🧠Most leaders think they understand leadership… until they’re inside it.
In this reflective video, Greg Stevenson recounts walking into his first Vistage session after three decades of executive experience as a CEO, Managing Director, Army Officer, and business owner. He initially believed he had a comprehensive grasp of leadership, assuming he had seen most of what leadership entails. However, he quickly realized that observing other leaders in real‑time as they tackle genuine challenges offers a fundamentally different education than being the leader yourself. When you are the CEO, you are immersed in your own psychology, personal stakes, and ingrained patterns, all operating simultaneously. This internal focus limits visibility and makes learning from the experience far more constrained than the external perspective of watching others lead.
