CEO Climb Event: Built to Win: The Leader’s Code for Lasting Results

Name: CEO Climb Event: Built to Win: The Leader’s Code for Lasting Results
Start: 2026-07-30T08:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-07-30T09:30:00-07:00
Location: Virtual Event

Thursday, July 30, 2026 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. PDT

Built to Win: The Leader's Code for Lasting Results

Most CEOs know the frustration — strategies that stall, teams that underperform, and organizations riddled with politics and hidden agendas that drain the energy from what should be a winning culture. The problem isn’t effort. It’s that somewhere along the way, we lost the wisdom that actually drives extraordinary performance.

In this CEO Climb Event, keynote speaker Don Schmincke takes leaders on a journey unlike any boardroom conversation you’ve had before — deep into ancient history, modern anthropology, and genetic evolution to uncover the timeless principles that have propelled organizations to victory for thousands of years.

Drawing from his books The Code of the Executive and High Altitude Leadership, Don delivers a refreshing, research-backed antidote for CEOs tired of flavor-of-the-month theories.

What you’ll learn:

What has driven superior results for centuries — and why it’s been forgotten
Why strategic planning fails at such a high rate, and how to fix it
How to build the passion, focus, and organizational structures that fuel faster execution
Improved hiring methods that bring the right people into your culture

Register today to join fellow CEOs and business leaders for an impactful session complete with case studies, real-world application ideas, and take-home tools you can put to work immediately

About Vistage CEO Climb Events

Peak performers climb higher when they surround themselves with peers who’ve got their back. Our CEO Climb Event is an exclusive monthly event for business leaders to take their companies — and their teams — to a whole new level of success. There is no charge or obligation — just a great opportunity to:

Join other business leaders around the country who are dedicated to elevating their company and leadership.

Participate in an engaging Q&A session.

Gain insight into what gives some of the world’s top-performing CEOs a tremendous competitive advantage.

Event Speakers

Don Schmincke, Vistage Speaker

Don Schmincke is an MIT and Johns Hopkins researcher turned "management renegade" whose unconventional approach to leadership has reached over 30,000 CEOs across more than 100 industries. Fed up with the failure rate of trendy pop-management theories, Don draws on anthropology, evolutionary genetics, and biology to help leaders drive real, lasting performance. He is the bestselling author of The Code of the Executive and High Altitude Leadership, published in over 12 languages and featured by CNN, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. He is also a five-time Vistage Top Performing Speaker Award winner and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, underscoring the remarkable impact he has had on the Vistage community and beyond.

Robert Powell, Vistage Best Practice Chair

Robert Powell is the Best Practice Chair for Western Pennsylvania, Northeast Ohio, and Western New York, where he leads a group of high-performing Vistage Chairs in delivering world-class executive development to CEOs and senior leaders. He is also the CEO of Invictus Leadership Group, a boutique human resources strategy firm specializing in organizational strategy, talent management, and executive development. With over 30 years of experience across multiple industries, Robert has served as the top HR executive at both a global Fortune 500 company and a large healthcare organization. He is widely recognized as a strategic thinker and change agent with deep expertise in change management, succession planning, and workforce diversity.

Agenda

Virtual Event
Thursday, July 30, 2026
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. PDT

8:00 - 8:05 AM

Welcome

8:05 - 9:00 AM

Built to Win: The Leader's Code for Lasting Results

9:00 - 9:15 AM

Q&A with Don Schmincke

9:15 - 9:25 AM

Vistage Member Ambassador Story

9:25 - 9:30 AM

Closing Remarks

Register Now

LinkedIn
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Tracks*
- default
- vistage-guest
- vistage-member
- vistage-speaker
- vistage-staff
- chair-candidate
- johannigman
This field is hidden from the user, and is used to hide / display fields. Each value correlates exactly to the track title set on the event edit page, so please check spelling. You may edit the Advanced > Conditional Logic settings of each field in this form to determine if it should be visible based on this value.
Name*
First Last
Email*
Relationship with Vistage?*
Unfortunately, we have hit capacity with our guest limit. Please complete your registration to be added to our waitlist for this or future events.
This field is hidden when viewing the form
Address - HIDDEN*
City State ZIP Code
City*
State*
ZIP / Postal Code
Country*
Phone*
International Phone*
Company Name*
Annual Revenue*
Professional Role*
How did you hear about this Event?*
How did you hear about this Event?*
Who invited you?
Who invited you?
* Indicates response required. Message and data rates may apply.
We would like to send you an event message reminder via text. Check the box below if you wish to receive this message. Message and data rates may apply. Text STOP to cancel, HELP for help. By opting in you agree to get texts from Vistage, Worldwide, Inc. at your mobile number, which may be sent through an automatic telephone dialing system.
We would like to send you an event message reminder via text. Check the box below if you wish to receive this message.
Message and data rates may apply. Text STOP to cancel, HELP for help. By opting in you agree to get texts from Vistage, Worldwide, Inc. at your mobile number, which may be sent through an automatic telephone dialing system.
- I accept
This field is hidden when viewing the form
Submitted Date
MM slash DD slash YYYY
Once registered, your personal event link will be emailed to you within 3 days of the event. If you do not receive your link, please reach out to Climb.Events@vistage.com.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Your contact and business information will be used to fulfill this request and to share other Vistage services. See Vistage's Privacy Policy for details.