Stop Carrying the Weight of Company Performance on Your Own
If you're the one responsible for your business' performance, you know how hard it is to find people who will challenge you honestly, hold you accountable, and tell you what you actually need to hear.
Allied Executives is a high-accountability peer advisory organization for Twin Cities operators — placing people in right-fit groups where people tell the truth, commitments matter, and standards stay high.
Why is it so hard to be the only one responsible for business performance?
No one around you carries the same weight, blind spots last longer,
decisions get slower, and standards start to drift when no one
around you can challenge you in the way you need. Allied exists to change that.
Elevate Your Business With the Right Room of Allied Executives.
If you're the one carrying the weight of business performance, you need a room that will challenge you, give relevant advice, and help you close the gap between knowing and doing every single month.
We help Twin Cities' business leaders raise their operating standard so that your business compounds - in performance, in leadership capacity, and in enterprise value.
Our members are serious operators who want more than a sounding board. They want a room that will challenge them, sharpen their decisions, and hold them accountable.
And our members are here for YOU because they know what it's like to sit in your seat and they need you to hold them to a higher standard too.
Decisions stall and blind spots persist when you're not surrounded by peers who can hold your feet to the fire - because they get it, they've been there, and they have permission to tell you the truth.
Join a group of high-performing business operators committed to helping you make better decisions, act faster, and lead with confidence.
You have high standards,
but you need others to
help you hold them.
Allied Executives gives leaders something most people carrying company performance never get: a confidential room full of experienced operators who will challenge their thinking, hold them accountable, and expect them to follow through.
This is where operators go to:
✓ Pressure-test important decisions before they turn into expensive problems✓ Get honest feedback from people who understand the stakes and aren’t afraid to challenge them
✓ Leave every meeting with a clear 30-day commitment and a plan to follow through on it
✓ Return to a room that knows whether it got done
Close the Gap Between
Knowing and Doing
Most peer environments rely on conversation and insights but low accountability. Knowing what you need to do and actually doing it is the gap we help you fill. Allied Executives is built on three structural pillars that empower you to drive company performance every single month.
Right-Fit Placement
Members are placed in peer groups based on the stage of their business and their experience leading an organization. The groups are intentionally built so that every conversation is relevant, trust builds faster, and candid feedback is possible.
You’re not explaining context. You’re operating with peers who already understand the weight, and getting input that applies immediately.
Operator-Level Candor
In most environments, feedback is filtered. People hold back because they depend on you, report to you, or have a relationship to protect. In this room, everyone carries the same weight. No one has a reason to soften what needs to be said. That changes the conversation quickly.
You see blindspots faster because our members ask harder questions. They challenge assumptions and point out issues that may have gone unaddressed for too long, so that you can operate at a higher level.
Structural Accountability
Real growth needs more than good ideas. That’s why Allied's peer group meetings are intentionally structured to drive accountability and performance. We treat this meeting as the most valuable three hours of your month - the meeting that closes the gap between knowing and doing so that you can operate at the standard you desire.
Through our structure:
Members arrive prepared. Before each meeting, every member submits a written update: business highs and lows, personal wins, and a forward-looking strategic issue they want the group's input on. No blank pages. No off-the-cuff updates. The room is ready before anyone walks in.
Conversations go deep, not wide. Topics are submitted in advance and ranked by importance and urgency. The group works through the highest-priority issues with focused time - not open-ended discussion. Tactical questions stay out of the room. Strategic decisions go to the front of the agenda.
Commitments are made publicly and tracked visibly. At the close of every meeting, each member declares their 30-day action commitment to the group. It's documented. It's visible. And at the next meeting, the room knows whether it got done. There's no hiding from it - which is exactly the point.
The facilitator holds the standard. Allied's facilitators are trained to drive this behavior, not just manage the clock. They enforce preparation expectations, push conversations into the strategic deep end, and hold the accountability structure meeting after meeting.
The result: a half day a month that directly moves the needle on the decisions and commitments that matter most to your business - because the structure demands it.
The result: You get advice that applies, clarity you can trust, and the accountability to actually move.
What you've been missing
Most leaders carrying company performance don’t lack intelligence, experience, or access to information. What they lack is the right structure around them. Right now, you likely have:
No relevant input in most of the rooms you walk into.
A room of people at the wrong stage can't give you what you need no matter how sharp they are. Relevance is a function of fit, and fit is a function of placement.
No one who will name the hard thing.
