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↑ ↓ to choose · enter to openUpdated 5 November 2026 · by Leap Company

Leap Trends · Leadership · Oversight

Condition

Leadership

Theme

Oversight

The publications cover how executive and supervisory boards assess the CEO’s performance and when they decide to dismiss.

Topics

The conclusions and topics were compiled with AI from the publications on this page, with the sources alongside. How that works · How we count

What the publications show

  1. Two studies of US listed companies find that boards facing disappointing results look beyond the figures. The University of Groningen sees extraverted CEOs leaving sooner in that situation, and Texas A&M University sees the same when a rival company’s CEO has won an award.

    University of Groningen, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Texas A&M University, 2026 (opens in a new window)

  2. A Santa Clara University study of CEO changes at S&P 1500 companies finds that strategic change increases the likelihood of a new CEO being dismissed early. Clear language and an optimistic message reduce that likelihood. This rests on a single publication.

    Santa Clara University, 2026 (opens in a new window)

  3. Together, the three studies describe boards that lean on simplified cues under uncertainty, such as personality, awards for competitors and stakeholder reactions. Groningen finds the effect stronger in complex industries and among boards whose members have shorter tenure.

    University of Groningen, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Texas A&M University, 2026 (opens in a new window) · Santa Clara University, 2026 (opens in a new window)

Topics within oversight

This list shows what the publications on this theme are about, with the number for each topic. Open a topic to see its publications; if a topic has a briefing, the link is underneath.

Briefings on other themes that touch on this one

These briefings belong to another theme but also cover oversight.

Leadership

CEO turnover, tenure and the first-time CEO

  • CEO turnover and tenure
  • New CEOs
  • Internal candidates

CEO turnover hit a record in 2025 for the second year running, average tenure fell to 7.1 years and 84 to 86 per cent of new CEOs are in the role for the first time. Meanwhile only one in five HR professionals say they are confident in their own leadership succession pipeline.

Publications per month for CEO turnover, tenure and the first-time CEODecember 2025: 0 publicationsJanuary 2026: 2 publications2February 2026: 1 publicationMarch 2026: 0 publicationsApril 2026: 2 publicationsMay 2026: 1 publicationJune 2026: 0 publicationsJuly 2026: 0 publicationsAugust 2026: 1 publicationSeptember 2026: 0 publicationsOctober 2026: 0 publicationsNovember 2026: 0 publications
Publications per month for CEO turnover, tenure and the first-time CEO
MonthPublications
December 20250
January 20262
February 20261
March 20260
April 20262
May 20261
June 20260
July 20260
August 20261
September 20260
October 20260
November 20260

updated · 8 publications

All publications on oversight

This list shows every publication on this theme, including those not (yet) part of a briefing. Choose a period; a title opens the publication at its source.

  1. Mandated to Change, Pressured to Survive: How Newly Appointed CEOs Use Resonance to Manage Strategic Change–Early Survival Dilemma (opens the publication in a new window)Santa Clara University · Wang et al. · · researchSuccessionOversightBriefing: CEO turnover, tenure and the first-time CEO
  2. The Price of Prominence: How CEO Extraversion Influences Board Attributions and the Dismissal‐Performance Sensitivity (opens the publication in a new window)University of Groningen · Hennig et al. · · researchSuccessionOversightBriefing: CEO turnover, tenure and the first-time CEO
  3. How Boards Use Competitor CEO Awards to Interpret Firm Performance in CEO Dismissal Decisions (opens the publication in a new window)Texas A&M University · Li et al. · · researchSuccessionOversightBriefing: CEO turnover, tenure and the first-time CEO
  4. Consumers Cutback, CEOs Depart, and Boards Act (opens the publication in a new window)Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance · Dick Patton and Alex Madronal (Russell Reynolds Associates) · · opinionSuccessionOversightBriefing: CEO turnover, tenure and the first-time CEO