Why CEOs Can’t Stay Silent Anymore (And Most Get It Wrong)

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolving expectations of CEOs to engage in political and social issues rather than remaining neutral.

"Look, I don't have some secret decoder ring that will tell you that something's performative, but I do think it doesn't take a whole lot of Googling to figure out if something sounds too good to be true, to figure out that it is. And I think part of the way that leaders who are effective do this is they referenced the fact that they were talking to their employees." Traditional leadership used to mean staying neutral, but, not anymore. Today’s leaders are expected to speak on political and s...

People in this episode

Host: Glenn Llopis

Topics covered

• leadership
• CEOs
• communication
• political engagement
• employee relations

Keywords

• leadership
• CEOs
• employee communication
• political engagement
• performative actions

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