Business Archives | Vistage Research Center /research-center/tag/business/ Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Fri, 28 Jun 2024 01:51:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 141323424 CEO Projections 2021: Reigniting the Growth Engine [new report] /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20210224-ceo-projections-2021-reigniting-the-growth-engine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20210224-ceo-projections-2021-reigniting-the-growth-engine /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20210224-ceo-projections-2021-reigniting-the-growth-engine/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:47:18 +0000 /research-center/?p=37486 No one saw the pandemic coming. Just one year ago, the spread of COVID-19 brought the economy to its knees in matter of weeks, testing CEOs like never before. No matter your job, company, or industry, the COVID-19 pandemic took...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20210224-ceo-projections-2021-reigniting-the-growth-engine/feed/ 0 37486 5 ways businesses can support BIPOC-owned companies in the COVID age /research-center/business-leadership/20200716-5-ways-businesses-can-support-bipoc-owned-companies-in-the-covid-age/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20200716-5-ways-businesses-can-support-bipoc-owned-companies-in-the-covid-age /research-center/business-leadership/20200716-5-ways-businesses-can-support-bipoc-owned-companies-in-the-covid-age/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:20:51 +0000 /research-center/?p=35947 While it’s no surprise that the COVID-19 pandemic has hit small and midsize businesses hard all across the country, it’s been particularly difficult for businesses owned by Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). Research shows that 40 percent of...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20200716-5-ways-businesses-can-support-bipoc-owned-companies-in-the-covid-age/feed/ 0 35947 Rebuild, don’t repair your business /research-center/business-leadership/20200511-rebuild-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20200511-rebuild-business /research-center/business-leadership/20200511-rebuild-business/#respond Mon, 11 May 2020 21:42:34 +0000 /research-center/?p=34937 A Black Swan event is one that comes as a complete surprise and has profound and lasting economic consequences. There is little question that the COVID-crisis fits this description, and that in retrospect we should have seen it coming –...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20200511-rebuild-business/feed/ 0 34937 Projections Report: Setting business goals for CEOs in 2020 /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20200221-business-goals-projections-in-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20200221-business-goals-projections-in-2020 /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20200221-business-goals-projections-in-2020/#respond Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:54:40 +0000 /research-center/?p=33961 Think back to the business goals you set for your company in 2019, when the economy was at its slowest point. Did you hold back your ambitions? Did you lower your expectations? Did you operate from a defensive position instead...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20200221-business-goals-projections-in-2020/feed/ 0 33961 Top 10 Vistage Research & Insights of 2019 /research-center/business-leadership/20191216-top-10-of-2019-vistage-research-insights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20191216-top-10-of-2019-vistage-research-insights /research-center/business-leadership/20191216-top-10-of-2019-vistage-research-insights/#respond Mon, 16 Dec 2019 17:00:46 +0000 /research-center/?p=33368 Economic trends, talent and leadership are the key themes that best captured the interest of Vistage Research readers in 2019. With a diverse range of articles from Vistage speakers, chairs, members and sponsors, Vistage Research provided small and midsize business...

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]]> /research-center/business-leadership/20191216-top-10-of-2019-vistage-research-insights/feed/ 0 33368 5 ways to prepare your business for new overtime laws /research-center/talent-management/employee-development/20190612-department-of-labor-overtime-rules-proposal-for-employees/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20190612-department-of-labor-overtime-rules-proposal-for-employees /research-center/talent-management/employee-development/20190612-department-of-labor-overtime-rules-proposal-for-employees/#respond Wed, 12 Jun 2019 21:41:53 +0000 /research-center/?p=27899 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is likely to pass changes to the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) this year that will affect over one-million employees in the U.S. The FLSA is the federal law addressing minimum wage, overtime pay,...

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]]> /research-center/talent-management/employee-development/20190612-department-of-labor-overtime-rules-proposal-for-employees/feed/ 0 27899 5 lessons learned: How suppliers tried to save Toys ‘R’ Us /research-center/business-operations/risk-management/20180611-5-lessons-learned-suppliers-tried-save-toys-r-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20180611-5-lessons-learned-suppliers-tried-save-toys-r-us /research-center/business-operations/risk-management/20180611-5-lessons-learned-suppliers-tried-save-toys-r-us/#respond Mon, 11 Jun 2018 09:00:21 +0000 /research-center/?p=22973 I know what you’re thinking – another tired post about a brick-and-mortar retailer replaced by ecommerce. But this story goes much deeper, exposing more fundamental shifts in how we handle risk management and how we will do business in the...

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]]> /research-center/business-operations/risk-management/20180611-5-lessons-learned-suppliers-tried-save-toys-r-us/feed/ 0 22973 Asset Protection: Why It’s More Important Than Ever for Your Personal and Business Finances /research-center/business-financials/asset-protection-why-its-more-important-than-ever-for-your-personal-and-business-finances/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=asset-protection-why-its-more-important-than-ever-for-your-personal-and-business-finances /research-center/business-financials/asset-protection-why-its-more-important-than-ever-for-your-personal-and-business-finances/#respond Tue, 25 Jul 2017 22:17:03 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=6368 “Own nothing, but control everything,” said John D. Rockefeller, the 20th century’s wealthiest American and widely considered the world’s richest man. Because he was so rich (and everybody knew it), he understood the importance of taking his assets out of...

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]]> /research-center/business-financials/asset-protection-why-its-more-important-than-ever-for-your-personal-and-business-finances/feed/ 0 6368 Can We Trust Our People To Execute? /research-center/business-growth-strategy/can-we-trust-our-people-to-execute/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=can-we-trust-our-people-to-execute /research-center/business-growth-strategy/can-we-trust-our-people-to-execute/#comments Sun, 23 Apr 2017 13:00:55 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=4724 Our entire executive team is usually very involved in the creation of the strategic plan, so they most likely “get it”.  Presumably, they are vested. But what about the levels below the execs? A critical factor in executing on our...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/can-we-trust-our-people-to-execute/feed/ 5 4724 How is Recruiting Like a Highschool Sport? /research-center/talent-management/how-is-recruiting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-is-recruiting /research-center/talent-management/how-is-recruiting/#respond Fri, 17 Jun 2016 22:35:24 +0000 http://blog.vistage.com/?p=652 There is no difference for many companies!

The traditional approach by which the vast majority of companies treat the process of recruiting is similar to the process of recruiting used by most public high school sports teams at the beginning of a new season.

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