Mid-Market CEO Challenge 2006
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Authors:
Greg Karpain
Henry M. Silvert -
Publication Date:
May 2006 -
Report Number:
R-1383-06-RR
Of the more than 650 CEOs who responded to The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2005 survey, 260 were CEOs of U.S. mid-market companies—those with FY2004 revenues less than $1 billion. Mid-Market CEO Challenge 2006 highlights the most important issues confronting this group of CEOs. In addition to an overview of mid-market survey results, the report also includes lengthy excerpts from five in-depth interviews with CEOs from successful mid-market U.S. companies who participated in the survey.
Topics Covered:
- The Greatest Mid-Market Challenges
- A Closer Look
- Success and Customer Loyalty
- Size Matters: Priorities by Company Revenue
- Challenges by Industrial Sector
- Mid-Market Challenges: What CEOs Are Saying
- CEOs Interviewed
- Top-Line Growth: Still the Greatest Challenge
- Ensuring Strategy Is Spread Throughout the Organization
- Retaining Customer Loyalty in an Increasingly Competitive Environment
- Maintaining Steady Profit Growth
- The Rising Hardship of Employee Healthcare
- Final Thoughts
- Appendix A: CEO Challenge Survey Checklist
- Appendix B: Comparing the Top 10 Mid-Market Challenges of 2006