HR staffing provider Administaff released the results of a recent survey on the views of small and medium-sized business leaders. The whole release is here. It seems most see the glass half full.
Administaff also released compensation data compiled from its client base of more than 5,000 small and medium-sized businesses throughout the country. A comparison of first-quarter data against the same period in 2005 shows that average compensation is up 5.8 percent and average commissions have increased 4.4 percent. In addition, overtime pay is running 9.5 percent of regular pay.
"The positive business sentiment we were seeing in last year's surveys and compensation data is continuing in 2006," said Paul J. Sarvadi, chairman and chief executive officer of Administaff. "Our internal data through the first quarter combined with the confidence level that business owners are communicating for the balance of the year point to continued growth for America's small and medium-sized businesses."
Yes, fuel prices have us all on the edge of our seats, but the attitude seems pretty positive.
I'm curious about your thoughts about how attitude affects business performance. It's more likely attitude at the top is generally positive (larger paychecks have a tendancy to do that), but how about throughout an organization? Is it just platitudes from the 'haves' for the consumption of the 'have nots'?
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