Welcome to Confessions of a Vistage Chair, a podcast by Talent Harbor, where we have real, behind-the-scenes conversations with Vistage Chairs. They share honest stories and practical insights on leadership growth, peer advisory groups, and what actually happens in Vistage meetings.
Let’s pull back the curtain!
In this episode, Walter Paulsen brings a perspective that is rare in the Vistage world. Walter has spent his career at the intersection of strategy and growth. He was there when Redbox was spinning out of McDonald’s. He has watched companies raise too much money too soon and destroy themselves with it. And now he works with mid-market CEOs to help them do the thing most founders never slow down long enough to do: think strategically about the right problems.
In this conversation, Walter breaks down why grit alone will only take you so far, where strategy actually lives inside a growing company, and why culture, strategy, and execution are not competing priorities but a holy trinity that only works when all three are in place.
Listen here:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e14-who-owns-strategy-and-what-happens-when-no-one/id1872757018?i=1000771836266
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1ZDfM5s3WxUz98UKoix9Oh
YouTube: https://youtu.be/q0bonV0BRNM