2010 Business Issues Survey Results

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(Free-Press-Release.com) August 13, 2010 -- 2010 Business Issues Survey Results
©2010 Davis M. Woodruff, PE, CMC, Management Methods, Inc., Decatur, AL

A survey of business leaders in 21 states reveals the Top 10 Business Challenges for 2010; the Top 10 People or Leadership Issues and the Top 5 Timewasters. The top business challenge centers around costs and cost control. The most pressing people issues involve staffing and the top time waster is email. The results of the survey are shown below.

1. The Top Business Challenges or Issues

1. Costs and Cost Control

2. Leadership, People, Organizational
3. Process or Operational Improvement
4. Sales, Marketing, Growth
5. Resource Utilization
6. Strategic Issues
7. Competitive Pressures
8. Increasing Regulations
9. Declining Markets
10. Time Pressures


2. The Top Leadership or “People” Issues

1. Staffing
2. Training and Development
3. Responsibility and Accountability
4. Teamwork/Team Building
5. Effective Leadership
6. Motivation and Morale
7. Customer Service
8. Delegation
9. Reward and Recognition
10. Decision Making

3. The Top Time Wasters

1. e-mail
2. Poor Delegation
3. Socializing/Interruptions
4. Meetings
5. Technology

Source: 2010 Survey conducted by Davis M. Woodruff, PE, CMC, President of Management Methods, Inc. Survey of 331 business leaders from 21 states; 40.5% response rate.

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