State of Operations Talent Study (2024)

The Operations Council is pleased to present the 2024 State of Operations Talent Study, which provides valuable insights into the current talent landscape. As organizations move past the post-pandemic era, this study highlights key challenges and trends regarding recruitment, retention, and managing work environments that include a mix of Hybrid, Onsite, and Remote models.

2024 State of Operations Talent Study

2024 COO/Operations Sentiment Study

In the face of a complex business landscape characterized by geopolitical risks, economic uncertainties, and talent challenges, the 2024 COO/Operations Sentiment Study provides invaluable insights into the strategic priorities and outlooks of Chief Operating Officers (COOs) and other operations executives. Drawing responses from more than 300 COOs and related titles, this study illuminates the multifaceted challenges and opportunities shaping C-Suite planning for the year ahead.

2024 COO/Operations Sentiment Study

State of Operations Talent Study (2023)

The objective of this year’s study was to identify how COOs and operations executives are managing ongoing talent challenges. Overall, the results of the study are encouraging. However, the survey also revealed a few recurring themes and shed light on some common challenges that most COOs are facing. All data included in this report was gathered via an anonymous and confidential survey, which included more than 200 participants.

Operations COO Talent Study

Board Effectiveness: A Survey of the C-Suite

Driven largely by market forces, business is in a third great wave of corporate governance evolution. This follows significant changes brought about over the last twenty years by the Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank Acts. This current wave is driving the modernization of long-standing governance practices, impacting how boards fulfill their decision making and oversight responsibilities. But the changes are also surfacing conflicts and discontent.

Board effectiveness

2023 Controller/CFO Sentiment Study

What will Controllers and CFOs do differently in 2023? This inaugural study seeks to understand how current business and economic environments are impacting corporate financial planning, strategy, priorities, and outlooks. The 2023 indexes represent a “bullish” outlook for individual company financial performance, along with a “cautious” plan for spending. The new indexes will serve as benchmarks for future data, while identifying trends in financial performance and organizational spending.

2023 Controller/CFO Sentiment Study

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