
Governance Surveys
2025 Public Company Board Practices Oversight Survey
Data Pack: Board-CEO Relationship
What impact do you believe the quality of your board-CEO relationship has on the following areas?
Impact Areas |
Extremely negative |
Somewhat negative |
Neither positive nor negative |
Somewhat positive |
Extremely positive |
n |
Crisis response effectiveness |
0.62% |
4.35% |
27.33% |
34.78% |
32.92% |
161 |
Agile decision-making by leadership team |
0.61% |
4.88% |
17.07% |
43.90% |
33.54% |
164 |
CEO leadership development |
0.61% |
6.10% |
12.80% |
45.73% |
34.76% |
164 |
Organizational performance |
1.23% |
3.07% |
14.11% |
46.01% |
35.58% |
163 |
Health of the management culture |
1.22% |
3.05% |
14.63% |
37.20% |
43.90% |
164 |
CEO effectiveness |
1.23% |
5.52% |
9.82% |
37.42% |
46.01% |
163 |
Board effectiveness |
0.61% |
4.91% |
7.36% |
44.17% |
42.94% |
163 |
Health of the board culture |
1.22% |
5.49% |
6.71% |
31.10% |
55.49% |
164 |
This table comes from the Board-CEO Relationship section of the 2025 NACD Public Company Board Practices and Oversight Survey.

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