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2025 Private Company Board Practices Oversight Survey
Data Pack: Board-CEO Relationship
What were the primary reasons for the most recent CEO turnover at your organization?
|
Reasons |
Value |
|
Planned retirement |
42.47% |
|
Ineffective execution of the strategy |
17.81% |
|
Leadership style issues |
15.07% |
|
Financial performance below expectations |
12.33% |
|
Breakdown in board-CEO relationship |
12.33% |
|
Personal reasons |
9.59% |
|
Not applicable, no recent CEO turnover |
9.59% |
|
Strategic misalignment between the board and the CEO |
5.48% |
|
Ethical concerns |
2.74% |
|
Activist pressure |
0.00% |
|
Other |
10.96% |
|
Unknown |
4.11% |
|
|
n=73 |
This table comes from the Board-CEO Relationship section of the 2025 NACD Private Company Board Practices and Oversight Survey.
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