Vistage CE Group 8556, San Francisco
A Vistage CEO peer group in the Bay Area
A confidential room where CEOs challenge each other, support each other, and get better together.
What Vistage is
The world's largest CEO peer advisory organization
Vistage has been helping CEOs and business owners make better decisions since 1957. Today it has more than 45,000 members in 40 countries.
The model is simple and proven. A small group of CEOs from non-competing businesses meets every month, in confidence, with a trained Chair. Each member is handpicked for integrity, ambition, and generosity of spirit.
Why Vistage, and not an informal CEO meetup
- A proven structure. A method for working through real issues, refined over more than six decades.
- A Chair who runs the room. I prepare and lead every meeting, and I meet with each member privately.
- Outside expertise. Vistage speakers on leadership, strategy, sales, and culture.
- A global network. Members and advisors you can call on well beyond our group.
- The whole leader. We work on the business and on the person running it.
A peer group and private coaching that reinforce each other
As a member you get two things most leaders have to find separately: a monthly board of fellow CEOs, and a private one-to-one session with me.
Because I chair the group and coach you, I already know your business, your team, and what you committed to last time. Nothing gets re-explained.
A coach working alone cannot give you a room of CEOs who have faced the same decision. Most peer groups end when the meeting does. Here each one strengthens the other. What comes up in the group, we work through in private. What you decide in private, the group holds you to.
What membership includes
What you get as a member
A full day with your peer group
A confidential group of leaders from non-competing industries. We work on real business challenges, without ego or agenda. Expect sharp insight, honest feedback, and high trust.
One-to-one coaching
A private session focused on you: your key decisions, blind spots, and opportunities. I bring more than 30 years as a founder, executive, and investor, along with practical coaching frameworks.
Expert speakers
Most meetings include a session with a Vistage speaker on leadership, strategy, sales, culture, or another critical area. They bring research and lead conversations that end in action.
A global network
Beyond the room, you have access to more than 45,000 Vistage members worldwide. Many have already walked the road you are on, and they are generous with what they learned.
We come together to do what no leader can do alone: step back, see clearly, and grow. Through honest reflection and real accountability, we better ourselves, our companies, and each other.
What you can expect
- Clarity on what matters most
- Accountability to follow through
- Courage to make bold decisions
- Perspective you will not find anywhere else
- Results that show up in your business and in your life
Is this right for you?
This is for you if you are a purpose-driven CEO, president, or business owner leading a $5 million to $200 million company in the San Francisco Bay Area, and you are:
- Ready to scale with clarity
- Looking for sharper feedback and deeper insight
- Open to challenge, not just encouragement
- Willing to give as much as you receive
- Ready to work on the business, not just in it
Hear from members
Andy has built a peer group that is both intellectually rigorous and emotionally honest, a rare combination. It's a space where I can step back from the day-to-day, and engage in strategic thinking with other CEOs and executive leaders. Andy brings a calm, thoughtful presence that fosters trust and focus. The group consistently helps me uncover blind spots and make better decisions, and I always walk away with sharper insights and renewed perspective.
Lea ShanleyCEO, International Computer Science Institute
CE Group 8556 profile
What the group is, what membership includes, and who it is for.
Let's talk
If this sounds like the room you have been missing, let's have a conversation. No sales pitch, just a chance to see whether the group is a fit for you and you are a fit for the group.