If implemented, new tariffs would affect 44% of all US imports. Companies must act now to navigate the uncertainty.
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The CEO agenda is a formidable one: generating profitable growth, managing costs, navigating geopolitics, harnessing AI, empowering talent, and advancing sustainability. Our insights help CEOs make sense of the world, solve business challenges, and excel at shaping a company, an industry, and the world at large.
CEO Data Point
Investing in Growth — BCG’s latest Global Investor Survey, fielded following November’s US elections, finds investors optimistic about the economy and capital markets over both the next twelve months and the next three years. Their bullishness—the second highest in the history of the survey—persists despite macro risks and relatively high market valuations.
For CEOs, the message is to invest for growth but to keep an eye on the bottom line.
Trending with CEOs
Based on our work with companies across the globe and thousands of CEO conversations, we’ve gained significant CEO insights to create a powerful CEO agenda that keeps you ahead of the curve. This is what’s trending right now with your peers.
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February 13, 2025
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January 31, 2025
Managing costs to power growth remains a top priority for CEOs, but it takes financial discipline and strategic reinvestment.
Bloomberg Feature
The CEO Radar unpacks the leading topics discussed on earnings calls, enabling chief executives to compare their agendas to those of their peers, and to the market’s expectations.
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January 15, 2025
AI remains a top priority for business leaders worldwide in 2025, with a strong focus on generating tangible results, according to BCG’s survey of C-suite executives.
Create Strategic and Competitive Advantage
Your company’s growth and resilience depend on how strategically you anticipate, prepare for, and respond to challenges and opportunities. Here’s how you can create a clear, forward-thinking CEO strategy, initiate bold moves, and stay nimble.
From geopolitics, economic growth, and the path to AI success for business, BCG's Global Chair Rich Lesser shares highlights from conversations at Davos.
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January 16, 2025
Trade and AI, growth and climate imperatives, and workplace unity will define the CEO agenda in the year ahead. Here’s a closer look at each dynamic.
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November 25, 2024
Every corporate merger is a leap into the unknown. But for leaders contemplating a megadeal, certain rules do apply. Here’s what CEOs need to know.
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September 23, 2024
It’s getting easier to do business in India, but it’s still challenging. Here’s how CEOs can avoid common mistakes and successfully navigate India’s burgeoning opportunities.
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July 22, 2024
Tougher regulatory oversight and the soaring costs of major data breaches are elevating cybersecurity to a higher strategic priority for corporate leaders and boards.
Build Leadership and Culture
An expansive CEO outlook creates a foundation for enduring success that outlasts your tenure. Here’s how you can build and advance a great leadership team and an energized, thoughtful talent culture to inform a CEO strategy that helps your company outperform—both now and long after you’ve moved on to your next challenge.
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January 7, 2025
With bold action, a strong senior leadership team, and a focus on social impact, CEOs can make the most of their time at the top.
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November 21, 2024
A breach of trust can be damaging to a company’s revenues, its culture, and its chances of future success. Here’s how businesses can recover.
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October 1, 2024
Navigating today’s dynamic business landscape requires an endless quest for new knowledge. Discover how CEOs can leverage curiosity to drive innovation, growth, and future success.
Weekly Brief
BCG Global Chair Rich Lesser explores how CEOs can proactively ensure they get honest feedback and input at critical junctures.
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April 22, 2024
CEOs have become more cautious and strategic about taking public stands on politically charged issues. But upcoming elections will put this measured approach to the test.
Hear from Fellow CEOs
No one understands the unique challenges CEOs face quite like other chief executives. Explore CEO conversations to learn how your peers shape their CEO agenda, achieve breakthroughs, manage their time, and find greater purpose professionally and personally.
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December 16, 2024
Pret A Manger CEO Pano Christou on Growth and Resilience
As Pret evolves, and AI makes its impact on the industry, CEO Pano Christou discusses his business strategy and what he's focused on for the future.
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February 13, 2025
COWI's Jens Højgaard Christoffersen on Embracing Transformation
The group CEO of this 94-year-old engineering firm shares his advice for successfully transforming a business while retaining its beloved culture.
