Why Korn Ferry for CEO Development?

No one is better at supporting your CEO journey

Our holistic and researched Enterprise Leadership Framework informs all our CEO development programs, as well as prepares multiple levels of next generation Enterprise Leaders.

We look at the whole person. Assessing and developing the skills, experiences, traits, and drivers to make leaders more effective to succeed in our new world.

A team of top leadership development thinkers, engaging facilitators, and seasoned coaches with cross-industry expertise who truly understand the new role of CEOs and Enterprise Leaders today.

Data-driven insight with nearly 50 years of analytics and over 70 million professional assessments.

What we do in Enterprise CEO Development

Business-relevant CEO development programs that develop personal, interpersonal, and enterprise effectiveness. That give you the mindset, capabilities, and accountability you need to perform and transform and secure the long-term success of your organization.

Life-changing, career-making

Over 18 months, each CEO successor candidate collaborates with a team of four experts, including a former CEO.

Collaborative, immersive development

Candidates develop the self-awareness and CEO skills they need to manage personal accountability. The ability to deliver ecosystem-wide leadership. Leadership that inspires and motivates everyone behind a common purpose towards common goals.

Impact across the entire ecosystem

The role of a CEO is constantly evolving. Our experts will help you navigate that while balancing the need to perform and transform. Allowing you to make a more significant, personal, enterprise, and societal impact faster.

Being thoughtful, objective, and purposeful about CEO Succession.

It is often harder to move on from the CEO career than to grow into it. People can lose their sense of purpose or struggle with their identity. Or have too many work opportunities facing them. Through the Korn Ferry LifePlan Institute, we help you answer the question, "Who am I and what do I do now?".

Far and away the best leadership experience I’ve had in my career. And that’s saying something because I’ve been through many development experiences. [It’s] fundamentally different than any other approach. The in-residence was very helpful and had a bit of a breakthrough – on purpose and understanding my capabilities as an Enterprise Leader."

I found my voice. The self awareness I got from this experience provided clarity on what I need to do to leverage my strengths. I understood that I needed to lead as CEO in my own way – not emulate my predecessor."

Client impact

CEO, Regional transportation company

CEO, Global Insurance business

Engaging, highly-collaborative, and business-relevant development journeys that deliver real business impact.

New and emerging CEOs

Existing CEOs

Life after CEO

Redefining your identity and contribution for your next chapter in life.

Re-engaging and reinventing the most important relationships in your life.

Increasing your health, energy, and vitality.

Our mission is to help people go from performance-driven leading to purpose-driven living. We guide you through the personal upheaval and professional complexity to ensure an honorable closure for both you and the organization. We can help you by:

Life after CEO

Existing CEOs

Becoming a CEO is not a job change. It is a career change. Our Chief Executive Institute and Executive to Enterprise Leader Institute give new and future CEOs everything they need to transform into Enterprise Leaders.