2012 q1 vistage confidence index chairs

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Vistage CEO Confidence Index, Q1 2012

Vistage At-a-Glance

Collectively, Vistage member companies represent more than $250 billion in revenues and 1.5 million employees in the U.S. alone.

Founded in 1957 as The Executive Committee (“TEC”), today Vistage International, Inc. is the world’s leading peer advisory membership organization for CEOs and executives.

► Vistage has 15,000 members and operates in 15 countries

► Headquartered in San Diego, CA

► 160 employees (including ~30 at U.K., China and Mexico wholly-owned subsidiaries)

► More than 700 Vistage Chairs (independent-contractor, trained coaches) worldwide

► Approximately 800 Vistage Speakers (independent-contractor expert resources) worldwide

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Vistage CEO Confidence Index

Overview

► The Vistage CEO Confidence Index is the nation’s largest and most comprehensive report of the opinions and projections of small-to-medium-sized business CEOs about the U.S. economy

► The survey, which began in 2003, is conducted quarterly and typically includes between 1,600 and 2,000 CEO respondents from across the country

► The results are analyzed by University of Michigan’s Dr. Richard Curtin, who also oversees the U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index

► Dr. Curtin has determined that since 2003, the Vistage CEO Confidence Index has not only provided a reliable snapshot of CEO confidence, but also serves as a reliable harbinger for changes in GDP and Employment




Vistage Confidence Index and Year-to-Year Changes In GDP

GDP

Confidence

GDP

Vistage Employment Expectations Index and Year-to-Year Changes In Employment

Employment

Employment Expectations

Employment(Y-Y %Change)

Q4 2011 Highlights (Survey of 1,641 Small Business CEOs, December 12-22, 2011)

75% of CEOs say their sales revenue will increase in the next 12 months. 60% of CEOs expect their firm’s profitability to improve during the next 12 months.

59% of CEOs believe recent data showing economic improvement signals a longer-term trend toward economic growth.

60% of CEOs believe that overall economic conditions in the U.S. have improved compared to a year ago.

84% of CEOs have learned to make their business more productive with fewer employees.

57% of CEOs expect their total number of employees will increase in the next 12 months.

30% of CEOs said that if they could start their business over again, they would chose to open it in another state.



U.S. State City

Overall economy has improved 60% xx% xx%

Expect increase in revenues 75% xx% xx%

Expect increase in profits 60% xx% xx%

Plan to hire in next 12 months 57% xx% xx%

More productive with fewer employees 84% xx% xx%

Small Business CEOs surveyed: United States—1,854; State - xxx; City - xx



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