Research Archives | Vistage Research Center https://vistage.co.uk/research-centre/content_type/research/ Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:10:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.4 Small business economic confidence reaches 2-year high [WSJ/Vistage Feb 2024] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240226-small-business-confidence-2-year-high-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240226-small-business-confidence-2-year-high-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240226-small-business-confidence-2-year-high-wsj-survey/#respond Mon, 26 Feb 2024 15:14:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=45192 As 2023 gets further away in the rearview mirror, small business confidence continues to climb in February, marking the fourth consecutive monthly increase. The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index rose to 93.3, reaching its highest level since February 2022....

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240226-small-business-confidence-2-year-high-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Big picture implications: Hiring in 2024 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/talent-management/20240223-big-picture-implications-hiring-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240223-big-picture-implications-hiring-2024 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/talent-management/20240223-big-picture-implications-hiring-2024/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:45:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=45175 Workforce expansion plans are more optimistic at the start of 2024; new budgets and improved revenue predictions have contributed to an 8 percentage-point increase in CEOs planning to increase personnel in the next 12 months versus 7% of CEOs planning...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/talent-management/20240223-big-picture-implications-hiring-2024/feed/ 0 The CEO Pulse: Hiring Resource Center https://www.vistage.com/research-center/talent-management/20220411-the-ceo-pulse-hiring-resource-center/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220411-the-ceo-pulse-hiring-resource-center https://www.vistage.com/research-center/talent-management/20220411-the-ceo-pulse-hiring-resource-center/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:45:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=40362 Hiring continues to be a major concern for CEOs in 2024 Our research has shown that hiring is one of the major decisions that CEOs face every year. The economic environment changes. Demand changes. However, people are the foundation of...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/talent-management/20220411-the-ceo-pulse-hiring-resource-center/feed/ 0 Rates of change illustrate small business optimism [WSJ/Vistage Jan 2024] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240129-rates-of-change-small-business-optimism-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240129-rates-of-change-small-business-optimism-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240129-rates-of-change-small-business-optimism-wsj-survey/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 19:30:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=45058 Small businesses finished the year with a surge of positivity, and this trend continued, albeit with a bit of caution, in January. The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index reached 90.0, marking the highest level of the past 12 months....

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240129-rates-of-change-small-business-optimism-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Is productivity really being measured in the right way? https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/is-productivity-really-being-measured-in-the-right-way/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-productivity-really-being-measured-in-the-right-way https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/is-productivity-really-being-measured-in-the-right-way/#respond Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:34:48 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/uncategorized/is-productivity-really-being-measured-in-the-right-way/ “UK SME confidence remains optimistic but there are economic challenges ahead.” So says behavioural economist and Vistage Speaker Roger Martin-Fagg in his January 2024 Economic Update for Vistage. Download the report in full here – or read on for our...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/is-productivity-really-being-measured-in-the-right-way/feed/ 0 Confidence improves as CEOs wait for takeoff [Q4 2023 Vistage CEO Index] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240116-improved-confidence-q4-2023-vistage-ceo-index/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240116-improved-confidence-q4-2023-vistage-ceo-index https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240116-improved-confidence-q4-2023-vistage-ceo-index/#respond Wed, 17 Jan 2024 02:00:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=45009 Waiting to take off can be one of the most frustrating aspects of air travel. Sitting on the tarmac as you slowly inch forward in a queue of planes can be compared to the tension CEOs feel waiting for the...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240116-improved-confidence-q4-2023-vistage-ceo-index/feed/ 0 Small businesses welcome the new year with optimism [WSJ/Vistage Dec 2023] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240105-small-businesses-welcome-optimism-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240105-small-businesses-welcome-optimism-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240105-small-businesses-welcome-optimism-wsj-survey/#respond Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=44943 New year. New budgets. New outlook. Small businesses are welcoming in the new year with renewed optimism, as evidenced by a near 8-point jump in the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index this past December. Indeed, December indicates signs of...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20240105-small-businesses-welcome-optimism-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 4 experts share their imperatives for strategic planning [New Report] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20231208-strategic-planning-report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20231208-strategic-planning-report https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20231208-strategic-planning-report/#respond Fri, 08 Dec 2023 16:46:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=44833 Disruptions have accelerated changes, and the forecast of a recession in the economic climate has put more pressure on CEOs than ever before. Leaders set the vision, goals and outcomes that are tied to growth, and that road map to...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/strategic-planning/20231208-strategic-planning-report/feed/ 0 Small business confidence holds despite high-interest rates [WSJ/Vistage Nov 2023] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231201-small-business-confidence-remains-steady-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20231201-small-business-confidence-remains-steady-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231201-small-business-confidence-remains-steady-survey/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2023 21:15:39 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=44790 Small businesses have become numb to uncertainty. Over the last month, state elections, the Israeli-Hamas war and a potential shutdown of the U.S. government have not hindered small business confidence more than any other event this year. The WSJ/Vistage Small...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231201-small-business-confidence-remains-steady-survey/feed/ 0 Rising human capital costs, uncertainty impact small business confidence [WSJ/Vistage Oct 2023] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231026-small-business-confidence-human-capital-costs-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20231026-small-business-confidence-human-capital-costs-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20231026-small-business-confidence-human-capital-costs-wsj-survey/#respond Thu, 26 Oct 2023 18:53:43 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=44613 Despite inflation increasing just 3.7% for the past 2 months and the U.S. Federal Reserve deciding not to raise interest rates in September, small business sentiment about the economy’s future has declined. The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index fell...

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