Don’t Go
it Alone
before you need it.
Don’t Go It Alone explores the people and conversations that shape our decisions, careers, and lives. Through interviews, letters, and practical exercises, learn whose perspective you’re missing, how to invite honest advice, and where to turn when the stakes rise.
LEADERS FROM
The people who know you best won’t always have the perspective your next decision needs.
The Perspective Gap is the difference between what a decision requires you to understand and what you can see from your current vantage point.
Imagine you’re considering a new role. The title is appealing, the compensation is right, and the people closest to you think you should take it.
You may still need a conversation with someone who knows the organization’s culture, understands the challenges facing the team, or can help you see what you might be giving up by leaving. Encouragement matters, as does perspective.
Start with a decision you’re facing. Who has dealt with something similar? Who will question your reasoning? Whose perspective is missing?
For more than 25 years, Bob Johnston has brought leaders together to exchange experiences, challenge assumptions, and build lasting relationships. As an entrepreneur, speaker, and founder of Exec.org, his work centers on a practical question: who helps you think clearly when facing consequential decisions?
Build the Circle
Before You Need It
Bring a decision you’re facing. Bob’s keynote combines stories with a guided exercise to help you examine to whom you turn, identify the perspective you’re missing, and plan a conversation that could change how you approach the decision.
Where Executive Peers Compare Notes.
Bob founded Exec.org to give senior leaders a place to compare notes through private dinners, roundtables, and thoughtful introductions.
Exec.org brings senior leaders together. The gatherings follow Chatham House rules, creating room for open discussion without attributing what is shared to individual participants.
What Leaders
Are Saying
“Bob has a real knack for getting the right people into a room and creating the kind of trust where people will actually say what they think. He knows the best decisions usually come when you hear more than one point of view.”
Beth Rose
Former Chief Compliance, Ethics
& Integrity Officer, Ford Motor Company
Who did they trust? What did they hear? What happened next? Bob talks with guests about the advice they followed, the advice they questioned, and the conversations that shaped a consequential decision.
COMING SOON
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Essays on decisions, relationships, and the questions worth asking before the stakes rise. Each offers an idea to consider or a conversation to start.
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