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Orchard survey shows that CEOs expect business climate to improve in 2010

Guest post by: Ash Mehta

Article Overview: A recent survey of CEOs showed that 88% of business leaders expect 2010 to be a better year for their businesses than 2009. The survey also showed that whilst 2009 was a difficult year for most, 75% of CEOs felt that they had learned some useful lessons from the recession.

Orchard survey shows that CEOs expect business climate to improve in 2010



A recent survey of CEOs showed that 88% of business leaders expect 2010 to be a better year for their businesses than 2009. The survey also showed that whilst 2009 was a difficult year for most, 75% of CEOs felt that they had learned some useful lessons from the recession. It appears that the worst is over for many CEOs and only 19% expect to have to cut costs further during 2010. Nevertheless, only 38% expect to be less stressed this year and only 31% expect their work/life balance to be better in 2010.

The survey was conducted recently by Orchard Growth Partners at a CEO Clinic run by Directorzone at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where Ash Mehta, CEO of Orchard Growth Partners gave a presentation titled "The recovery starts here: key points in preparing your business in 2010". The presentation drew key points on preparing for recovery from the Orchard Growth Advent Calendar which provided daily tips during December 2009.

For further information contact Orchard at info@orchardgrowth.com.

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Article Tags: CEOs, economic recovery, Orchard Growth Partners, recession



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So much for a family life - I can't imagine these CEOs get much quality family time. It's funny, although these are all CEOs of successful companies - how successful are they themselves? I guess if you define success as being the CEO then it's fine, but for me success shouldn't come at the cost of spending time with your family and friends.
Direct your survey to your website - I just did the survey. Louis, you should consider directing your survey to your website once a participant completes the last question. Right now it goes to the surveymonkey page.
Re: Hi, I'm a new entrepreneur looking for help with research - Naomi, First of all I found several typos in your survey starting with question #4 to instead of do. As for your survey, would you like to go into more detail explaining your objectives? Cheers, Zac
Re: Can Google Alerts Increase Your Search Engine Rankings? - I use Google Alerts to keep track of who's linking to my sites, where my name shows up, etc. The idea of using it to improve SEO and traffic intrigues me. I'm interested in hearing the answer to Mary's question.
Re: Desirable services - It is easier in this climate to start a business. The bigger guys are failing and their competitor are not picking up the pieces efficiently.


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