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thinking of attacking a problem one way, but at the meeting, some of the other members are able to ask the questions to get you looking at the problem in a different light. You might come into a meeting with a plan, and by the time you leave, you might have turned that plan on its head, but you’re more comfortable with the plan you came up with with the group then you were with your own.”
Will Maybury, chief financial officer at East Longmeadow- based Maybury Material Handling, agreed. Maybury, son of company president and CEO John Maybury, is poised to take the
William Maybury, now in the process of succession planning at his family’s business, Maybury Material handling, says the Vistage group he joined has been an effective sounding board on issues.
helm at the company in a few years (there is no firm timetable) and he joined Vistage to help prepare him for that moment and learn from those who already have the title he aspires to.
“Where I saw the biggest value for myself is the growth oppor- tunity the group provided me as someone coming into the CEO position,” Maybury said. “I’m able to surround myself with peo- ple who have been in the role and get an outside perspective,
“You sometimes get reinforcement of an idea that you’ve been thinking about, and it’s just enough to push you over the edge to pull the trigger. And sometimes ... you get a different view of the problem or the issues that you’re seeking to solve, and it pushes you in another direction; it’s extremely motivating for me.”
while also giving myself some personal growth and networking to help me transition into the role.”
Steve Graham, owner of Toner Plastics in East Longmeadow has been a Vistage member for more than a decade now. He’s not
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