Leon Shapiro, Author at Vistage Research Center

How to build more meaningful relationships with your people

Leon Shapiro — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 11:41:42 +0000

How are you impacting your employees? In the WSJ November Wall Street Journal/Vistage Small Business CEO survey, we asked our members how they communicate internally with their employees. The top results? All-staff meetings, departmental meetings, and company-wide emails. Now, these...

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Confidence continues to slip, yet focus on hiring remains healthy

Leon Shapiro — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 11:19:01 +0000

Confidence in the U.S. economy, as expressed by CEOs and owners of small businesses, continued to decline since the start of 2015, falling to its lowest level in nearly two years. According to the October 2015 WSJ/Vistage Small Business Survey,...

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Expectations of Slower Economic Growth Ahead Buoyed by CEO Confidence

Leon Shapiro — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 14:08:56 +0000

Only 30% of CEO respondents in the August WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Survey expect the economy to improve during the year ahead, down from 33% in July and from a peak of 48% in late 2014. Fewer small firms thought...

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WSJ/Vistage Survey Begins Its 4th Year

Leon Shapiro — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 12:01:39 +0000

The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Survey released its first set of results in June 2012. Each and every month since, CEOs and small business owners leading companies with revenues between $1 million and $20 million (a subset of our members)...

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Cautiously Optimistic, But Still Moving Forward with Hiring Plans

Leon Shapiro — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 09:00:57 +0000

The Q2 Vistage CEO Confidence Index and June WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Survey results are in, with cautious optimism the prevailing theme among each set of respondents. The good news is that in both surveys, despite slower than expected 1st...

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As Economy Expands, Labor Market Tightens

Leon Shapiro — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 12:51:02 +0000

The results of the May WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Survey revealed continued optimism, despite the belief that economic growth overall will remain modest through year-end. This sentiment is fueled largely by the positive outlook CEOs and small business owners have...

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Small Business Strategies for Dealing with Delayed Payments

Leon Shapiro — Fri, 08 May 2015 12:00:55 +0000

In the latest installment of the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Survey, University of Michigan’s Dr. Richard Curtin, who has analyzed the data for both our Vistage CEO Confidence Index and our WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Survey, since their inception, pointed...

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What Does CEO Optimism Really Tell Us?

Leon Shapiro — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 15:18:55 +0000

After about 10 years of analyzing data from our Vistage CEO Confidence Index (a quarterly survey of our Vistage CEO members), University of Michigan’s Dr. Richard Curtin made an interesting discovery. He concluded that the survey results serve as a six-month...

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What is the Long-Term Economic Outlook for 2015 and Beyond?

Leon Shapiro — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:19:39 +0000

U.S. leading indicators show: Employment is rising, banks are lending, retail sales are up, non-residential construction is improving, and while deficit spending continues, there is no fear of austerity. This is according to economists Alan and Brian Beaulieu, from ITR...

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Crossing the Street in 2015

Leon Shapiro — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:59:22 +0000

Relying on the past to predict the future is like studying yesterday’s traffic patterns and believing you can cross a street blindfolded without fear of being hit by a car. That’s not how it works – in business or in...

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