CEO Research Results 2025

This research, conducted at our CEO Retreat, subtitled When Leadership Goes Faster, provides a fascinating insight into the challenges and priorities for CEOs this year.

Key findings from Criticaleye's CEO Research: 

  • 68 percent of CEOs intend to conduct M&A over the next twelve months
  • CEOs now regard customers as their most challenging stakeholders, ahead of shareholders and investors. 
  • 79 percent of CEOs say they need to improve the quality of strategic debate with their Board
  • CEOs identify fostering alignment among senior leaders as their top leadership development focus
  • 40 percent of CEOs say leadership tends to become too short-term and operational when the senior leadership team is more tactical than strategic.
Click here to listen to Sean Latus, Group CEO at Calisen, as he shares his transition from CFO to CEO and the challenges of leading a complex organisation today. He discusses key mindset shifts, staying strategically focused, evolving stakeholder relationships, and offers advice for others transitioning or aspiring to the CEO role.




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