Bitter Truth: Most CEOs Are Very Lonely

By siliconindia   |   Friday, 17 February 2012, 00:43 IST   |    3 Comments
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ISOLATION HINDERS PERFORMANCE
ISOLATION HINDERS PERFORMANCE The passion of the CEO's job, tied with the dearth of peers to divulge in, generates treacherous feelings of isolation among chief executives. 50 percent of all CEOs report practicing loneliness in the role, and 61 percent believe that the isolation holds back their performance. First-time CEOs are predominantly prone to this isolation, with nearly 70 percent of those who experience loneliness saying it depressingly affects their ability to do their jobs. Nearly half of all CEOs estimate that most other leaders experience similar feelings of loneliness.