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December 13, 2024
Aptiv's CEO on Nurturing Talent and Innovation
Kevin P. Clark explains how Aptiv attracts and retains great talent—and shares the one thing CEOs aren’t talking about enough today.
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December 11, 2024
Pinhook CEO Alice Peterson on Leading a Bourbon Business
Alice Peterson, CEO of Pinhook, discusses the core capabilities CEOs need and how problems may suggest their own innovative solutions.
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December 4, 2024
De Beers CEO Al Cook on Empowering Leadership
The CEO of diamond industry leader De Beers spotlights the importance of cutting through the noise to focus on the long-term.
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October 22, 2024
Alex Amouyel of Newman's Own Foundation on Maximizing Impact
The nonprofit’s president and CEO shares how three key strategic questions help her small team maximize its resources and drive long-term impact.
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June 21, 2024
Capital Power’s Avik Dey on How People Make the Leader
The CEO credits former bosses and mentors for making him who he is—and the people he works with today for turning great ideas into action.
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June 21, 2024
LinkedIn Co-founder Reid Hoffman’s Aha Moment with GenAI
The key to unlocking Generative AI’s superpowers is knowing how to ask the right questions.
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July 22, 2024
CEO Apoorv Bhargava on the Power of Small Companies to Catalyze Big Sustainability Wins
The CEO & Founder of WeaveGrid explains how a California-based startup is having an outsize impact on the climate transition.
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April 23, 2024
BlackRock’s Larry Fink on the Tectonic Shift of Capital
The chairman and CEO of the world’s largest asset manager explains how CEOs can combat the climate crisis in ways that create growth and attract investment.
Harnessing Transformative Technologies
Transformative technologies such as generative AI are rapidly changing the CEO outlook—and indeed, the entire CEO Agenda. Here’s how you can leverage innovative technologies strategically, responsibly, and humanely.
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December 9, 2024
While the US and China have established early dominance in supplying this crucial technology, other competitors are emerging. Here’s what leaders need to know.
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November 12, 2024
GenAI can help employees complete complex tasks beyond their current capabilities, a new study finds.
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December 12, 2024
Quantum computing has the power to drive breakthroughs across industries, but it also raises profound security and ethical concerns. Explore with BCG’s Antoine Gourévitch.
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November 8, 2024
AI development is fueling a surge in energy demand, threatening net zero commitments. By working together, CEOs across industries can keep both transformations on track.
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October 22, 2024
The latest generation of space-based technologies can help companies across industries lower costs, improve productivity, drive growth, and meet sustainability goals. Here’s how CEOs can capitalize.
Maximizing CEO Growth and Personal Effectiveness
CEO growth is both professional and personal. From managing your mental load more effectively to identifying behaviors that can supercharge you and your employees, our insights help you realize your fullest potential as a leader and as an individual.
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August 20, 2024
A chief of staff can significantly boost a CEO’s performance. Here’s how CEOs can identify the best person for the job—and ensure they succeed.
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June 18, 2024
Moving past notions of the strong, invincible leader can be daunting. Here’s how CEOs can overcome their fears and be vulnerable in a healthy way.
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July 12, 2024
As CEOs rush from event to event and decision to decision, deep thought and reflection can be casualties of the high-pressure, high-stakes environment. But it is time well spent.
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June 4, 2024
Energy is a two-way current that travels throughout an organization. Starting with the CEO, it reaches all the way to the frontline—and beyond.
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April 17, 2024
BCG’s Judith Wallenstein explains how these CEOs of the future could navigate the blurred boundaries among companies, industries, and nations.
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CEO Moments of Truth
CEOs face many strategic decisions. It’s often the trickiest ones that provide the greatest learning experiences.
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Imagine This...
A successful CEO agenda anticipates and prepares for a future that may look very different from today. Explore CEO preparedness for future disruptions with Imagine This by BCG, a podcast that helps CEOs consider possible futures for our world—and their businesses.
