Vergleich · 10 wesentliche Unterschiede
Vistage vs TAB
Two commercially run peer-board organizations for owners and executives, one delivered through independent Chairs and one through franchisees.
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The Alternative Board
Owners and leaders of privately held, growth-focused small and mid-sized companies.
Vistage
CEOs, business owners and senior executives of companies with US$5 million or more in annual revenue.
Vistage and The Alternative Board are the two largest commercially operated peer-board organizations, and they are structurally similar: a monthly board of non-competing business leaders with a paid facilitator, plus one-to-one coaching. The differences are scale and terms. Vistage groups are twelve to sixteen executives, its core programme is framed around companies above US$5 million in revenue, and its Chairs are independent contractors selecting their own members. TAB boards are up to eight to ten owners, run by franchisees who hand-select members, with no published financial threshold, monthly billing and thirty days' notice rather than an annual commitment. Neither publishes a price centrally; TAB's is set by each franchise and Vistage's is quoted by the Chair.
Nebeneinander
| The Alternative Board | Vistage | |
|---|---|---|
| Profil | ||
| Typ | Peer advisory | Peer advisory |
| Gegründet | 1990 (Founded by Allen Fishman, reportedly in St. Louis, Missouri, after his own experience of the value a board of directors provided when his company went public. TAB began franchising in 1996.) | 1957 (Founded as The Executive Committee (TEC) when Bob Nourse brought together several Milwaukee-area executives; renamed Vistage globally in 2006.) |
| Hauptsitz | Westminster, United States | San Diego, United States |
| Geographic footprint | Boards in 25 or more countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia, delivered through independently owned franchises | Operates in 40 countries, with peer groups meeting locally in cities rather than through member-run chapters |
| Mitglieder | Not disclosed as a current headcount. TAB's own FAQ states it has "supported more than 25,000 businesses worldwide", with "members representing over 1,100 industries" who "collectively generate $29.3 billion in gross revenue". Secondary sources report more than 4,600 current members globally; TAB does not publish that figure. | 45,000as of September 2026 |
| Kapitel | 500 | Not applicable. Vistage has no member-run chapters; members join a local peer advisory group convened and led by a Vistage Chair. Vistage does not publish a group count. |
| Primary audience | Owners and leaders of privately held, growth-focused small and mid-sized companies. | CEOs, business owners and senior executives of companies with US$5 million or more in annual revenue. |
| Typisches Mitglied | Members are owners and senior leaders of privately held companies, recruited locally by the franchise owner who facilitates their board; competing businesses are excluded from the same board. TAB states members represent over 1,100 industries and collectively generate US$29.3 billion in gross revenue, and reports an average member tenure of 4.7 years. | Members are decision-makers at small and mid-sized private companies. Vistage frames its core member as generating "$5M+ in annual revenue" and facing the operational complexity that comes with that scale; separate programmes exist for non-CEO executives and emerging leaders. |
| Qualification | ||
| Funktion oder Titel | Business owner or leader of a privately held, growth-focused companyTAB publishes no revenue, employee or net-worth threshold.verified September 2026 · Quelle ↗ | CEO, founder or owner for core membership; separate tracks for C-level (non-CEO), executive VP and vice-president/division-head rolesverified September 2026 · Quelle ↗ |
| Minimaler Unternehmensumsatz | No published minimum company revenue | US$5,000,000+ in annual revenue for core CEO membershipVistage frames this as the profile it serves rather than a hard rule; other programmes exist for smaller businesses and non-CEO executives.verified September 2026 · Quelle ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | No | No |
| Application process | Prospective members contact a local TAB board through the site's board finder. The local facilitator coach screens and hand-selects members, excluding competitors of existing members, and places them on a board. There is no central admissions process. | Prospective members complete an application form and are then contacted by a local Vistage Chair, who interviews them and decides whether to place them in a group. There is no published central admissions committee. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. Secondary reporting describes TAB as effectively invitation-based, with most members joining through referrals from existing members; TAB does not state this on its own pages. | Not publicly disclosed |
| Kosten | ||
| Jahresbeiträge | Pricing is set by each independently owned franchise and is not published centrally. | $25,000 a yearReported by Jed Daly, Infiniti Leadership (Jed Daly's own site) (2026): Vistage CEO groups led by Chair Jed Daly, Los Angeles (billed monthly). “The two CEO groups: approximately $25,000”verified October 2026 · Quelle ↗ |
| Monatliche Beiträge | Not publicly disclosed. TAB states that membership dues are billed monthly with no binding contract and 30 days' written notice to leave, but terms and amounts are set locally by each franchise owner and no schedule is published.verified September 2026 · Quelle ↗ | Vistage does not publish membership pricing anywhere on its public site. |
| Aufnahmegebühr | Pricing is set by each independently owned franchise and is not published centrally. | $2,500 one-timeReported by Paige McGlauflin, Fortune (2023-01-08): Vistage new members, US. “New members pay a one-time initiation fee of $2,500.”verified October 2026 · Quelle ↗ |
| Membership term | Monthly billing, no binding contract; 30 days' written notice required to leave | Not documented |
| Struktur | ||
| Meeting frequency | Monthly board meetings of about four hours (described elsewhere on TAB's site as half-day sessions), plus a monthly one-to-one coaching call | Regular peer group meetings, generally monthly, plus one-to-one coaching sessions with the Chair |
| Peer forums | Boards of non-competing business owners, given as up to eight members on TAB's peer-advisory page and 8-10 on its membership page, each led by a TAB Certified Facilitator Coach. | Peer advisory groups of 12-16 CEOs, business owners or key executives drawn from non-competing industries, facilitated by a Vistage Chair. |
| Confidentiality | Boards exclude direct competitors and operate as private advisory groups; TAB does not publish its confidentiality terms. | Groups are described as confidential; Vistage does not publish its confidentiality terms. |
| Time commitment | About four hours a month for the board meeting plus a monthly coaching call, with a commitment to at least 12 meetings a year | Not documented |
| Organized as | Forum-based, Event-focused | Forum-based, Event-focused |
| Vertrauliche Peer-Foren | Yes | Yes |
| Lokale Kapitel | Yes | No |
| Virtuelle Mitgliedschaft | Partial | Partial |
| Online-Community | Yes | Yes |
| Mitgliederverzeichnis | Yes | Yes |
| Veranstaltungen | Partial | Yes |
| Programmierung | ||
| Bildungsprogramme | Yes | Yes |
| Führungskräfteentwicklung | Yes | Yes |
| Retreats | Not documented | Partial |
| Reisen | No | No |
| Familienprogramme | No | No |
| Programme für Ehe- und Lebenspartner | No | No |
| Next-Generation-Programm | No | No |
| Investment-Diskussionen | No | Not documented |
| Investment-Möglichkeiten | No | No |
| Philanthropische Komponente | No | No |
| Schwerpunkt Vernetzung | Medium | Medium |
| Sozialer Schwerpunkt | Low | Low |
Was für wen besser geeignet ist
Redaktionelle Analyse, vom obenstehenden Eintrag getrennt. Sie folgt dem methodik. Keine Organisation wird als die bessere bewertet; entscheidend ist die Passung.
TAB tends to suit owners of smaller companies who want a low-commitment monthly board and a coaching relationship, and who will judge the local franchisee. Vistage tends to suit chief executives of larger companies who want a bigger group, a broader programme of speakers and events, and who will judge the local Chair. In both, the person running the group is the product, and the brand is a franchise or licence around them.
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