For all the appeal of being placed in the role of CEO, there’s no more visible position in the company – and you’re likely take the fall when and if business goes south. Everyone has an opinion about their CEO, and everyone feels justified in broadcasting it. We asked employees, “Do you approve of your CEO’s management style?”
This information comes from the latest reading of an ongoing study by Comparably. Over 10,000 employees responded to the question.
Nearly two-thirds of all male and female employees reported that they approved of their CEO’s management style.
Among ethnicities, Asian/Pacific Islander respondents were most approving of the style of management their CEO used. Least supportive were respondents from the “Other” designation, which covers all those employees who chose not to identify as one ethnicity. Caucasian, African-American, and Hispanic/Latino responses were very much in line with overall responses, as seen above.
Employees from the Executive and HR departments are often most positive when it comes to questions of company policies, and that’s no different here. Most departments otherwise lined up with overall averages, but employees from the Design and Operations groups were notably less thrilled with their CEO’s methods of management than most.
Approval of a CEO’s management style starts high with our youngest respondents and then begins to drop. The decline is gradual until we reach the 51-55 age bracket, when approval takes a quick 5-point drop from 60% to 55%. This may be due to longtime members of the workforce eventually arriving at a certain bitterness about the corporate experience, and possibly even how much better they might be at the CEO’s job were they given a chance.
Oddly, we see the opposite trajectory among differing education levels. The least educated tend to be more critical of the job their CEO is doing at managing them, but those with more advanced degrees are markedly less so. This may come down to personal issues of job satisfaction and security.
Latest reading as of December 30..
