Business Growth & Strategy Articles | Vistage Research Center /research-center/category/business-growth-strategy/feed/ Resource for Business Leadership, Coaching, and CEOs Mon, 23 Jun 2025 22:51:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 141323424 RTO vs. WFH: How CEOs are winning the hybrid work battle in 2025 /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20250623-hybrid-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20250623-hybrid-work /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20250623-hybrid-work/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:36:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=47532 Beyond the pervasive attention on tariffs and economic uncertainty, return to office (RTO) and its foil, work from home (WFH), remain hotly debated topics when it comes to hybrid work. March 2025 marked the fifth anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic....

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20250623-hybrid-work/feed/ 0 47532 Designing the future: Creating certainty when it’s hard to find /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20250515-designing-future-certainty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20250515-designing-future-certainty /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20250515-designing-future-certainty/#respond Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:53:55 +0000 /research-center/?p=47376 “The best way to predict the future is to design it.” — Buckminster Fuller In today’s volatile world, uncertainty isn’t the exception — it’s the rule. CEOs who cling to prediction models are gambling on variables they can’t control. In...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20250515-designing-future-certainty/feed/ 0 47376 Would you like to reclaim your evenings and weekends? /research-center/business-growth-strategy/would-you-like-to-reclaim-your-evenings-and-weekends/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=would-you-like-to-reclaim-your-evenings-and-weekends /research-center/business-growth-strategy/would-you-like-to-reclaim-your-evenings-and-weekends/#respond Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:07:53 +0000 /research-center/uncategorized/would-you-like-to-reclaim-your-evenings-and-weekends/ Reduced stress levels. Improved productivity. Enjoying your working afternoons. Greater control. Reclaiming your evenings and weekends to keep work within working hours.  This all sounds like a pipe dream, doesn’t it?  However, it’s perfectly possible, as John Dabrowski will demonstrate...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/would-you-like-to-reclaim-your-evenings-and-weekends/feed/ 0 47603 What really makes a world-class team? /research-center/business-growth-strategy/what-really-makes-a-world-class-team/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-really-makes-a-world-class-team /research-center/business-growth-strategy/what-really-makes-a-world-class-team/#respond Sun, 18 May 2025 13:19:48 +0000 /research-center/uncategorized/what-really-makes-a-world-class-team/ For the first ten years of his career, Simon Hartley worked purely with athletes and sports teams as a psychology consultant and performance coach. Over the course of that ten year period, his work sparked a curiosity in him.  “I...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/what-really-makes-a-world-class-team/feed/ 0 47069 Demystifying the daunting topic of thought leadership /research-center/business-growth-strategy/demystifying-the-daunting-topic-of-thought-leadership-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=demystifying-the-daunting-topic-of-thought-leadership-2 /research-center/business-growth-strategy/demystifying-the-daunting-topic-of-thought-leadership-2/#respond Wed, 14 May 2025 12:04:33 +0000 /research-center/uncategorized/demystifying-the-daunting-topic-of-thought-leadership-2/ After studying marketing at university, Luke Quilter took time off to travel before landing a role at Holiday Extras. “I quite fortunately fell into a role where I was dealing with around £5m of advertising budget in the very early...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/demystifying-the-daunting-topic-of-thought-leadership-2/feed/ 0 47369 How business owners will adapt to AI /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20250512-business-owners-adapt-ai/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20250512-business-owners-adapt-ai /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20250512-business-owners-adapt-ai/#respond Mon, 12 May 2025 17:50:00 +0000 /research-center/?p=47354 Business owners are actively seeking AI solutions that will transform their organizations forever, are easy to implement and free. Our expectations may be a wee bit unrealistic. Over the last several months, artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a theoretical...

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]]> /research-center/business-growth-strategy/20250512-business-owners-adapt-ai/feed/ 0 47354 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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