Global Chief Executives' Business Outlook Is Increasingly Mixed Compared to March
Global Chief Executives' Business Outlook Is Increasingly Mixed Compared to March; Almost All Agree Recent Business Adjustments Will Have Long-Term Benefits According to New YPO Survey
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NEW YORK, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
-- Over 2,500 chief executive respondents have a firmer grasp on how to
navigate this new reality
Nearly half of chief executives in 100 countries reported a significantly more
negative business outlook than on 1 March 2020, according to a new survey by
YPO (
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), the global leadership community of 28,000 chief executives.
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While 49 percent have a negative outlook, more than one-third (37%) of
respondents said their business outlook is slightly or significantly more
positive in this new survey, YPO Global Pulse: The New CEO Frontier: Leading in
the Post-COVID World (
). Both sentiments represent a notable improvement over previous YPO Survey
data (
).
Conducted 21-24 September with 2,572 respondents, the survey offers insights
into business leaders' current economic outlook, business predictions a year
out, and perspectives on the pandemic's permanent impact on the workplace.
Key additional findings include:
-- Leaders are most optimistic about revenue growth in the next 12
months, but respondents were split with 39% anticipating a 10% or more
increase in revenue while 35% anticipate a 10% or more decrease.
-- Workforce outlooks are less variable. Most (45%) expect their total
number of employees to be the same in a year, while 30% foresee their
total number of employees to be down by 10% or more.
-- Many (40%) leaders expect their total fixed investments to remain the
same in the next year with the rest evenly split between a more than
10% increase or decrease.
-- Flexible work arrangements for employees are here to stay. Over three-
quarters (78%) of chief executives report they will continue to offer
them in a post-COVID world.
-- Chief executives believe business adjustments they made to
digital/technology investments (51%), leaner operations including
workforce reductions (46%) and increased agility (43%) as a result of
the pandemic will have the biggest long-term benefits.
-- Business travel is still uncertain. While most (47%) business leaders
are comfortable now travelling to a local in-person event, comfort
around global travel is highly mixed with 12% now ready while 27% are
unsure when they will be ready.
YPO Global Pulse Methodology:
The YPO Global Pulse: The New CEO Frontier: Leading in the Post-COVID World was
conducted by YPO from 21-24 September 2020 via an online questionnaire. A total
of 2,572 YPO members responded to the survey. The margin of sampling error is
plus or minus 1.84 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.
About YPO:
YPO is the global leadership community of more than 28,000 chief executives in
142 countries who are connected by the shared belief that the world needs
better leaders. Each of our members have achieved significant leadership
success at a young age. Combined, they lead businesses and organizations
contributing USD9 trillion in annual revenue. YPO members inspire and support
each other through peer learning and exceptional experiences in an inclusive
community of open sharing and trust. Visit ‪ypo.org (
) for more.
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CONTACT: Amy Zelvin Reid, areid@ypo.org, +1 646 678 0575
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