2025 Public Company Board Practices Oversight Survey

Data Pack: Board-CEO Relationship

07/28/2025

 

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%

 

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