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Last week, Modern CEO explored the role of the chief executive officer, and we invited CEOs to let us know how they spend their time. Across industries spanning retail, technology, healthcare, and professional services—and among leaders at private firms and large-cap public companies—our CEO respondents’ schedules reflect a high prioritization of their direct reports, their senior leaders, and their customers. 

Nine CEOs offered us a self-reported glimpse into their calendars. (A more rigorous approach, employed by Nitin Nohria and Michael Porter of Harvard Business School for their groundbreaking study on CEO time published in 2018, had executive assistants code their bosses’ time in 15-minute increments, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.) We gathered responses from Constantine Alexandrakis of Russell Reynolds Associates (RRA); Kelly Cook of David’s Bridal; Mary Ellen Coyne of J.Jill; Vimal Kapur of Honeywell Technologies; Raj Mehra of Sage; Brieane Olson of Pacsun; Tyler Perry of Mission North; René Saúl of Kapital; and Job van der Voort of Remote. Here’s what we learned:

Across almost all the respondents, direct reports and senior leadership ranked No. 1 or No. 2 for CEO attention. Brieane Olson of Pacsun, the youth-oriented apparel retailer, says that about 30% of her time—her biggest bucket—is spent with leadership in one-on-one sessions, weekly meetings, or strategic discussions.


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