The Questions CEO Candidates Need to Ask (opens in new tab)

Talented executives too often accept CEO roles without fully interrogating whether the context—not just the title—sets them up to succeed, leading to costly failures for both leaders and organizations. Extensive boardroom and CEO advisory experience show how overconfidence, unrealistic expectations, hidden constraints, and asymmetric recruiting processes distort these decisions and increase the risk of early exits. They argue that before saying yes, CEO candidates must rigorously align with b...