As companies grow, executives must learn to delegate responsibility to those individuals for whom it is a specialty. From finance, to HR, to product development, each area of a company needs an expert at the helm to thrive.

However, even once these steps are taken, members of the C-suite can still learn a great deal about leadership and growth by consulting one another. I connected with four execs about how -- and what -- they've learned from other members of the C-suite, and why they're better leaders because of it.

Put honesty first

"Your peers in the executive suite can give you various things that no one else in the business generally can, or ever will," said Brian Fitzgerald, CRO of Augury. The first of those is honesty. "Executives have no fears of retribution or need to curry favor, which helps them to be straight with you on what they see."

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