The CEO Pulse Archives | Vistage Research Center Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:10:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 141323424 Big picture implications: Hiring in 2024 /research-center/talent-management/20240223-big-picture-implications-hiring-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20240223-big-picture-implications-hiring-2024 /research-center/talent-management/20240223-big-picture-implications-hiring-2024/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2024 15:45:00 +0000 /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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]]> /research-center/talent-management/20240223-big-picture-implications-hiring-2024/feed/ 0 45175 The CEO Pulse: Hiring Resource Center /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 /research-center/talent-management/20220411-the-ceo-pulse-hiring-resource-center/#respond Fri, 23 Feb 2024 14:45:00 +0000 /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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]]> /research-center/talent-management/20220411-the-ceo-pulse-hiring-resource-center/feed/ 0 40362 Hiring still a top challenge for CEOs of small and midsize businesses /research-center/talent-management/20221123-hiring-still-a-challenge-for-ceos/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20221123-hiring-still-a-challenge-for-ceos /research-center/talent-management/20221123-hiring-still-a-challenge-for-ceos/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2022 17:32:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=43628 According to our latest research, over half (52%) of CEOs report plans to increase headcount in the year ahead, the same proportion as last quarter. That’s on top of the 53% of CEOs who have already increased headcount since the...

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]]> /research-center/talent-management/20221123-hiring-still-a-challenge-for-ceos/feed/ 0 43628 The CEO Pulse: Inflation Resource Center /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211119-the-ceo-pulse-inflation-resource-center/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20211119-the-ceo-pulse-inflation-resource-center /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211119-the-ceo-pulse-inflation-resource-center/#respond Tue, 22 Nov 2022 15:38:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=39262 To help with decision-making, we have curated: Insights on inflation from trusted experts  Real-life approaches to inflation from CEO peers Join discussions about inflation in Vistage networks Third-party resources on inflation Insights on inflation from trusted experts  How 3 CEOs...

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211119-the-ceo-pulse-inflation-resource-center/feed/ 0 39262 Inflation’s steady rise continues to impact small and midsize businesses /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220718-inflation-impact-small-and-midsize-businesses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220718-inflation-impact-small-and-midsize-businesses /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220718-inflation-impact-small-and-midsize-businesses/#respond Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:05:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=41316 Trees don’t grow to the sky, but with June’s inflation rate rising from 8.6% in May to 9.1%, you have to wonder where the top is. The steady rise of inflation has touched every aspect of business and life —...

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220718-inflation-impact-small-and-midsize-businesses/feed/ 0 41316 Hiring and retention remain top priorities for small and midsize businesses /research-center/talent-management/hiring-recruitment-sourcing/20220712-hiring-and-retention-top-priorities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220712-hiring-and-retention-top-priorities /research-center/talent-management/hiring-recruitment-sourcing/20220712-hiring-and-retention-top-priorities/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2022 19:10:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=41173 The intensity of the Talent Wars may have eased, but hiring remains both a key focus and priority for CEOs of small and midsize businesses (SMBs). The economic cycle’s uncertainty and volatility have made CEOs hypervigilant about their markets and...

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]]> /research-center/talent-management/hiring-recruitment-sourcing/20220712-hiring-and-retention-top-priorities/feed/ 0 41173 UBS Americas’ David Lefkowitz and Shane Lieberman on the federal response to inflation /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220425-ceo-pulse-ubs-inflation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220425-ceo-pulse-ubs-inflation /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220425-ceo-pulse-ubs-inflation/#respond Mon, 25 Apr 2022 21:31:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=40516 Inflation continues to be a top-of-mind challenge for small and midsize business owners and CEOs as anxiety increases over rising costs, wages and prices. In the recent Q1 2022 CEO Confidence Index, 87% of CEOs reported increased labor costs, up...

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220425-ceo-pulse-ubs-inflation/feed/ 0 40516 The talent wars are a zero-sum game /research-center/talent-management/20220411-talent-wars-zero-sum-game/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220411-talent-wars-zero-sum-game /research-center/talent-management/20220411-talent-wars-zero-sum-game/#respond Mon, 11 Apr 2022 18:45:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=40367 Hiring challenges are dominating the thoughts of small and midsize business CEOs. As reported in CEO Projections 2022: Embrace the Employee Revolution, the Q4 2021 Vistage survey of 1,540 CEOs finds “hiring, recruitment and sourcing” is the top decision factor,...

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]]> /research-center/talent-management/20220411-talent-wars-zero-sum-game/feed/ 0 40367 The CEO Pulse: Inflation’s implications for small and midsize businesses /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211119-inflations-implications-for-small-and-midsize-businesses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20211119-inflations-implications-for-small-and-midsize-businesses /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211119-inflations-implications-for-small-and-midsize-businesses/#respond Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:42:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=39302 Inflation’s relentless rise to 7.9% in February makes its March 2021 rate of 2.6% seem like a distant memory. The unexpected implications of massive government stimulus, pent-up consumer spending and the retreat of COVID-19 fueled inflation’s surge as rapidly resurgent...

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211119-inflations-implications-for-small-and-midsize-businesses/feed/ 0 39302 Compensation consultant Somersan on wage compensation in the face of inflation /research-center/uncategorized/20211119-ceo-pulse-wage-compensation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20211119-ceo-pulse-wage-compensation /research-center/uncategorized/20211119-ceo-pulse-wage-compensation/#respond Wed, 22 Dec 2021 22:50:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=39633 Inflation remains an issue that keeps CEOs up at night. When asked about specific impacts of inflation, 72% of CEOs reported rising wages in our most recent CEO Confidence Index survey. The same survey of small and midsize business leaders...

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