Sabah CEOs, entrepreneurs join Vistage
KOTA KINABALU: A group of 12 CEOs, entrepreneurs and key staff from Sabah have joined Vistage Malaysia to improve their leadership and management skills.
Vice President cum Sabah Branch Chairman of Malaysia Entrepreneurs Development Association, Dato’ George Lim who recently introduced Vistage Emerging Entrepreneur Program to Sabah, said this was the first Vistage Group from Sabah.
In his speech at the welcoming ceremony on May 2 at GASpace Kota Kinabalu, George said Vistage is an international organization of CEOs and business owners that meet each month for members to mutually assist one another in running their companies more effectively.
Started in 1957, Vistage has grown to over 23,000 members of CEOs and their senior executives with a combined annual sale of US$300 billion, employing more than three million people.
Vistage, with headquarters in San Diego, USA has licensees in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Germany, Ireland, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Uruguay, Paraguay, Gibraltar, Malta, Netherland, United Kingdom and United States.
Vistage Malaysia, founded by Richard C. M. Wong, is an affiliate of Vistage International. Vistage Malaysia started the first Vistage Group in November 1994 in Kuala Lumpur and today it has more than 700 members representing 320 companies in more than 65 different businesses. The members’ combined annual sales is over RM53 billion with over 90,000 people in employment.
Vistage pursues its goals through the combination of four dynamic processes that work together to solve the age-old problem that it’s lonely at the top.
Vistage provides a unique group meeting for successful leaders from diverse, non-competing industries to gather once a month in confidential, problem-solving meetings with up to 16 CEOs, presidents or business owners, professionally facilitated by a Vistage Group Chair.
Vistage members receive monthly one-to-one coaching from their Group Chair, an objective business advisor offering advice, insight, accountability and support. They are also eligible to attend Expert Speaker Workshops in the smallgroup environment of the monthly meetings, so their content can be tailored to each member’s specific needs.