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Leadership Insights - April 2021
IN THIS ISSUE:...Crypto Trust and Scarcity; The Faster Horse Fallacy; How biased is the information you rely on?; Econ Recon
Scott Thurber
Apr 29, 2021


Q1 2021 CEO Confidence Index
Highlights: The Vistage CEO Confidence Index jumped 14 points, reaching 102.4, the highest level since September 2018. 44% of CEOs plan...
Scott Thurber
Apr 7, 2021


Leadership Insights - March 2021
IN THIS ISSUE...Leaders’ Reading; Vulnerability in 6 Words; Executive Presence, A Tutorial; Econ Recon
Scott Thurber
Mar 26, 2021


Leadership Insights - February 2021
IN THIS ISSUE:...Mid-Size Company Pandemic Future; Something Ventured…..; Security Begins at Home; Econ Recon
Scott Thurber
Feb 26, 2021


How to Lead when your Team is Exhausted
This timely HBR article by business psychologist and executive coach Dr. Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg provides valuable guidance on...
Scott Thurber
Jan 26, 2021


Q4 2020 WSJ/Vistage Survey: Hiring plans increase 12 points for small businesses
Highlights: Hiring plans increase significantly over last month; 67% of small businesses report plans to increase their workforce in the...
Scott Thurber
Jan 22, 2021


What to spend on marketing in 2021: A story of a digital revolution
This week in our Vistage CEO peer group meeting a CEO asked his peers how to determine the best level of spend on Google adwords. His...
Scott Thurber
Jan 22, 2021


Leadership Insights - January 2021
IN THIS ISSUE:...Talking about Last Week's Riot with your Team; Collins is Back!; Galloway on 2021; Econ Recon
Scott Thurber
Jan 14, 2021


Leadership Insights - December 2020
IN THIS ISSUE:...A Little More Like the Real Thing; “A Surefire Predictor of Success”; The Next Generation Gap; Econ Recon
Scott Thurber
Dec 23, 2020


Nov 2020 WSJ/Vistage survey: After rising for 6 consecutive months, small business confidence dips
Highlights: Optimism about the U.S. economy continues to soften with less than half (49%) of small businesses expecting the economy to...
Scott Thurber
Dec 8, 2020


Leadership Insights - November 2020
IN THIS ISSUE:...Owning the Role; If You Were Hiring Bill Gates….; Best Biz Flicks; Econ Recon
Scott Thurber
Dec 1, 2020


Q3 2020 Vistage survey: Small business confidence doubles from April low
Q3 2020 Vistage survey: Small business confidence doubles from April low
Scott Thurber
Oct 1, 2020


Leadership Insights - September 2020
IN THIS ISSUE...Technology Five Years Later; The Sage at 90; Seven Deadly Zoom Background Sins; Toxic Positivity
Scott Thurber
Sep 24, 2020


Leadership Insights - August 2020
IN THIS ISSUE....How Great Leaders Confront a Crisis;
What's Around the Corner?;
The New B2B Selling; Econ Recon: Recovery Yet?
Scott Thurber
Aug 27, 2020


Leadership Insights - July 2020
IN THIS ISSUE...
- Peter Drucker on Work from Home..and related topics
- The Forever Transaction
- "Pencils Down, Pencils Up?"
- Econ Recon
Scott Thurber
Jul 31, 2020


Q2 2020 Vistage survey: CEO confidence plummets in pandemic-induced recession
Q2 2020 Vistage survey: CEO confidence plummets in pandemic-induced recession
Scott Thurber
Jul 30, 2020


Leadership Insights - June 2020
IN THIS ISSUE: A Restructuring Primer (HBR); Funding Hardship; For Your Graduate: Five things to Unlearn after Graduation; Econ Recon
Scott Thurber
Jun 27, 2020


WSJ/Vistage May 2020: Free-fall in small business confidence ends
Confidence among small businesses improved slightly in May, largely driven by increasing expectations for economic improvement. This is...
Scott Thurber
Jun 13, 2020


Leadership Insights - May 2020
IN THIS ISSUE...The Sage and the Plague; The Road Back (No. 1); The Road Back (No. 2); Econ Recon
Scott Thurber
May 26, 2020


Leadership Insights - April 2020
IN THIS ISSUE: Faith and Brutal Facts: The Stockdale Paradox; Leading Through a Crisis - HBR; The Next Normal; Financial Opportunities
Scott Thurber
Apr 17, 2020
Research and Insights
Thought Leadership
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