TeamStrength members meeting together in a peer forum

Make better business decisions with leaders who understand the weight of them.

TeamStrength brings established Central Florida CEOs and business owners together in confidential, professionally facilitated peer forums focused on better decisions, growth and accountability.

Our membership at a glance

19921st Group Founded
10+ yrsAvg Member Tenure
96%annual Attendance
$80M+Avg Annual Revenue
$2.5BTotal Annual Rev

The bigger the decision, the fewer people you can discuss it with candidly.

TeamStrength is comprised of small groups of very successful CEOs & Owners. Members outperform their competitors in growth and profitability, and weather major business challenges better because they have this group.

Their TeamStrength group becomes an essential part of their success, with CEO members staying all the way through to M&A or retirement.

TeamStrength members gathered for an in-person peer forum meeting

A peer forum built for better decisions.

Coaching & Peer Meetings

Members meet monthly for a full-day meeting focused on current performance, critical business decisions and challenges. Prior to meetings, they have a private one-on-one session with their executive coach to prepare.

TeamStrength Framework

Built from over 30 years of facilitating CEO and executive peer forum meetings, the TeamStrength way gets essential information on paper to create collaboration and high-value impact for each member.

Confidentiality

Curated groups foster candid discussions about the most sensitive topics with a variety of experience, business size and industry in each room. Our Confidentiality Agreement is the only thing you sign as a part of this program.

Decisions that matter, blueprinted to drive high-impact feedback.

Members present issues on...

  • Growth Strategy
  • Profitability & Cash Flow
  • Launching New Divisions
  • Open in a New Market
  • Acquisitions
  • Capital Investments
  • Leadership Team Performance
  • Succession Planning
  • Difficult Personnel Decisions

...and more.

Hear directly from CEO members

Portrait of Frank Vertolli
“The group is invaluable for listening/understanding what's going on in my company and providing the hard feedback I need. The feedback, camaraderie and mutual understanding is priceless.”
Frank VertolliCo-Founder of Net ConversionMember since 2016

Members come to make better decisions — not exchange business cards.

Traditional Networking

  • Goal: Connections and referrals
  • Open or broad industry attendance
  • Informal, surface-level conversation
  • Success measured by relationship-building

TeamStrength

  • Goal: Better decisions and follow-through
  • Curated groups of CEOs and executives
  • Structured preparation and facilitation
  • Success measured by real business impact

Expert Facilitation

Susan Schilke

Susan Schilke

President & Founder

Susan founded TeamStrength in 1992. For over 30 years, she has facilitated more than 1,300 CEO and executive meetings and more than 10,000 one-on-one coaching sessions.

Samantha Hays

Samantha Hays

Co-Owner & Executive Director

Samantha joined full-time in 2019. She facilitates executive peer meetings, leads program development and executes the annual TeamStrength Leadership Workshop.

Your most important decisions should not be made in isolation.

Connect with us directly to determine if you qualify for a CEO group.