Two in five CEOs would rather quit than lead a large-scale workforce transformation

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Orgvue conducted research in September 2024 to explore senior executives’ attitudes to change and risk in relation to organizational transformation.

Here’s what we found…

• Only 29% of CEOs are willing to lead major restructuring initiatives for their organization
• 35% of CEOs believe a lack of shared vision poses the biggest barrier to achieving successful transformation
• 60% of C-suite leaders think decisions about workforce transformation are driven by human emotion rather than rational analysis
• 74% willing to go through transformation to save money
• 78% prepared to make radical changes to address new market conditions
• 61% say they don’t give enough thought to planning transformation projects

Organizations are taking the wrong approach to transformation, creating anxiety around these large, arduous, risky projects that invariably don’t return the cost savings they promise.

Encouragingly, there’s a cohort of CEOs that see transformation as a continuous, iterative process that takes the pain out of organizational change and makes it more sustainable.

Oliver Shaw, CEO, Orgvue

How Orgvue helps

Orgvue is an organizational design and planning platform that empowers businesses to transform their workforce by understanding the work people do and the skills they have.

Our platform connects strategy to structure, providing clarity of vision, so you can build a more adaptable, better performing organization that thrives in a constantly changing world.

The world’s largest and best-known enterprises and consulting firms use Orgvue to visualize and model current and future states of the organization and make faster, more informed decisions.