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CEO Challenge 2010: Top 10 Challenges

Respondents to the latest edition of the annual survey of CEOs, presidents, and chairmen indicate that growth issues will be their top challenges for 2010.

U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2010—Winter Update
Revised projections for U.S. Salary increase budgets in 2010 have dipped below 3 percent for the first time in more than two decades, barely staying ahead of The Conference Board’s forecasted inflation rate.

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Feb. 2010	CEO Challenge 2010: Top 10 Challenges Respondents to the latest edition of the annual survey of CEOs, presidents, and chairmen indicate that growth issues will be their top challenges for 2010.
Jan. 2010	U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2010—Winter Update Revised projections for U.S. Salary increase budgets in 2010 have dipped below 3 percent for the first time in more than two decades, barely staying ahead of The Conference Board’s forecasted inflation rate.
Jan. 2010	Strategic Workforce Planning in Global Organizations This report describes how SWP adds value by helping global companies make better business decisions. It details what it takes for companies to advance from a fledgling effort to a more robust version of SWP.
Jan. 2010	I Can’t Get No...Job Satisfaction, That Is In the 2009 edition of an annual job satisfaction survey conducted for The Conference Board, only 45 percent of Americans said they were satisfied with their jobs

2009

Dec. 2009	A Global Barometer for Measuring Employee Engagement This report shows that a robust measure of employee engagement can be constructed with just eight basic questions—termed The Conference Board Employee Engagement Barometer.™
Dec. 2009	The 2009 Top Executive Compensation Report This report examines salary, total cash compensation, total compensation, and the mix of compensation elements for the CEO and the five highest-paid executives for specific revenue and industry groups.
Dec. 2009	The 2009 Corporate Contributions Report Responses to this year's edition of The Conference Board Annual Survey on Corporate Contributions indicate that for companies for which we have multi-year data, U.S. charitable giving declined in FY 2008, while international giving increased.
Dec. 2009	Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value Through Better Decision Making Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value through Better Decision Making gauges the impact of the financial crisis on FX management practices
Nov. 2009	Protecting Critical Infrastructure: A Cross-Border Action Plan Much of the critical infrastructure on which the citizens of the United States and Canada depend—transportation, energy, and communications systems, among others—exists on both sides of the border.
Oct. 2009	Working at the Intersection of Human Resources, Ethics, and Compliance - The Need for Collaboration The publication pursues cultural and organizational issues that may limit this collaboration, human resources' potential leadership role, and ways of introducing metrics into the equation.
Oct. 2009	The 2009 Institutional Investment Report The Institutional Investment report, which is released annually in the fall, is the most comprehensive analysis of the asset growth and portfolio composition of institutional investors operating in the United States.
Sept. 2009	The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times: Leading the Public Company to Full Recovery The Role of the Board in Turbulent Times offers corporate directors guidance on how to approach their oversight responsibilities during a period of financial distress.
Sept. 2009	Corporate Governance Handbook: Legal Standards and Board Practices (Third Edition) Revised in 2009, this handbook presents an easy-to-use compendium of rapidly evolving laws and regulations and the best practices adopted by leading companies.
Sept. 2009	The Conference Board Task Force on Executive Compensation The Conference Board convened the Task Force on Executive Compensation in March 2009 to address the loss of public trust in the processes for oversight of executive compensation.
Sept. 2009	Building Risk Awareness into Performance: Integrating ERM and Performance Management This report explores the reasons behind the lack of ERM and performance management integration through an examination of the results of a survey of 97 senior executives.
Aug. 2009	U.S. Salary Increase Budgets for 2010 Salary increase budgets were hit hard in 2009. The good news for 2010 — budgets are projected to be higher. The bad news — the forecasted increase, at 3 percent, is the lowest in 25 years.
Aug. 2009	The Ill-Prepared U.S. Workforce This report raises several questions concerning the overall effectiveness of workforce readiness training programs.
Aug. 2009	Productivity, Performance, and Progress: Germany in International Comparative Perspective This study argues that the key to a successful and sustainable growth strategy for any time and place is to find the optimal balance between labour productivity growth and labour input growth.
Aug. 2009	A Perfect Match? How Nonprofits Are Tapping into the Boomer Talent Pool This report explores the growing trend of nonprofits to recruit boomers and the things both sides need to do to make this very promising relationship work.
June 2009	Implementing Strategic Workforce Planning This report highlights the implementation process for Strategic Workforce Planning---from simply connecting business strategy and HR strategy to becoming an input to business strategy that informs executive decision making.
June 2009	Frameworks for Integrating Citizenship and Sustainability into Business Strategies and Operations This report explores the approaches of 11 North American companies with well-established citizenship and sustainability practices.
June 2009	Offshoring Reaches the C-Suite This report distills findings and interpretations from the 2007/2008 Offshoring Research Network (ORN) survey.
June 2009	Evidence-Based Human Resources: A Practitioner's Guide This guide to Evidence-Based Human Resources provides practitioners with real live examples from early adopters of this innovative approach to human capital management.
May 2009	Innovation and US Competitiveness: Reevaluating the Contributors to Growth This report takes stock of the innovation capabilities of the U.S. economy, including hurdles to maintaining the nation's leadership position, and recommends some means and methods of overcoming those obstacles.
May 2009	A Leadership Prescription for the Future of Quality This report, created by The Conference Board Quality Council, looks at the future role of quality throughout the enterprise.
Mar. 2009	Managing Reputation Risk and Reward This report examines the challenges companies face as they work to safeguard and enhance their reputations among customers, investors, employees, and other stakeholders.
Jan. 2009	Assessing Offshoring Risks This report offers an overview of several of the critical issues associated with offshoring, ranging from what to consider during initial planning to oversight of ongoing relationships with vendors.