According to a survey of 769 CEOs in 40 countries conducted by The Conference Board, “Execution is taking precedence over profit and top-line growth as a focus for CEOs."
CEOS were asked to rate their greatest concerns from a list of 121 challenges. U.S. CEOS rated their top priority as “sustained and steady top-line growth” (41.3%), followed by excellence in execution (39.6%) and consistent execution of strategy by top management (38.5%). Although innovation and creativity has been a hot topic in recent years, “stimulating innovation/creativity/enabling entrepreneurship” came in at #9, ranked as the greatest challenge by 19.2% of the 409 U.S. CEOs surveyed. 36.1% of Asian CEO’s ranked excellence in execution as a key challenge, while 39.6% of European CEOS ranked excellence in execution as a key challenge.
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