Beth Kowitt

How CEOs handle the converging issues of an increasingly complex world will play a big part in their success in 2026.

The five biggest challenges CEOs will face in 2026

While women are still just as motivated and committed to their work as their male counterparts, their desire to rise through the ranks is falling behind.

The ambition gap is growing

Iger has morphed from outspoken CEO to capitulating yes-man – a transformation that encapsulates the narrative arc of most of corporate America.

Bob Iger just learnt a hard lesson

Rather than marking a return to the old Nestle, fired CEO Laurent Freixe has created a crisis that the company's board is now trying to counter.

Nestle can’t risk playing it safe

The top 1 per cent now hold a greater share of wealth than the entire middle 40 per cent; three decades ago, the reverse was true.
THE BROAD VIEW

How Americans’ trust in Big Business went from bad to worse

Charlie Munger (right, with Warren Buffett) had been more than a No 2; he was the ultimate second banana. These are far from the same thing.
LEADERSHIP

Charlie Munger and the fading art of the second banana

With Meta now hitting a nearly 25 per cent staff reduction, others in the tech world may follow suit. But if there was ever a time to break free of tech’s group-think mentality, this is it.

Meta layoffs reveal a deeper truth: Tech exceptionalism is dead

Tech bosses such as Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff like to refer to the company and staff as family, but trying to sell themselves as a family requires a suspension of disbelief that’s insulting to the talent they are trying to attract.

8,000 layoffs don’t exactly scream family values