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Business owners are actively seeking AI solutions that will transform their organizations forever, are easy to implement and free. Our expectations may be a wee bit unrealistic. Over the last several months, artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a theoretical...
As the year wraps up and businesses prepare for 2025, leaders across Vistage gathered for a day of learning to help guide their plans for the new year. As one respondent shared about the Business Growth National CEO Conference, “Great...
To project into the future, we must first understand the past. Much of the last year’s narrative has been about the Federal Reserve trying to cool inflation. Its root cause was certainly formulaic — part short-term reaction to supply chain...
Editor’s note: This is the third installment of an annual 4-part series on the trends impacting small and midsize businesses. Here, we study technology trends for 2025. While artificial intelligence dominated the business news in 2024, it was mostly large...
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of an annual 4-part series on the trends impacting small and midsize businesses. Here, we study ecological trends for 2025. Businesses are increasingly aware of the importance of sustainability as part of their...
Happy National Small Business Week 2024! From April 28 to May 4, we celebrated and recognized small businesses and their impact on their communities. Small businesses are the engines of local economies, the driving force of job creation, and a...
On Demand: Vistage speaker and strategy expert Marc Emmer shares the highlight of business trends for 2024 and beyond. Download the slides Entering 2024, small and midsize businesses are again facing heightened uncertainty fueled by global conflicts, environmental impacts, emerging...
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...
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...
For successful organizations, few tasks are as important as strategic planning. As business professor Lee Bolman once said, “A vision without a strategy remains an illusion.” A well-made strategic plan serves as a map toward an organization’s idea of success....