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CEOs Spend 47% of Their Time on Problems Under a Year Old. Only 16% Goes to Anything Five Years Out.

47% OF CEO TIME GOES TO ISSUES UNDER ONE YEAR OUT

PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey, polling 4,454 CEOs across 95 countries, found leaders spend 47% of their time on issues with a horizon of less than a year, against just 16% on decisions looking five years or more ahead. The job title says visionary. The calendar says firefighter.

Source: PwC: 29th Annual Global CEO Survey, 2026 →