Learn what business leaders like you said their top priorities are for the remainder of the year. Check out our infographic below to see how their to-do lists stack up against yours.

1. * Denotes more than one answer choice was given.
Insperity conducted the survey October 7 – 9, 2014, of chief executive officers, chief financial officers and other executives in a variety of industries from its base
of approximately 5,300 Workforce Optimization® clients throughout the United States. The overall sampling error of the national survey is +/- 4.8 percent at the 95
percent confidence level. This survey is based on a combination of quarterly Insperity client compensation metrics and Business Confidence Survey responses.
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Performance, sales and profits
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Hiring activity for the quarter
Are you adding employees?
How are you going to increase profits?*
Effect of current economy on your bottom line
Salary changes in Q3
Compared to this time in 2013:
%41%22 31% 6%
51%
46%
42%
47%
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Increased earnings No real change Decreased earnings Unsure
The federal deficit and national debt:
Potential tax increases:
National security:
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Yes Staying the same Laying off
Hiring the right people The economy
0%
20%
40%
60%
Plan to pay at the
current rate
Plan to
increase pay
Plan to cut payUnsure
%69 %23 %6 %2
Current business concerns*
Business concerns looking ahead*
71%
YES
90%
10%
Expect sales to drop
or are unsure
Selling new accounts
Increasing service to clients
Adding new services or products
Investing in new improvements
Expect sales
to increase
or stay the same
29%
NO
Compared to your
January projections,
do you expect to
meet or exceed
your performance
targets in 2014?
Do you expect
your new business
sales to increase
or decrease?
Business
Confidence
Survey Third Quarter: 2014
We asked the executives of 5,300
businesses to give us their plans for the
remainder of 2014, from hiring to health
care reform. These are the results.
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%31
%64
%5
Up from 47%
in July
%50 %50
70%
66%
47%
28%
Average compensation
up 2.3% up 8.5% Overtime is 11.1% of regular pay
Bonuses Overtime