Top 20 Visionary CEOs 2024

You and the board have very different responsibilities, but you have the same goal: securing the future of the company. To accomplish that, your relationship with the board is of paramount importance. Yet there are competing relationships that need your attention as these stakeholders can wield power over your vision. Developing deep and trusted relationships with employees, regulators, NGOs, community groups and others helps align them to, and potentially even accelerate, your strategy. The complex calculus that goes into properly balancing those relationships is a must-have skill for current and up-and-coming CEOs.

As CEOs watch the changes unfolding in the global geopolitical order, all agree with the sentiment. What comes next? One thing is for sure: events have an uncanny way of defying the expectations of experts.