributors Inc

“As we tread through unchartered economic territory, being able to draw on the wisdom of other CEOs on similar journeys and having CEO Global Network helping with the navigation is extremely helpful.”

Hugh MacKinnon, Chair Emeritus

Bennett Jones LLP.

“It took me nearly six months to decide if I wanted to be a member of a group of CEOs that would potentially help me to achieve my goals more efficiently. I struggled with the concept that other CEOs would take an interest in me and my company and provide constructive criticism with the sole purpose of helping me continue to be a better leader. Having now been a Member for over three years, I can definitively say that I only wish I had joined earlier. The level of learning, commitment, accountability and unbiased clarity and feedback received as part of CEO Global Network has enabled me to achieve my goals more efficiently and accomplish more, while maintaining a better work/life balance. My CEO Group has assisted in enabling me to weather some very critical storms that I hadn’t seen coming nor was prepared for, or equipped to deal with. It is due to the support of my Group, the hands-on learning I have experienced, and the ability to tap into other business leaders from different backgrounds and experiences, that I have, and continue to achieve both my professional and personal goals.”

Peter Reaume, President

NLS

“The challenge of running a business in today’s environment is not something that my B-school education had fully prepared me for. Nor is it enough to rely on good old common sense. This is where CEO Global Network really helps me. The benefits of having a group of fellow CEOs around the table or on the phone when you need them, combined with the mentorship of our CEO Group Leader has been crucial to the success of my organization. The perspectives gained, the constant learning, and the way in which we hold each other accountable has helped my company achieve successive years of record sales and income. I have definitely become a better leader and my team has improved along with me. Plus, we have a little fun along the way, all of which helps me keep my business and personal challenges in the proper perspective.”

Jamie Moody, Retired President

Tree of Life Canada

“At CEO Global Network I have the privilege to share my personal and business issues with 15 exceptional business leaders that challenge my thoughts and guide my decisions, which has proven to be invaluable for my company and myself. Interaction with this trusted group of people with diverse backgrounds and experiences along with my monthly two-hour session with my CEO Group Leader provides me with terrific insight that has enabled me to excel.”

Chris Gower, CEO

PCL Constructors Canada Inc.

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Join Us and Become the Leader You’ve Envisioned

New executives will develop the skills to become better leaders when joining a network of professionals sharing similar challenges and opportunities. Immerse yourself in a tailored curriculum that teaches how to address the difficulties of today's business landscape and anticipate tomorrow’s challenges. Gain new perspectives and a sounding board to refine strategies or acquire the confidence to inspire and lead your organization to new heights. Contact us to learn more about CEO Global Network’s skills development programs.