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Business Barometer Survey – Q2 2026
Introduction The Business Barometer was created to provide a real-time pulse from business leaders who are at the helm of businesses in every industry and market sector around the world as they navigate increasing complexity across the global economy. At a time of acute economic and geopolitical volatility, executive decision-making…
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Business Barometer Survey – Q1 2026
Introduction The Business Barometer was created to provide a real-time pulse from business leaders who are at the helm of businesses in every industry and market sector around the world as they navigate increasing complexity across the global economy. At a time of acute economic and geopolitical volatility, executive decision-making…
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Business Barometer Survey – Q4 2025
Introduction The Business Barometer was created to provide a real-time pulse from business leaders who are at the helm of businesses in every industry and market sector around the world as they navigate increasing complexity across the global economy. At a time of acute economic and geopolitical volatility, executive decision-making…
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Business Barometer Survey – Q3 2025
Introduction The Business Barometer was created to provide a real-time pulse from business leaders who are at the helm of businesses in every industry and market sector around the world as they navigate increasing complexity across the global economy. At a time of acute economic and geopolitical volatility, executive decision-making…
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Business Barometer Survey – Q2 2025
Introduction The Business Barometer was created to provide a real-time pulse from business leaders who are at the helm of businesses in every industry and market sector around the world as they navigate increasing complexity across the global economy. At a time of acute economic and geopolitical volatility, executive decision-making…
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Achieving Connection and Accountability in a Hybrid Work World
The Alliance of Chief Executives brings leaders together from around the globe, creating “safe” environments where they can discuss their most sensitive, strategic challenges. This is especially crucial in today’s world, as the means of human connection are in flux, and leaders, like many of their employees, are navigating new…
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An Alliance Like No Other: Celebrating 25 Years of Bringing Leaders Together
Since September 1996 when our first Alliance of Chief Executives members gathered, we have had the privilege to work with thousands of leaders who strive to create successful and impactful organizations that make a difference in our world. Their fresh approaches in addressing today’s most difficult and complex challenges have…
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CEO Global Network
About Our Partnership The Alliance of Chief Executives has partnered with CEO Global Network—a CEO and executive learning organization dedicated to helping business leaders succeed—to enable Alliance members and their top executives to participate in their Global Leadership Training Program (GLTP). The GLTP is an excellent learning opportunity for you,…
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Company Values and Culture: The Power of Candor
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives When I envision a strong business relationship, I see a foundation built on unreserved honesty and sincere expression. In a word, candor. If implemented correctly, candor has the power to deliver essential truths and encourage meaningful action within an organization.…
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Business Leadership During COVID: Lessons in Trust and Control
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives The global pandemic has caused an enormous shift in how businesses work. New protocols and day-to-day safety accommodations have become necessary to keep physical workplaces open and employees in the office. For those of us who have transitioned to remote…
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Applying Effective Leadership Styles in Crisis Management
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives When crisis strikes, people naturally look toward a leader to provide a sense of stability and create a path forward. In the business world, prepared leaders maintain crisis management plans (CMP) to establish protocols for risk analysis, response plans and…
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Top 3 COVID-19 Leadership Lessons for Our New Business Realities
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives As 2020 draws to a close, it’s hard not to reflect on what has been one of the most transformative years in our lifetime. While I’ve lived through both the bursting of the dotcom bubble in the early 2000s and…
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How to Develop Strong Business Innovation Strategies
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives As business leaders, we often talk about companies that have changed the world through their products. Figures like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos are legendary for how their visions have transformed our day-to-day lives and, for many of…
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The Workplace and COVID-19: What Employees Need From Leadership Right Now
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives COVID-19 is a global crisis unlike any we have known in our lifetime. While the personal and public health implications are profound, it is having a particularly transformative impact on business culture and day-to-day operations. As leaders work tirelessly to…
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First Time CEO Advice That Experienced Leaders Wish They Had Known