Not because they lack courage, but because everyone in your orbit - your team, your partners, your advisors - needs something from you. A room full of people with the same skin in the game and no agenda has standing to tell you the truth. That's rare. And expensive to go without.
No one holding you to account at the level you actually need.
Not socially. Structurally - with written commitments, visible tracking, and a room that notices when you don't follow through.
Where are you currently operating?
When you’re carrying company performance daily, it’s easy to normalize blind spots, execution gaps, and decisions that linger too long. The weight isn't obvious as first, but accumulates - and it's impacting you today.
The Allied Executives CEO Performance Score is a 10-minute assessment that measures your operating standard in your current environment, and helps you get clear on where you need to be focusing to drive business performance.
This is a tool our members use for clarity - and we want you to have access to it too.
Raise your operating standard so your business compounds — in
performance, in leadership capacity, and in enterprise value.
Why Top Decision Makers Choose
Allied Executives
Hear directly from our members about what makes Allied Executives different.
"The biggest ROI comes down to two things: increasing your speed, and avoiding missteps."
Everyone in that group can help you shortcut things and really grow to heights you never thought possible...there really is no limit to your upside.
Steve Mura
Owner of Barrett Lawn Care & Signature Pools
"We've had significant growth...having that meeting on a monthly cadence really speeds things up."
Having a bunch of peers that understand what seat you're sitting in and can share their experiences to help you is priceless.
Ben Lampron
CEO of Gassen Company
"We've had significant growth...having that meeting on a monthly cadence really speeds things up."
Having a bunch of peers that understand what seat you're sitting in and can share their experiences to help you is priceless.
Ben Lampron
CEO of Gassen Company
"Last year we had our best year to date."
Being a part of Allied has definitely shortened my time to foster the personal growth that I've had over the past year. I have a sense of fearlessness, and I know there's nothing that can't be accomplished.
Zahnia Harut
CEO of Affinity Care MN
"It's one of the meetings I look most forward to every month."
Clint Seehusen
Shareholder | DSB Rock Island
"It's your personal business board of advisors that you can trust. You get good recommendations and insights from experience—not from a book."
Niles Deneen
President & Owner | Deneen Pottery
"I'm constantly getting best practices and shortcut ideas for how to get to the next level without the trip-ups that my peers experienced along the way."
Jennifer Zick
Founder & CEO | Authentic
"It's like Cliff Notes for running companies. I have solutions within a week or two, and that helps me be a quicker, faster leader."
Jonathan Thielen
President | Wand Corporation
"After each meeting, I walk away with clarity and a really good marching order for the next four weeks."
Pete Wolf
President & CEO | Robinson Rubber Products
"It can be kind of lonely being the owner of a company without folks to lean on and talk to, and this group really helps fulfill that need."
Rob Kress
Founder & President | Waypost Advisors, LLC
"What I walk away with most is accountability to the group."
Dan Larsen
President | DCI, Inc.
"It gives you creative angles for solving problems you would not otherwise have access to."
Colin Johnson
Managing Director | Wipfli Corporate Finance
"Rather than coming in with tactical problems, we are working on the bigger question of how to transform the business."
Eric Brown
CEO | IT Audit Labs
How It Works
| Step 1: | Have a Conversation |
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We start with a direct conversation about where you are on the growth journey, what you’re building, and whether Allied is right for you. This isn’t a sales call. It’s a mutual assessment of fit. |
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| Step 2: | Get Placed in the Right Room |
| You’re placed in a peer group matched to the growth stage of your business and your experience leading an organization. Intentionally built for relevance, trust, and productive challenge. | |
| Step 3: | Watch the value of your business compound |
| Each month, you drive performance at a higher standard because the room brings operator-level candor and holds you to the commitments you make. |
| Step 1: |
| Get Clear on Where You Are |
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Start with a conversation or the CEO Assessment. You’ll quickly see where your current environment is helping or holding you back. |
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| Step Into the Right Room |
| You’re placed into a curated group of operators who match your level. People who understand your decisions and can challenge them directly. |
| Step 3: |
| Make Better Decisions, Faster |
| Each month, you bring real issues. The room brings perspective, experience, and direct feedback. You leave with clarity and a clear path forward. |
| Step 4: |
| Follow Through on What Matters Most |
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This is where most environments break. It’s easy to talk through what needs to happen. Much harder to consistently execute on it. At Allied Executives, every session ends with a clear 30-day commitment that is defined, visible, and owned. At the next meeting, the room will know whether it got done. Not to call you out, but to make sure progress actually happens. Because this is where the real value is: turning clarity into action, and action into results. |
| Step 5: |
| Tap Into a Larger Network |
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The value doesn’t stop with your monthly group. You become part of a curated network of 200+ high-performing operators in the Twin Cities, built over 25+ years. Through three annual all-member events, direct introductions, and access to a vetted member directory, your network expands in a meaningful way. Not just in size, but in quality. These aren’t casual connections. They’re relationships with people operating at a level that challenges how you think, decide, and grow. You’re not just stepping into a room. You’re gaining access to a network that raises your standard. |
We're selective. Not every CEO is a right-fit. Book a call to see if Allied Executives matches your stage of growth.
