Supporting businesses and their owners is the theme of my career. I started as a business analyst, helping improve processes and services. That led to a start up where I was President of SQL*Systems, an IT consulting firm prior to founding RMS and Company, a merger and acquisition firm that offers guidance on valuing and selling businesses. Our specialty is matching buyers and sellers and getting businesses sold. I find working with business owners to be highly rewarding.I became a Vistage Chair in 2006 as another avenue to collaborate with executives and help them be more successful. As a business owner, I understand the challenges that executives face and ask the questions others don’t. I lead with my head and challenge with my heart, working closely with CEOs, business owners, and senior management team members who:* Want to grow their businesses and themselves* Are eager to explore new ideas and fresh perspectives* Welcome insights and feedback from their peers* Are accountable for making changes to achieve their desired resultsAs a Vistage Chair and executive coach, I lead 7 groups and spend over 1000 hours a year in private one-on-one conversations with CEOs, business owners, and senior executives. I help them confront the challenges they face and find real-life solutions that enable them to make progress toward their goals. My members take the insights and lessons learned from our meetings (and other benefits Vistage offers) and apply them to their businesses and their lives. In virtually every case, the result is dramatic growth. Our executives benefit from the personalized executive coaching process that helps them stay accountable, adapt behaviors, and make real change.We all need someone to question our answers. Someone who can tell us what we need to hear, even if it isn’t what we want to hear. Someone who drives us to move past our limiting beliefs and reach our full potential, both in business and in life.I don’t just push my members to be high achievers; I push myself to be one as well. I’ve been recognized by Vistage 8 times with the Star Award and 10 times for the Chair Excellence Award, plus I’ve received the Master Chair Award, the Hyndman Award, and was recently honored with Cope Award. If you’re interested in having someone hold up a mirror to show you what you can’t see, question your answers, challenge your ideas, and hold you accountable for achieving your goals, email me at robin.stanaland@vistagechair.com.