Now Forming — Founding Group 2026The peer community independent industrial equipment CEOs have never had.
The Crosspoint CEO Fellowship brings together a small group of non-competing CEOs of independent industrial equipment dealers and manufacturers — for honest conversation, shared operating intelligence, and the kind of peer perspective that only comes from people running the same business you run.
Most peer forums weren't built for your operating reality.
General CEO peer groups mix industries. The operating constraints you navigate every day — capital deployment, service profitability, labor availability, inventory risk, channel dynamics — are background noise in those rooms, not the substance of the conversation.
PE-backed forums are built for a different ownership structure and a different set of pressures entirely. The incentives, the governance, the exit orientation — none of it maps to how an independent dealership or manufacturing organization actually operates.
The result is that independent industrial equipment CEOs navigate some of the most consequential decisions in business without a peer environment built for what they actually do.
The CEO Fellowship exists to close that gap deliberately and professionally.
Built for a specific kind of leader. Intentionally.
The Fellowship is limited to CEOs and CEO-equivalent leaders — business unit presidents or GMs with full P&L accountability and final decision authority — in:
· Independent industrial equipment dealerships and dealer networks
· Independent industrial equipment manufacturing organizations (OEMs)
Founder-led or closely held ownership.
These leaders carry both operational responsibility and ownership risk. Decisions are more personal, more complex, and more consequential than in institutionally owned environments.
$20M–$120M in annual revenue.
Organizations that have outgrown informal management but haven't yet built the governance infrastructure of larger enterprises — creating a real need for peer insight and disciplined leadership.
Complex operations.
Multi-location businesses, service and labor intensity, regulatory exposure, growing leadership teams. Execution discipline and organizational clarity directly impact performance.
Committed to scaling while preserving independence.
These CEOs want to improve structure, systems, and leadership without selling control, diluting values, or losing what made the business successful.
This Fellowship is not for everyone. That's the point.
The CEO Fellowship depends on candor, preparation, and full engagement from every member. To protect that standard, membership is by invitation and mutual fit only.
The Fellowship is not the right fit for:
· Functional executives without full P&L accountability
· CEOs of private-equity-backed companies, who typically already have formal governance, investor oversight, and advisory structures that serve a different purpose
· Leaders primarily focused on near-term exit engineering
· Anyone unwilling to engage honestly, prepare thoroughly, and contribute actively to peers
If any of those describe your situation, there are other communities better suited to your needs. If none of them do, keep reading.
An annual cadence designed around how CEOs actually work.
The Fellowship operates on a deliberate rhythm that balances in-person depth with ongoing peer engagement throughout the year. This is not a quarterly check-in. It is a working peer community.
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In-Person Experiences
The Altitude Experience™
A 2–2.5 day Crosspoint-hosted leadership experience at a premium destination. Designed to help CEOs step above day-to-day demands and examine the leadership realities beneath the business issues. Spouses and partners are encouraged to attend. Members leave with greater clarity, stronger peer relationships, and renewed perspective on their business and their role.
Peer-Hosted Forum
A 1.5–2 day working forum hosted by a member organization. The group spends time in a real operating environment, then engages in structured peer discussion focused on shared challenges, patterns, and practical insight that can be applied immediately. Hosting rotates among members and is optional.
Virtual Engagement
Peer Working Sessions
3–5 facilitated virtual sessions per year focused on the real operating and leadership issues members are navigating now. These are not check-ins. They are structured working sessions designed to surface patterns, pressure-test decisions, and move members forward.
CPL Learning Sessions
3–5 optional sessions led by Crosspoint on leadership and operating best practices informed by member needs. Up to two additional leaders from your organization may attend.
Representative Topics
Growth and product decisions
Commercial effectiveness and channel strategy
Cost structure and margins
People, leadership capacity, and organizational strain
Systems and infrastructure
Risk and compliance
Ownership, ESOP, and succession considerations
Small by design. Curated by necessity.
Each Fellowship group is capped at seven members. That is not a marketing claim — it is the structural decision that makes everything else work.
Groups of six to seven are large enough to provide meaningful diversity of perspective and small enough that every member is fully known, consistently heard, and meaningfully challenged. There is no room to coast, and no reason to.
Groups are composed of non-competing organizations, aligned by business model — dealerships with dealerships, OEMs with OEMs — so that peer comparisons are meaningful and insight is immediately transferable.
Membership requires execution of a formal confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement. No-poaching provisions apply. What is discussed in the Fellowship stays there.
More than advice. A fundamental shift in how you lead and operate.
Better judgment on the decisions that matter most.
Through facilitated peer dialogue, members sharpen how they think about major decisions — not just what to do, but why, when, and what to stop doing.
Practical peer intelligence grounded in shared reality.
Insight from leaders running the same kind of business you run. Same capital intensity, same channel dynamics, same labor constraints. Not cross-industry theory or generic frameworks.
Clarity on where to focus leadership energy.
A stronger sense of what requires your attention versus what can be delegated, redesigned, or released — reducing noise, second-guessing, and wasted effort.
Leadership capability that scales with the business.
The Fellowship treats leadership as a discipline and a system. Members develop the ability to work on the business, not just in it — and to evolve their role as complexity grows rather than becoming the bottleneck.
A trusted space that most CEOs know they need and few have.
Protected time and structure for reflection, peer challenge, and perspective. Built into the year. Not left to chance.
Professionally Facilitated. Every Session.
The CEO Fellowship is actively facilitated by Crosspoint Performance & Leadership at every forum, session, and experience. We design the agendas, guide the discussions, prepare members with targeted pre-work, and synthesize what emerges after each session so insight carries forward.
This is the difference between a peer group that produces conversation and one that produces clarity. Value is intentionally extracted, not left on the table.
This is a serious commitment. It's designed to be.
The CEO Fellowship is structured as a 12-month commitment with the expectation of renewal as trust deepens and shared context builds. Value compounds over time. Continuity of membership is essential to preserving the depth and effectiveness of the group.
Membership requires full participation — prepared, candid, and engaged — at every session. Passive attendance is not compatible with what this community is designed to be.
Investment: The founding group fee and annual membership structure reflect the level of facilitation, curation, and sustained engagement the Fellowship requires. Pricing is shared directly in our initial conversation.
Note: Members cover their own travel and lodging for in-person events.
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Led by People Who Have Done This Work From the Inside
The CEO Fellowship is designed and facilitated by Tim and Carmen Kubista, founders of Crosspoint Performance & Leadership. Both have worked inside industrial equipment companies at the executive level — building sales organizations, designing dealer networks, transforming brands, and navigating the same leadership and operational challenges Fellowship members face.
We do not arrive with generic frameworks. We arrive having already paid the tuition.
Founding group seats are intentionally limited.
The founding group is being formed through personal invitation, with emphasis on fit, readiness, and mutual contribution. Founding members help establish the tone, standards, and culture of the Fellowship from day one.
If you've been invited to consider membership — or if this resonates and you'd like to explore fit — we'd welcome a direct conversation.
All inquiries are handled personally by Tim Kubista. There is no automated sales process.