David Hutton made an excellent presentation to my Vistage CEO group last week; it’s titled “Leadership at 12 O’clock High.”More than 250 Vistage groups have seen it. David uses cuts from the 1949 movie of the same name to examine the leadership styles of two of the film’s leading characters. One is Colonel Keith Davenport; the other is Brig. General Frank Savage, who replaces Col. Davenport as the commander of the 918th Bomb Group. Hutton’s presentation compares and contrasts the …

I attended my monthly Vistage chair group meeting late in August and the speaker, Bonnie Burns did a DISC profile of each of the chairs. This was the fourth time that I can remember being profiled using DISC. This one was consistent with the last and I think it’s a pretty accurate. I’m delighted to say that it profiles someone who’s wired to be an executive coach.

DISC is a four quadrant behavior model that profiles individuals based on these behavior …