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In 2025, CEOs faced constant transition, adapting themselves, their teams, and organizations with greater intent. We share five insights that shaped leadership—and will guide the year ahead.

Just when it seemed that the role of energy CEO couldn’t become any more complex or demanding, it did. Macondo, Fukushima, Keystone, Iran, the Arab Spring, and the rise of unconventional plays offer only the sparest shorthand for the risks, regulatory blowback, and geopolitical uncertainties that now dominate the agenda of the energy chief executive.

CEOs and boards face unrelenting uncertainty, driven by global tensions, economic instability and rapid advances in technology. Learn who they rely on the most and why.

What is on the minds of today’s CEOs? We asked, and over 1,200 CEOs across the globe responded.

Organizations should give more consideration to candidates who might not check every single box, but whose ambition, hunger, and drive can potentially carry themselves and their coworkers to new realms of success.

This article explores why Chief Revenue Officers (CROs) are becoming key contenders for CEO roles. It discusses their expertise in revenue growth, strategic decision-making, and their ability to navigate both short-term goals and long-term business visions.

Learn how family businesses can overcome succession planning challenges by building stronger leadership pipelines and navigating emotional and organizational hurdles.

If there was ever a time for adaptive leadership, it certainly is now. To help us understand this, our own Lindsay Trout reached out to one of the world’s leading voices on adaptability, Zander Grashow, who co-authored The Practice of Adaptive Leadership in 2009.

Utilities companies have been led through massive disruption due to several factors including the burgeoning demand to power AI data centers. As a result of accelerated demand, market forces are causing utilities to move from a slow-planned, regulated, rate-based environment to one of competition amongst IPPs and “behind the meter” solutions.

What it will take to thrive and to succeed in the evolving energy environment will differ a lot from what has been required in the past. Irrespective of the business strategy adopted, a fundamentally new approach to leadership will be required.