Chief Purpose Officers: Do firms really need them? For decades, the shareholder primacy model dominated corporate strategy, often displacing explicit discussions of broader organizational purpose.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeanne M. Stafford specializes in reinventing leadership. Jun 15, 2025, 07:00am EDT The Chief Sustainability Officer is a C-suite ...

Chief sustainability officer is a highly demanding C-suite role, requiring diplomacy, deep business fluency and strategic leadership. Th CSO is crucial for translating purpose into measurable ...

More companies are naming chief A.I. officers as A.I. becomes central to strategy, reshaping corporate power and leadership structures. Unsplash When A.I. moved from academia to corporate America, it ...

Jack Welch, the iconic former CEO of General Electric, once said that the role of a leader is to be the organization’s Chief Meaning Officer. This wasn’t just a catchy phrase—it was a powerful call to ...