Key Findings
72% of executives expressed concerns about rising litigation and multi-million-dollar verdicts in their industry.
67% of executives report feeling more stressed in 2025 compared to the previous year.
90% of executives say their business has been affected by severe weather in the past five years, with nearly two-thirds (63%) citing outages that temporarily disabled company, customer, or vendor systems.
97% of businesses have postponed upgrades due to cost pressures or scarce resources, including updates to equipment (48%), cybersecurity systems (47%), or technology (46%).
82% of executives at larger companies report higher stress levels, compared to 68% of leaders at smaller businesses.
81% of executives admit employees are being assigned tasks above their role and training level.
74% of executives aren’t completely confident their company’s current insurance is adequate, with 42% of executives looking to expand their coverage.
48% of leaders at companies with 10 to 249 employees believe their company will thrive in 2025, compared to 33% of leaders at companies with more than 1,000 employees.
47% of executives cite economic uncertainty as their biggest worry, along with supply chain challenges (44%), rising healthcare costs (41%), labour shortages (38%), and inflation (36%).
82% of executives plan to boost investments in worker safety during 2025.
47% of business leaders are optimistic their companies will thrive in 2025.