A forward-thinking CEO agenda has never been more crucial. Our CEO insights give you greater clarity on what lies ahead, helping you lead with confidence and passion. Based on our work with companies across the globe and thousands of CEO conversations, we’ve identified the foundations of a powerful, sustainable CEO agenda.
A MESSAGE FROM CHRISTOPH SCHWEIZER
The job of CEO is a singular privilege to shape a company, industry, and the world at large. The CEO’s agenda is a formidable one: generating profitable growth, managing costs, navigating geopolitics, harnessing AI, empowering talent, advancing sustainability. Navigating the role demands deep insight to help make sense of the world, solve challenges, and excel.
GLOBAL CONSUMER SENTIMENT SURVEY
Globally, fewer people are worried about their personal financial situation compared with a year ago, according to the latest survey from BCG’s Center for Customer Insight. But emerging markets are seeing a slower recovery in consumer sentiment than mature markets, with wider disparities in spending habits between income groups. While people are spending more overall—and expect that trend to continue—only skin care products and apparel are poised for accelerated growth over the next six months.
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Navigating today’s dynamic business landscape requires an endless quest for new knowledge. Discover how CEOs can leverage curiosity to drive innovation, growth, and future success.
It’s getting easier to do business in India, but it’s still challenging. Here’s how CEOs can avoid common mistakes and successfully navigate India’s burgeoning opportunities.
A chief of staff can significantly boost a CEO’s performance. Here’s how CEOs can identify the best person for the job—and ensure they succeed.
CEO growth is professional and personal. Here’s how you can succeed at both.
Moving past notions of the strong, invincible leader can be daunting. Here’s how CEOs can overcome their fears and be vulnerable in a healthy way.
As CEOs rush from event to event and decision to decision, deep thought and reflection are casualties of this high-pressure and high-stakes environment. But it is time well spent.
Energy is a two-way current that travels throughout an organization. Starting with the CEO, it reaches all the way to the frontline—and beyond.
BCG’s Judith Wallenstein explains how these CEOs of the future could navigate the blurred boundaries among companies, industries, and nations.
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The initial 100 days are a time for boldness and clarity—a time when CEOs can express the purest form of their vision for the company.
Transformative technologies such as generative AI are rapidly changing the way companies do business. As the gulf widens between early winners and hesitant observers, here’s how you can leverage innovative technologies strategically, responsibly, and humanly.
BCG’s survey of 1,400+ C-suite executives reveals that GenAI is quickly changing the way companies do business—and big gaps are emerging between the winners and the observers.
BCG’s Vladimir Lukic considers what’s ahead when companies play with bots in an innovation sandbox.
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Urgent global challenges are accelerating the development of a raft of breakthrough technologies that could fundamentally transform industries. These five should be on the CEO’s radar.
A first-of-its-kind scientific experiment finds that people mistrust generative AI in areas where it can contribute massive value and trust it too much where the technology isn’t competent.
Everyone from customers to investors wants AI done right. CEOs who take the lead in implementing Responsible AI can better manage the technology’s many risks.
No one understands the unique challenges CEOs face quite like other chief executives. Explore our CEO conversations to learn how your peers spend their time, achieve breakthroughs, and find greater purpose professionally and personally.
A CEO’s strategy impacts the next generation of leaders and talent. Companies with a systematic approach to activate leaders see transformation success rates that are three times higher than those of their competitors that activate leaders. Here’s how you can advance a leadership and talent culture that helps your company keep winning long past your tenure.
BCG Global Chair Rich Lesser explores how CEOs can proactively ensure they get honest feedback and input at critical junctures.
Many companies underestimate how many of their workers have disabilities. That can harm morale and the bottom line. Here’s how CEOs can deliver on inclusion.
CEOs have become more cautious and strategic about taking public stands on politically charged issues. But upcoming elections will put this measured approach to the test.
The same qualities that propel managers into the top ranks can undermine a leadership team’s performance. An enterprise-first mindset can help make the team unbeatable.
By 2030, the best CIO might be a CIB: a chief intelligence bot. And the human CEO might be bolstered by a swarm of CEO bots. BCG’s Mickey McManus envisions a future where top leaders share the corner office with AI—blending logic with human intuition.
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Your company’s growth, resilience, and competitiveness depend on how strategically you anticipate, prepare for, and respond to both challenges and opportunities. Here’s how you can create a clear, forward-thinking strategy and initiate bold, nimble moves to drive growth and carve a commanding position in the business landscape.
Tougher regulatory oversight and the soaring costs of major data breaches are elevating cybersecurity to a higher strategic priority for corporate leaders and boards.
The international order hasn’t been this uncertain in decades. CEOs must approach geopolitical risk with the same urgency as digitization, AI, and the climate crisis.
Most company efforts to reduce expenses fail. Four challenges block the way: two deal with which costs get cut and two are related to how value is delivered.
An analysis of the trade agreements of over 100 economies and trade blocs shows how various governments compare across several measures of trade engagement.
Some two thirds of transformation efforts fail. Here’s how CEOs can improve their odds.
A successful CEO agenda anticipates and prepares for a future that may look very different from today. Stay ahead of the curve with two of BCG’s podcasts: First, Imagine This..., a podcast for CEOs that imagines where the next big disruptions might emerge and explores tangible actions CEOs can take now to get ready. Secondly, CEO Digest, which bridges human insights with AI efficiency to deliver big impact in a short podcast for busy CEOs.
Explore CEO preparedness for future disruptions with Imagine This... by BCG, a podcast that helps CEOs consider possible futures for our world—and their businesses.
This month, BCG’s AI conversational agent GENE and editor in chief Paul Michelman take on CEOs’ toughest challenges: cyber threats, climate change, and responsible AI. They highlight the opportunities and obstacles for CEOs, as outlined in BCG’s recent thought leadership. And they call out the steps CEOs can take today.