What You Might Be Wondering (FAQs)
What's the time commitment?
One 3-hour meeting per month. That's it. No lengthy onboarding, no additional mandatory events (though we host optional community gatherings). Most members say it's the highest-ROI 3 hours they spend all month.
If you’re worried about making the space in your schedule, know that all of our members have the same exact challenge. But what they discover is the time they spend in the group helps them focus on the right priorities and get the answers they need on the issues they are facing.
Most of our clients block the day and use it as their "focused time on the business" each month. They find that the group helps them cut through the noise and work on what really moves the needle.
Will I be matched with the right peers?
How do I know that I will get value that is relevant to my specific business and industry?
Many people join Allied Executives because they find that diverse perspectives from different industries leads to better ideas. Our groups are constructed to match you and your business with others like yours in a similar growth stage, dealing with similar challenges.
How is this different from networking or hiring a consultant?
Networking exchanges contacts, and a consultant gives you a recommendation and leaves. Peer advisory exchanges blind spots and holds you accountable to execution.
Allied Executives is a structured, high-accountability environment where operators carry the same weight, challenge each other directly, and hold each other to written commitments. The value isn’t in the advice. It’s in the standard.
How is Allied Executives different from Vistage or EO?
Three structural differences:
- Right-fit placement. Allied Executives places members based on the growth stage of their business and their experience leading an organization. Most peer groups rely on self-selection or chair-driven assignment. Every Allied Executives room is calibrated for relevance.
- Structural accountability. Allied Executives operates on prepared strategic submissions, written monthly commitments, and visible completion tracking. Most peer groups rely on conversation and good intentions. Allied Executives relies on systems.
- Operator-level candor. Allied Executives’ environment is built on direct, performance-focused feedback. Blind spots are named. Excuses are challenged. Calm, direct, and without ego. The candor in an Allied Executives room is not chair-dependent — it’s structural.
Allied Executives is also hyper-local to the Twin Cities. Every member is building here. The relationships are real and the commitment is year-round.
Why should I join now rather than wait?
The cost of operating without the right structure isn’t dramatic. It’s gradual. Decisions take slightly longer. Blind spots persist slightly longer. Standards drift slightly. And over time, that compounds. Allied Executives doesn’t create urgency. The reality of carrying performance responsibility alone does. If you’re at a point where raising your operating standard would meaningfully change how your business performs, it’s worth a conversation.
What does transformation actually look like?
Transformation is different for everyone, but here's what our members consistently experience:
Professionally:
- ✓ You make decisions with clarity and confidence - not second-guessing for weeks
- ✓ You build leaders who own outcomes - not manage every detail yourself
- ✓ You compress years of trial-and-error into months by learning from peers facing similar challenges in real time
- ✓ You avoid costly mistakes because you're hearing what's working (and what's not) from people navigating the same territory
Personally:
- ✓ You gain clarity on what you actually want from your business and your life
- ✓ You challenge assumptions about who you need to be as a leader
- ✓ You find freedom in becoming the leader your business needs
- ✓ You look back in six months and don't recognize who you were - because you've grown into a better version of yourself
The transformation is ongoing. Allied Executives isn't a program with an end date. It's a peer community where you never stop evolving.
You Do Not Need More Information
You need a higher standard around you.
You haven't worked this hard to keep your performance and growth where it is today. You are on the journey of continuous improvement because you know that's what it takes to build a valuable business.
It's time you enter the kind of room that will hold you to the level of standard you need so that the value of your business will compound.
You – and your business – deserve clarity.
The most effective CEOs always know exactly where to focus. Do you?
The Allied Executives CEO Performance Score takes 10 minutes. It measures the 10 areas that determine whether your business grows with you — or in spite of you.
It's free. It's specific. And it'll tell you exactly what you need to focus on today.
