About Ed Robinson
Helping business leaders who want to improve their professional performance and enhance their personal lives.
Founder · President · Vistage Chair
Ed Robinson.
Capacity Building Solutions was started in June 2002 to focus on the business management and organisational development needs of small- to medium-sized businesses and community-based nonprofits.
- M.B.A. The Pennsylvania State University
- B.A. The Catholic University of America
- Vistage Chair Six CEO & leadership peer groups
- Adjunct Faculty Mount St. Mary’s University M.B.A. Program
- Former Managing Director Community Wealth Ventures
- Alumnus The Gallup Organization
- Alumnus Ernst & Young, LLC
Helping leaders become the best version of themselves.
My professional goal is to make the world a better place by helping leaders become the best version of themselves — and to show them that success and work-life balance aren’t competing objectives.
My professional goal is to make the world a better place by helping leaders become the best version of themselves — and to show them that success and work-life balance aren’t competing objectives. I am an executive coach, management consultant, teacher/trainer, blogger/writer, public speaker, meeting facilitator, and developer of business assessment tools.
I primarily work with CEOs, small and mid-sized business owners, key executives, emerging leaders, and non-profit executives. I fundamentally believe that success is a conscious choice. I feel privileged to work with the top 5% of the population who actually step up, bet on themselves, lean into difficult problems, seize significant opportunities, assume the mantle of leadership responsibility, create high-performing work environments, and make a tangible positive difference in their communities.
My focus areas are: creating peer-based learning experiences, leadership and management development, team building, change management, organizational development, board development, and employee engagement.
Three beliefs that shape every engagement.
Success is a conscious choice.
The top 5% step up, bet on themselves, and assume the mantle of leadership responsibility.
Balance isn’t the trade-off.
Success and work-life balance aren’t competing objectives. The best leaders build both, deliberately.
The work is the question.
Digging into challenges, finding root causes, and asking the tough questions that get people out of their comfort zones.
Twenty-three years, in dates.
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Prior
Consulting career.
Consultant at Ernst & Young and The Gallup Organization. Later Managing Director at Community Wealth Ventures.
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2002
Capacity Building Solutions founded.
Started in June 2002 to focus on small- to medium-sized businesses and community-based nonprofits.
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Since
Six Vistage groups, one at a time.
Two Chief Executive groups, a Small Business group, a Key Executive group, an Advancing Leader group and an Emerging Leader group.
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2024
Arete Coach podcast feature.
Mentoring as a Positive Iago: Transformative Executive Coaching.
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Today
109 members across six groups.
The current client roster generates more than $3B in annual sales and employs more than 3,200 people.
Four words, four Vistage members.
Ed in conversation, elsewhere.
Recent podcast appearances and interviews.
Mentoring as a Positive Iago: Transformative Executive Coaching
Arete Coach Podcast · Jan 2024
Listen → PodcastBlending Families and Healing Hearts: Ed Robinson’s Journey Through Divorce and Rediscovery
You Tree Coaching · Apr 2025
Listen → PodcastHow To Build A Network to Get You To The Next Level
PMP Industry Insider · Ep 37
Listen →Not for everyone, and that’s the point.
Ed screens for win-win engagements. Five factors need to be in place.
The right fit
- Sees the relationship as a genuine partnership.
- Genuinely interested in solving the problem or seizing the opportunity.
- Open to feedback and willing to take action.
- Transparent and accountable throughout.
Not the right fit
- Expects a vendor-client relationship, not a partnership.
- Unwilling to commit the time and resources.
- Closed to feedback or to taking action.
- Selective with information and deadlines.
Text Ed directly, or email his assistant.
Feel free to text Ed directly on (240) 426-4457, or email the office to book a call.
Bring the decision you’ve been circling.
The problem you haven’t said out loud. The one you’ve been carrying alone.