
Dana Borowka, chief executive officer of Santa Monica-based Lighthouse Consulting Services, said, "Well in advance of the market shifts, we anticipated that companies would be looking for ways to make more targeted hiring decisions and do more in-depth employee screening. My Vistage CEO group challenged me to think ahead and their advice has proved indispensable to our success today."
Dominique Raccah is the owner and publisher of Sourcebooks, an independent book publisher just outside of Chicago. "Although the publishing industry takes economic slowdowns harder than most, and competitors are conservative, my Vistage Chair and group helped me realize my company is better positioned than I thought and it might be an opportune time to make an acquisition," says Raccah. "I was in survival mode and wasn't even thinking about growing. The acquisition idea came up within the last six months, we just closed the deal, and the feedback and excitement is amazing."