A senior McKinsey partner explains why being a CEO is so hard right now

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What can be said, based on facts widely documented in the business management debate of recent years, is that the CEO role is going through a moment of unusual pressure on several fronts at once: technological disruption accelerated by generative AI, macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility (tariffs, reshoring, US-China tensions), growing pressure from activist investors and boards of directors, greater public visibility and scrutiny on social media, and the difficulty of managing hybrid organizational cultures after the pandemic. McKinsey has spent several years publishing research on the 'CEO agenda' that points in these directions.

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