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3 Strategies High-Growth Companies Have In Common
What sets rapidly expanding companies apart from the rest?
The Forbes Research 2025 CxO Growth Survey reveals that C-suite executives of high-growth organizations — businesses that boosted revenue by at least 10% in the last fiscal year — share several strategic similarities distinguishing them from their slower-growth peers.
Employee well-being is high on the corporate agenda at rapidly growing companies.
The survey polled more than 1,000 global executives, about one in four (24%) of whom fall into this high-growth cohort. The results show that these successful leaders are more likely to be focusing on three priorities: workforce wellbeing, AI adoption and environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives.
Compared to leaders at lower-growth companies, or those with less than 10% annual revenue gain in the last fiscal year, here's what high-growth executives are doing differently:
1) Promoting A Happier, Healthier Workforce
High-growth CxOs are emphasizing workplace wellness and ensuring talent is skilled for the future by:
2) Accelerating AI Deployment
High-growth C-suite leaders appear to be more aggressively adopting AI across their organizations with moves like:
3) Advancing ESG And Sustainability Initiatives
Leaders of high-growth firms seem to view sustainability spending and ESG as part of a broader revenue strategy with:
