Despite how much more difficult the CEO job has become in recent years, with the pandemic and culture wars forcing chiefs to deal with more turmoil than previous generations, the number of CEO changes in corporate America remained at typical levels this year. But leadership experts say that's all about to change.
Executive search firm Spencer Stuart, which tracks C-suite turnover, found in a new report that there were 46 CEO transitions between the start of the year and Nov. 30 in the S&P 500 group of large U.S stock-market listed companies. That tally is in line with the average during pre-pandemic years. For the broader S&P 1500, the number of CEO departures was 125, also within historical averages.
