HLB Survey of Business Leaders
About the HLB Survey of Business Leaders
First launched in 2020, the HLB Survey of Business Leaders is an annual global piece of research, capturing insight into today’s most pressing business issues through conversations with senior executives from mid-market sized companies.
Survey data collection takes place once a year during the final quarter of the calendar year, and includes responses from 50+ countries across the globe and a multitude of sectors. Responses are collected via an online platform as well as by phone.
Our survey findings can be discovered across multiple HLB Insights publications. The data is segmented in various ways and utilised extensively in publications produced across the HLB global network.
Now in its sixth consecutive year, we aim to produce valuable insight from and for business leaders from mid-market size companies, that helps navigate today’s challenging business landscape and inform important decision-making.
HLB Survey of Business Leaders 2025: Expert panel discussion
How can organisations power-up their profitability? With cumulative concern within the global business landscape at its highest, we look at the ways in which businesses can overcome their caution and place confidence in innovation, operational and workforce efficiency.
Watch our livestreamed panel, as we reveal the findings of our 2025 survey. HLB Global CEO Marco Donzelli and prominent business experts Tracy Vegro OBE, Dr. Oana-Maria Pop and John Toon engaged in a lively discussion, answering your questions around powering up your profitability.
Global reports by year
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Survey of Business Leaders 2025
Find out detailed insights on the subject of powering-up your profitability, with a focus on efficiency over expansion, in the HLB Survey of Business Leaders 2025.
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Survey of Business Leaders 2024
We explore the core trending topic of how organisations are embracing AI for competitive advantage in 2024's HLB Survey of Business Leaders research.
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Survey of Business Leaders 2023
Discover the challenge business leaders face in leading through a perfect storm in the HLB Survey of Business Leaders 2023.
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Survey of Business Leaders 2022
HLB's Survey of Business Leaders 2022 explores the actions CEOs are taking to power innovation and growth, as well as what threats are high on their risk radar.
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Survey of Business Leaders 2021
HLB's Survey of Business Leaders 2021 insights aim to inform and stimulate the debate on the actions businesses take to achieve their post-pandemic vision.
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Survey of Business Leaders 2020
HLB's inaugural Survey of Business Leaders aims to inform and stimulate the debate on how businesses are preparing for the decade ahead.
Survey of Business Leaders 2025: Insights series
Sector outlooks 2025
