2023 Top Priorities: Directors versus CEOs

2023 Top Priorities: Directors versus CEOs

  • This OptimalBoard | Snapshot contrasts the previously covered top 2023 concerns of directors with the top concerns of CEOs from another recent survey
  • Below are the top six areas of concern for directors from NACD’s 2023 Trends and Priorities Survey and the top six areas of concern for CEOs from the  Fall 2022 Fortune/Deloitte CEO Survey


Source:  National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)

Source:  Fortune/Deloitte CEO Survey

Food for thought…

  • Inflation, talent and supply chain ranked in the top six concerns of both the directors and CEOs surveyed
  • COVID-19 ranked below the top six for both directors (5%) and CEOs (7%)
  • All top six CEO concerns are lower than they were in the June 2022 CEO survey
  • Cybersecurity threats ranked significantly lower for CEOs (10%) than for directors (34%)

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