MD2MD is built upon the premise that success in business is the result of a combination of strategic insight - achieved by working ON the business not IN it and continuous improvement of a thousand small steps made every day and inspired by provocative insight from our regular meetings.
MBAs and other traditional training from the business schools and training companies are great for giving tools, techniques and frameworks for understanding the world and reaching conclusions where there is a right and a wrong answer.
Unfortunately as most Managing Directors know, the most important leadership decisions are usually ones with no right or wrong answer. Instead they are often 49:51 balanced decisions where both sides have merit.
In making such decisions the insights provided by a dozen Managing Directors with different skills, different experiences and different personalities is invaluable in understanding fully all the angles that affect a decision. It's like having a board of supportive non executives there to help you, except that everyone there's a peer, an equal with the sole purpose of helping you in exchange for you returning the complement when you get the chance.
Being a member of MD2MD changes your business life. No longer are you alone when you face a challenge. Members take great pride and pleasure from the support they give each other. Not in any time consuming way, but in being there for the occasional call when you need something or need someone to talk to.