Business Growth & Strategy Articles | Vistage Research Center /research-center/category/business-growth-strategy/feed/ Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Wed, 30 Apr 2025 11:39:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 141323424 Growth through acquisition: Exploring financing options /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20250319-growth-through-acquisition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20250319-growth-through-acquisition /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20250319-growth-through-acquisition/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:20:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=47062 As a leader, it is crucial to understand the advantages and disadvantages of internal versus external growth and how acquisitions can provide access to new assets, resources, and talent. Discover how to unlock the potential of strategic acquisitions to fuel...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20250319-growth-through-acquisition/feed/ 0 47062 Could a full-time return to the office be on the cards? /research-center/business-growth-strategy/could-a-full-time-return-to-the-office-be-on-the-cards/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=could-a-full-time-return-to-the-office-be-on-the-cards /research-center/business-growth-strategy/could-a-full-time-return-to-the-office-be-on-the-cards/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 10:12:36 +0000 /research-center/uncategorized/could-a-full-time-return-to-the-office-be-on-the-cards/ Since COVID-19, many previously office-based workers have either been fully home-based or split their time between the office and remote work.  Could this be set to change?  The results of our Q1 2025 Vistage CEO Confidence Index reveal that 34%...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/could-a-full-time-return-to-the-office-be-on-the-cards/feed/ 0 47217 Optimism amid uncertainty: Our latest Vistage Economic Update /research-center/business-growth-strategy/demystifying-the-daunting-topic-of-thought-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=demystifying-the-daunting-topic-of-thought-leadership /research-center/business-growth-strategy/demystifying-the-daunting-topic-of-thought-leadership/#respond Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:53:59 +0000 /research-center/uncategorized/demystifying-the-daunting-topic-of-thought-leadership/ Our Vistage Economic Updates are different from traditional economic forecasts. Behavioural economist, Roger Martin-Fagg, approaches the economy through a behavioural lens, giving an optimistic – yet realistic – look at what lies ahead for SMEs and the wider economy.  Our...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/demystifying-the-daunting-topic-of-thought-leadership/feed/ 0 47214 Are you approaching neurodiversity in the right way? /research-center/business-growth-strategy/are-you-approaching-neurodiversity-in-the-right-way/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=are-you-approaching-neurodiversity-in-the-right-way /research-center/business-growth-strategy/are-you-approaching-neurodiversity-in-the-right-way/#respond Wed, 05 Mar 2025 12:33:17 +0000 /research-center/uncategorized/are-you-approaching-neurodiversity-in-the-right-way/ Dominic Keohane, founder of Innate Change, was diagnosed late in life with ADHD and Autism. “I went from a successful career as a business consultant to crashing through burn out”, he recalls. “I was medicated for bi-polar and eventually diagnosed...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/are-you-approaching-neurodiversity-in-the-right-way/feed/ 0 47016 Why Every CEO Needs a Chief of Staff for Strategic Success /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20241002-chief-of-staff/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20241002-chief-of-staff /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20241002-chief-of-staff/#respond Sat, 01 Mar 2025 19:24:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=46458 Imagine looking up from your office desk and seeing a stranger in the doorway wielding a baseball bat. Think it would be a little jarring? That’s exactly what Robert “Cujo” Teschner wanted. Teschner, a former fighter pilot, served as director...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20241002-chief-of-staff/feed/ 0 46458 Why is economic confidence in the UK falling? /research-center/business-growth-strategy/why-is-economic-confidence-in-the-uk-falling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-is-economic-confidence-in-the-uk-falling /research-center/business-growth-strategy/why-is-economic-confidence-in-the-uk-falling/#respond Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:23:48 +0000 /research-center/uncategorized/why-is-economic-confidence-in-the-uk-falling/ We’ve been running our Vistage CEO Confidence Index since 2003. It’s a quarterly barometer of SME CEOs, which reveals their sentiments about the UK economy and their own business prospects over the coming 12 months – and our Q4 2024...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/why-is-economic-confidence-in-the-uk-falling/feed/ 0 46920 Top Negotiation Strategies for Strategic Communication Success /research-center/business-growth-strategy/six-successful-strategies-for-negotiation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=six-successful-strategies-for-negotiation /research-center/business-growth-strategy/six-successful-strategies-for-negotiation/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:39:00 +0000 https://blog.vistage.com/?p=8376 Negotiation is the act of working with one or more stakeholders to find an equitable solution to a situation. The goal of negotiation is to get the best possible advantage while agreeing to concessions that encourage the other party to...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/six-successful-strategies-for-negotiation/feed/ 2 8376 Vistage’s top business books of 2024 /research-center/business-growth-strategy/vistages-top-business-books-of-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vistages-top-business-books-of-2024 /research-center/business-growth-strategy/vistages-top-business-books-of-2024/#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:42:32 +0000 /research-center/uncategorized/vistages-top-business-books-of-2024/ Every year a huge number of business-related books are published – so many that it can be hard to know which are actually useful.  Whether you’re looking to find some new reading material to improve your own business or are...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/vistages-top-business-books-of-2024/feed/ 0 46728 Vistage 2024: a year in review  /research-center/business-growth-strategy/vistage-2024-a-year-in-review/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vistage-2024-a-year-in-review /research-center/business-growth-strategy/vistage-2024-a-year-in-review/#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:31:19 +0000 /research-center/uncategorized/vistage-2024-a-year-in-review/ How has 2024 panned out for you and your business? What are you most proud of this year? What are you looking to change or improve as we head into 2025?  It’s been a busy year here at Vistage. From...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/vistage-2024-a-year-in-review/feed/ 0 46726 What does the Autumn Budget really mean for SME employers? /research-center/business-growth-strategy/what-does-the-autumn-budget-really-mean-for-sme-employers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-does-the-autumn-budget-really-mean-for-sme-employers /research-center/business-growth-strategy/what-does-the-autumn-budget-really-mean-for-sme-employers/#respond Thu, 28 Nov 2024 11:50:49 +0000 /research-center/uncategorized/what-does-the-autumn-budget-really-mean-for-sme-employers/ “It’s going to be a tough five years”, says Jason Collings, co-founder of talent strategy experts, Quarsh. “If you’re thinking of cutting back on your hiring, you’re not alone.” Jason has already seen SMEs across the UK making changes as...

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