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A majority of CEOs say they expect “groundbreaking systemic changes” within the next decade.

This month we sat down with our new CEO, Francesco Buquicchio, who graciously shared insights about the direction and requirements of leadership today.

CEO succession planning often starts up to two years before the transition occurs. Do you have a strategy in place to support your leadership team?

472 CEOs share their views in our new study: The CEO Response

Expecting Massive Change Ahead, Business Leaders Weigh–In . Our latest global CEO Reflections study reveals definitive and unexpected insights. The overwhelming majority of CEOs believe that significant, far-reaching changes lie ahead in economics, politics, energy, and technology. At the same time, they embrace their responsibility to collaborate with governments and other stakeholders to solve challenges such as climate change and inequality, even if the final destinations are not yet known.

Top of the House leaders reflect on insights from “The Energy Advantage: How to Go from Managing Your Time to Mastering Your Energy” during various gatherings.

To manage and lead through vast complexity, CEOs have discovered that the antidote is largely relational, and they are actively working to expand their leadership capacity accordingly.

Egon Zehnder was proud to participate in this month’s 2024 Consumer Goods Forum in Chicago. Sarah Van Dyck, co-leader of Egon Zehnder’s Global Consumer Practice, moderated an exciting and informative panel, Leading through Complexity.

Chasing growth can derail even the most well-meaning CEOs—and their companies along with them. We spoke with Yves Doz and Keeley Wilson, authors of Escaping the Growth Curse: The Path to Stronger Corporate Strategy, to explore their approach to ending the growth curse.

Egon Zehnder's Chuck Gray highlights that diversity remains a priority for boards and how a drop in CEO diversity impacts board diversity. (Note that this article may be behind a paywall and require a subscription.)

Chief Sales Officers have been driving incremental growth. Now it’s time for CEOs and Boards to apply that same level of rigor to the development of their Sales executives.

It turns out it is not just CEOs who are the superheroes of business today. Our new survey, “The Super CFO,” explains how CFOs all over the world are rising to meet their own new set of extraordinary expectations. Of the nearly 600 CFOs we reached, 82% attest to a massive expansion in CFO responsibilities over the last five years. Most are energized by their growing positions and the widening reach to more stakeholders. Above all, they understand that their expanding roles are a necessity in light of CEOs’ own increasing duties.