Posted on Saturday, November 12th, 2005 at 10:28 am
Workforce improvement-issues dominated the top priorities, comprising 4 of the 10 most-selected concerns, including the top two items.
For instance, the greatest number of respondents, 35 percent, selected “attracting and retaining skilled staff,” followed by 33 percent who selected “changing organizational cultural and employee attitudes.” Other workforce issues in the top 10 are “improving workforce performance” (selected by 28 percent to rank 7th) and “developing employees into capable leaders” (selected by 26 percent to rank 10th).
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Workforce improvement-issues dominated the top priorities, comprising 4 of the 10 most-selected concerns, including the top two items. For instance, the greatest number of respondents, 35 percent, selected “attracting and retaining skilled staff,” followed by 33 percent who selected “changing organizational cultural and employee attitudes.” Other workforce issues in the top 10 are “improving workforce performance” (selected by 28 percent to rank 7th) and “developing employees into capable leaders” (selected by 26 percent to rank 10th).
The top 10 current business issues for senior executives:
1. Attracting and retaining skilled staff, 35%
2. Changing organizational culture and employee attitudes, 33%
3. Acquiring new customers, 32%
4. Developing new processes and products to stay ahead of the competition, 29%
5. Increasing customer loyalty and retention, 29%
Managing risk, 29%
6. Improving workforce performance, 28%
7. Increasing shareholder value, 27%
8. Using IT to reduce costs and create value, 27%
9. Being flexible and adaptable to rapidly changing market conditions, 26%
10. Developing employees into capable leaders, 26%.
