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Displaying 1-10 of 184 posts
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...
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...
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....
Editor’s note: This is the final installment of an annual 4-part series on the trends impacting small and midsize businesses. Here, we study social trends for 2024. Americans are concerned about a plethora of social issues ranging from gun violence...
Editor’s note: This is the third installment of an annual 4-part series on trends impacting small and midsize businesses. Here, we study economic trends for 2024. Some have compared U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to that friend who always...
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of an annual 4-part series on trends impacting small and midsize businesses. Here, we study technology trends for 2024. As we look forward to 2024, our technology narrative has been consumed by AI....
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 2024. While large-scale weather events are hardly the only measure of climate change, their...
Creative destruction celebrates the idea that innovations can destroy the very things they replace — but ultimately have a positive impact on economies and society. Critics fear that artificial intelligence and emerging technologies will eliminate jobs and entire industries. Philippe...
Amid the economic uncertainty and changes in corporate priorities, merger and acquisition patterns are changing. There is a clear shift toward conservatism. Given the high cost of debt, deal flow has moved toward restructuring, including spinoffs and smaller deals with...