CEO Leadership Redefined – Part 1
Download a PDF of this articleAs a firm that helps CEOs with their most complex, business-critical issues, we set out to understand the changing demands that a company’s critical stakeholders, including working professionals and investors, have of CEOs amid a period of political and social unrest during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this first installment of our CEO Leadership Redefined series, we explore the increasing expectations stakeholders have of CEOs to speak out on issues of importance, not only for the business but society at-large. Future series installments will dive deeper into the role of the CEO in ESG and sustainability, political advocacy, and diversity and inclusion, among others.
Society is demanding a different kind of leadership from the C-Suite, especially CEOs.
People are paying close attention to what they say and what they do. The shift was happening well before 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic and social and political unrest significantly accelerated the transformation underway.
