Evolve the Leader. Scale the Team. Build the Business.
Refining BrillianceTM is the operating system for CEOs navigating growth and structural complexity.
A confidential, high-level conversation for growth-minded CEOs.
The Operating System Behind CEO EvolutionTM
Most businesses scale revenue before they scale structure.
Refining BrillianceTM aligns three dimensions of growth:
Self
Decision clarity and executive presence
Team
Accountability, communication, and influence
Business
Financial visibility, revenue discipline, and operating rhythm
When these evolve together, growth becomes sustainable.
What Makes This Different
Great CEOs use peer groups, coaching, and advisory. The question is how these work together.
Peer Groups
Provide invaluable perspective and accountability from fellow CEOs navigating similar challenges.
+ We integrate: Structured methodology and 1:1 coaching to implement what you learn.
Executive Coaching
Develops your leadership mindset, decision clarity, and executive presence at each stage.
+ We integrate: Peer dialogue and structural design to translate insights into systems.
Strategic Advisory
Solves complex problems with expert analysis and hands-on implementation support.
+ We integrate: Leadership development and peer accountability to sustain the changes.
Refining Brilliance™ — Designed for Integration
Each approach is powerful. Together, they're transformational. We work across all three dimensions simultaneously:
- Structural Design — Building systems that remove bottlenecks and enable true delegation
- Peer Accountability — Confidential dialogue with non-competing CEOs navigating the same transitions
- Executive Presence — Developing the decision clarity and leadership capacity required at each stage
When these evolve together, you don't just scale revenue. You build aligned leadership, strengthened teams, and businesses that scale without chaos.
Every CEO Operates in a Stage.
Operator
Growth depends on you.
Delegator
You're building leaders, but complexity is increasing.
Architect
You design systems instead of solving problems.
Enterprise Leader
You scale through structure, capital discipline, and influence.
The challenge isn't growth.
It's evolving at the pace growth demands.
Where Evolution Begins
The Strategic Room is a focused conversation for CEOs at an inflection point.
In 30–45 minutes, we clarify:
- Your current stage
- The friction limiting scale
- The structural shifts required next
If there's alignment, we explore next steps.
If not, you leave with clarity.
Evolution Pathways
Refining Brilliance™ is the operating system behind all pathways. Whether you engage through the DC Metro Vistage peer group, global programs, or strategic advisory, the methodology is the same: integrated evolution across Self, Team, and Business.
Vistage CEO Peer Advisory Group
An invitation-only peer group for non-competing CEOs seeking to become better leaders, make better decisions, and achieve better results.
What You Get:
- Monthly full-day peer advisory sessions
- Confidential issue processing with 12-16 CEOs
- Refining Brilliance framework integrated into every session
- 1:1 coaching between group meetings
- Access to Vistage's global research and speakers
This is my primary focus. The group meets monthly in the DC Metro area and serves CEOs of businesses starting at $2M in revenue and beyond.
Learn About My Vistage Group →CEO Evolution Program
For CEOs outside the DC Metro area who need intensive support through a specific stage transition.
Global engagement. 6-12 month commitment.
Strategic Advisory
Bespoke advisory for Architects and Enterprise Leaders navigating complex structural decisions.
Project-based or retained engagement.
Leadership Intensives
Concentrated sessions for executive teams preparing for scale or succession transitions.
2-3 day intensive format.
All pathways begin with a Strategic Room conversation to determine fit and alignment.
Book Your Strategic Room ConversationBrenda Lawrence is a 2-time entrepreneur, Vistage Chair, and CEO evolution specialist. She built and scaled LFG Tech before launching her Vistage practice and advisory firm. With 30+ years in executive leadership and program management, plus 15+ years coaching CEOs, she works with growth-minded leaders globally and curates a confidential peer advisory group in the Washington, DC Metro. Her work integrates leadership evolution, structural design, and disciplined execution.
More About Brenda →Experience. Structure. Results.
This work goes beyond advisory conversations. It integrates:
- Strategic architecture for sustainable growth
- Executive-level coaching and accountability
- Structured peer dialogue through Vistage
- Disciplined decision-making methodologies
The outcome is not simply revenue expansion.
It is aligned leadership, strengthened teams, and businesses built to scale without chaos.