Leadership· Europe· 5 min read
Europe's second-line leadership gap is the continent's quiet competitiveness problem
Large groups have world-class chief executives and thin layers immediately beneath them.
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Large groups have world-class chief executives and thin layers immediately beneath them.
What used to be handled by instinct and an executive coach now has a repeatable structure.
Directors increasingly ask to hear from the two levels below the executive committee, directly.
Median time in the top job has compressed again. Boards are not becoming impatient, they are becoming explicit.