CEO leadership learning during our global pandemic: voices from the C-suite
ISSN: 1475-4398
Article publication date: 28 February 2022
Issue publication date: 5 April 2022
Abstract
Purpose
This study answers the question, “What are the learning experiences and drivers that provide CEOs with the knowledge, skills, and abilities that will allow them to lead their enterprises through crises?”
Design/methodology/approach
Thirty chief executive officer (CEO) interviews were conducted with two trained interviewers that lasted an average of 76 min. These interviews covered CEO experiences in challenges faced, adaptation, learning and lessons gleaned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Findings
The interview responses were content analyzed to provide ten main drivers of CEO learning during the pandemic.
Originality/value
The size and scope of the pandemic provides for lessons on leadership learning never experienced before. This study provides in-depth insights from CEO experiences during the pandemic.
Keywords
Citation
Longenecker, C. and Wittmer, J.L.-S. (2022), "CEO leadership learning during our global pandemic: voices from the C-suite", Strategic HR Review, Vol. 21 No. 2, pp. 63-68. https://doi.org/10.1108/SHR-01-2022-0004
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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