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives When I formed my first business in 1979, I started by hiring three employees. Shortly after opening, I was hit with my first learning experience. Although two of my hires were top-notch, the third was struggling. After months of trying…
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COVID-19 Leadership Resources for Building Resiliency in Uncertain Times
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an incredibly transformative effect on the business world. Many companies are now nearly completely digital or moving toward it, entire supply chains are working through challenges, and questions of proper safety…
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Top CEO Challenges for 2021: How Innovative Leaders Are Preparing
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives Fueled by the disruptive influence of COVID-19, 2020 proved to be a remarkable year. Nearly every industry across the globe felt the effects. Supply chain disruptions, workplace relocations, and day-to-day health safety modifications were just some of the wide-ranging changes…
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Developing Leadership Diversity: The Challenges and Opportunities
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives When I launched the Alliance of CEOs in 1996, I had a few guiding principles in my mind that would come to define our unique organization. I focused on creating “safe,” confidential environments where CEOs could speak openly and candidly…
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COVID-19 Leadership: Challenges and Solutions
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives It isn’t a stretch to say that the COVID-19 crisis has dramatically impacted nearly every business across the globe. Between the virus making remote work nearly universal to the complete shutdown of certain industries, the past few months have been…
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Strengthening Leadership During Change and Uncertainty in Organizations
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives Moments of change in an organization are nobody’s favorite, but the way leaders handle them greatly impacts their organization’s strength. Sometimes the very notion that you’re the one in charge of resolving that uncertainty—in a confident, thoughtful way, when you…
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Are You Playing with an Infinite Mindset?
As a student of leadership, I greatly enjoyed Simon Sinek’s breakthrough book, Start With Why, which discusses the value of starting with a purpose in both our business and personal lives. Therefore, I was eager to read his newest book, The Infinite Game, and it didn’t disappoint. Sinek expands on…
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Addressing Complexity Requires Fresh Approaches
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives I recently had the opportunity to explore two of the locations on my bucket list – the Galapagos Islands and Machu Picchu. Both were amazing examples of how different species adapted to dramatic changes in their environments. Each of the…
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Diversity Matters
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives We all know that when it comes to making final decisions, the buck stops with the CEO. Since founding the Alliance of CEOs in 1996, I’ve developed immense respect for how CEOs face challenges that few non-CEOs fully appreciate. For…
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Strategic Intent in the 21st Century
In 1991, I was asked to develop and lead a new strategy for the $1 billion U.S. subsidiary of Air Liquide, the global leader in industrial gases. The industrial gas business is profoundly capital intensive, and at the time, profitability was declining due to fierce market share competition. How I…
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What is Good Strategy?
Over the years, I’ve learned the concept of strategy varies widely. My own indoctrination to corporate strategy started in the late 1980s, when I was promoted to the general manager position for a $300 million business for Air Liquide America. I was immediately expected to produce a business plan, which…
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Building Community in the Age of Exponential Change
When I founded the Alliance of Chief Executives in 1996, the Internet was just beginning, and Northern California was at the epicenter of creating technologies that would change the world forever. I’ve always believed in the power of bringing people with diverse experiences together to share ideas, and the Alliance…
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How Anyone Can Achieve Breakthrough Thinking
By Paul Witkay, Founder & CEO, Alliance of Chief Executives The world is changing at an exponential rate of speed as industry after industry is being transformed. Almost every CEO I work with is either seeking breakthrough ideas that will disrupt their industries, or is in fear of falling behind…
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In Pursuit of Smarter, Better Leadership
Every CEO I work with wants to be a more effective leader – even those who are incredibly successful by all “normal” standards. So when I saw Charles Duhigg’s new book, Smarter Faster Better: The Transformative Power of Real Productivity, at an airport bookstore, I had to pick it up.…
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Naeem Zafar
Naeem Zafar is tech entrepreneur in Silicon Valley who has led five companies as the CEO, has raised over $100M in venture capital and been involved with dozens of startups as an investor, board member or an advisor. He has been teaching entrepreneurship and innovation for over 15 years. Naeem…
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Ron Yu
Ron Yu, Managing Partner of ExecCatalyst, is a high-tech executive coach with a passion for helping C-level executives grow as leaders. For his clients, Ron confronts team alignment challenges and people-friction, which impede business execution, and creates high-functioning teams that communicate and collaborate effectively. Prior to this and throughout his…
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