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What keeps Asia CEOs awake at night

With employee expectations evolving and disruption in technology, CEOs are striving to drive business success by harnessing the potential of their people.

Published Thu, Mar 16, 2017 · 09:50 PM

AT A time when leaders are challenged to drive better business performance through their people, CEOs continue to be plagued by a critical skills shortage and heightened cost pressures. Externally, volatility continues to be the "new normal" for most organisations - in fact, a recent study shows that 70 per cent of Fortune 1000 companies have disappeared in the last 70 years. Employee expectations are also evolving, while disruption and advancements in technology are changing the configuration of work faster than ever.

How can today's CEOs in Asia drive business success by harnessing the potential of their people?

In the Aon Best Employers 2016 survey, we spoke to CEOs of almost 600 organisations across Asia about their strategic goals and the business challenges that impact their organisations' ability to succeed. We discovered what the CEOs of these Best Employers are doing differently from their competitors to achieve 20 per cent higher engagement than the market average, and drive 10 per cent greater revenue and 26 per cent higher profit than market average.

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