Based on insights from around 100 senior leaders, McKinsey discovered five key dilemmas today’s CEOs confront. Four of the dilemmas focus on balancing competing priorities to achieve business and team results. Only one dilemma focuses on the CEO as a person: immersing fully into the CEO role versus retaining personal...

Employee engagement is one of the most used organizational metrics for the health of a company’s culture; however, CEOs are increasingly recognizing that only measuring engagement falls short of creating real cultural transformation. Why is that? Unfortunately, simply measuring and getting results about the level of worker engagement is not...

Imagine a CEO sharing with the Board genuine concern about the impact the pace of change is having on the organization. Alternatively, imagine a CEO feeling depleted and choosing not to share that with the executive team. Instead, the CEO focuses on inspiring the team towards achieving a goal. Which...

Workforce wellbeing, which declined this past year, is in need of an overhaul to make real progress. How its commonly approached now is as a separate initiative or Corporate Wellness program. These include one-off events such as yoga classes, meditation apps, lunch n’ learns, or trainings. As the CEO of...

We are experiencing a CEO leadership crisis—with limited information as to why. US CEO exits were at historic rates in 2023. 1914 CEOs departed, a 55% increase compared to 2022. “No reason given” was the top reason provided for 33% of exits in the Challenger, Gray and Christmas CEO turnover...