
Governance Surveys
2025 Public 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 |
44.00% |
Ineffective execution of the strategy |
19.33% |
Leadership style issues |
14.67% |
Financial performance below expectations |
14.00% |
Strategic misalignment between the board and the CEO |
12.00% |
Not applicable, no recent CEO turnover |
12.00% |
Breakdown in board-CEO relationship |
10.00% |
Personal reasons |
8.00% |
Activist pressure |
4.67% |
Ethical concerns |
3.33% |
Other |
5.33% |
Unknown |
4.00% |
|
n=150 |

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