coronavirus Archives | Vistage Research Center https://www.vistage.com/research-center Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Fri, 19 Aug 2022 20:06:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.3 Top-performing CEOs are scaling new terrain in year three of the pandemic https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/20220606-ceos-scaling-new-terrain-perspectives-spring-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220606-ceos-scaling-new-terrain-perspectives-spring-2022 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/20220606-ceos-scaling-new-terrain-perspectives-spring-2022/#respond Mon, 06 Jun 2022 21:05:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=40840 Adapting to an ever-changing business landscape. Maintaining through supply-chain disruptions, rising prices and inflation. Dealing with new government policies. The stories in the Spring 2022 issue of Vistage Perspectives magazine feature CEO members who have weathered the toughest storms in...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-leadership/20220606-ceos-scaling-new-terrain-perspectives-spring-2022/feed/ 0 Small business confidence stuck on pause [WSJ/Vistage Feb 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220303-small-business-confidence-stuck-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220303-small-business-confidence-stuck-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220303-small-business-confidence-stuck-wsj-survey/#respond Thu, 03 Mar 2022 23:15:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=40069 While the past month has brought some calming of the headwinds of supply chain problems and Omicron-related absences, there has been little improvement in operational challenges of talent scarcity and inflationary pressures facing small businesses. As a result, the WSJ/Vistage...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220303-small-business-confidence-stuck-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Small business confidence retreats amid January’s Omicron surge [WSJ/Vistage Jan 2022] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220211-small-business-confidence-retreats-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220211-small-business-confidence-retreats-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220211-small-business-confidence-retreats-wsj-survey/#respond Fri, 11 Feb 2022 21:40:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=39965 After increasing in December, volatile conditions brought by the latest surge in the COVID-19 Omicron variant reversed the gains in small business confidence. In January, the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index fell back to 99.5, identical to November’s reading....

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220211-small-business-confidence-retreats-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Small businesses increase investments to meet strong revenue projections for the year ahead [WSJ/Vistage Dec 2021] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220119-small-businesses-increase-investments-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220119-small-businesses-increase-investments-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220119-small-businesses-increase-investments-wsj-survey/#respond Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:30:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=39789 For the first time since May of 2021, the WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index ticked up to 102.5 in December. What drove optimism in the face of mounting impacts of Omicron and ongoing pressures from inflation? A positive outlook...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220119-small-businesses-increase-investments-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Hiring reaches record high amid economic uncertainty [Q4 2021 CEO Confidence Index] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220112-hiring-record-high-economic-uncertainty-q4-2021-ceo-confidence-index/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20220112-hiring-record-high-economic-uncertainty-q4-2021-ceo-confidence-index https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220112-hiring-record-high-economic-uncertainty-q4-2021-ceo-confidence-index/#respond Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:20:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=39721 The anticipated surge and unexpected spikes of 2021 have left CEOs unsure about the economy and marketplace in 2022 but quite certain about their ability to grow their business — provided they can find enough people. Headwinds continue to blow...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20220112-hiring-record-high-economic-uncertainty-q4-2021-ceo-confidence-index/feed/ 0 Inflationary pressures lead to growing economic pessimism among small businesses [WSJ/Vistage Nov 2021] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211201-inflationary-pressures-lead-to-growing-pessimism-wsj-survey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20211201-inflationary-pressures-lead-to-growing-pessimism-wsj-survey https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211201-inflationary-pressures-lead-to-growing-pessimism-wsj-survey/#respond Fri, 03 Dec 2021 20:37:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=39436 While projections and expansion plans for small businesses have held steady over the last 3 months, worsening sentiment about the economy continues to erode confidence among small businesses. The WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index declined to 99.5 in November,...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211201-inflationary-pressures-lead-to-growing-pessimism-wsj-survey/feed/ 0 Talent scarcity and wage increases contribute to decline in small business confidence [WSJ/Vistage October 2021] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211104-talent-scarcity-and-wage-increases-contribute-to-decline-in-small-business-confidence-wsj-vistage-october-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20211104-talent-scarcity-and-wage-increases-contribute-to-decline-in-small-business-confidence-wsj-vistage-october-2021 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211104-talent-scarcity-and-wage-increases-contribute-to-decline-in-small-business-confidence-wsj-vistage-october-2021/#respond Thu, 04 Nov 2021 18:45:00 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=39199 People are the fossil fuel for growth, but the scarcity of talent is slowing the speed and trajectory of growth for small businesses. In the latest WSJ/Vistage Small Business CEO Confidence Index survey, 55% of small businesses reported that hiring...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20211104-talent-scarcity-and-wage-increases-contribute-to-decline-in-small-business-confidence-wsj-vistage-october-2021/feed/ 0 Past the peak of the economic surge [Q3 2021 CEO Confidence Index] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20210929-past-the-peak-of-the-economic-surge-q3-2021-ceo-confidence-index/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20210929-past-the-peak-of-the-economic-surge-q3-2021-ceo-confidence-index https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20210929-past-the-peak-of-the-economic-surge-q3-2021-ceo-confidence-index/#respond Wed, 29 Sep 2021 20:04:35 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=39001 Strike a match and it flames brilliantly, then settles into a steadier flame. That metaphor best describes the state of the economy and the sentiment of 1,620 CEO respondents to our latest survey as they look ahead to the balance...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20210929-past-the-peak-of-the-economic-surge-q3-2021-ceo-confidence-index/feed/ 0 Delta variant quells economic surge among small businesses [WSJ/Vistage August 2021] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20213108-august-wsj-vistage-business-journal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20213108-august-wsj-vistage-business-journal https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20213108-august-wsj-vistage-business-journal/#respond Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:08:15 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=38798 With 22% of small businesses reporting impacts of the Delta variant and another 22% expecting to be impacted in the future, small business leaders are tempering their projections and investments to ride out the currents that have quelled the economic...

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]]> https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20213108-august-wsj-vistage-business-journal/feed/ 0 Optimism surges as CEOs prepare to ride the economic wave [Q2 2021 CEO Confidence Index] https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20210630-optimism-surges-as-ceos-prepare-to-ride-the-economic-wave-q2-2021-ceo-confidence-index/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20210630-optimism-surges-as-ceos-prepare-to-ride-the-economic-wave-q2-2021-ceo-confidence-index https://www.vistage.com/research-center/business-financials/economic-trends/20210630-optimism-surges-as-ceos-prepare-to-ride-the-economic-wave-q2-2021-ceo-confidence-index/#respond Wed, 30 Jun 2021 17:31:30 +0000 https://www.vistage.com/research-center/?p=38361 Beyond the expected economic recovery, the optimism of small and midsize business CEOs is now surging with the economic wave caused by the new, post-COVID reality and market activity. The Q2 2021 Vistage CEO Confidence Index reached 108.8, the ninth...

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