Vistage, a business advisory and executive coaching organization designed exclusively for CEOs, business owners and key executives, boasts having a membership of more than 21,000 expert leaders. And each month they partner with The Wall Street Journal on a small business confidence index that covers a lot of ground on what’s on the minds of small and midsize businesses.

Joe Galvin, Vistage’s Chief Research Officer, shares some of the key takeaways from the latest survey, including why theirs is so much optimism among small business owners, why they’re looking to add employees, why 2018 will be a year to increase investments in their businesses, and why there’s more to leadership than providing motivation and inspiration.