Navigating the First Year as CEO

Booz & Company’s 12th Annual Global Study of worldwide CEO succession patterns examines the frequency, nature and geographic distribution of chief executive changes among the world’s 2,500 largest public companies. As the worldwide economy began to recover last year, 14.2 percent of CEOs at the world’s largest companies were replaced; thus the number of companies appointing new chief executives is on the rise in relation to last year.

Booz & Company analysis also shows a slight increase in the proportion of chief executives who are coming to their position from outside of the company. We believe the reason for this change is because boards of directors are looking for new candidates from other companies and other industries, in hopes of introducing fresh thinking into their executive mix.

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CEO Succession Study 2011: Extended Study Report This year’s CEO Succession study reveals the challenges for the new class of CEOs who came into office in 2011, analyzes trends in global CEO turnover, and distills important advice from veteran CEOs. This extended study report provides a wealth of facts and figures about CEO succession and turnover trends.download (1.9mb, PDF) >

The 2011 CEO Succession Overview Video The 2011 CEO Succession Study authors, Ken Favaro, Per-Ola Karlsson, and Gary L. Neilson, discuss the results of Booz and Company's twelfth annual study of trends in global CEO turnover and distill important advice for new CEOs. watch video >

Navigating the First Year: Advice from 18 Chief Executives CEOs who took part in Booz & Company’s 2011 study of CEO turnover share their thoughts about the difficulties they faced, the successes they achieved, and what, in retrospect, they might have done differently in their first year on the job.read more on strategy+business >

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