Leaders have always lived with stress—it comes with the territory. But today’s strain feels especially acute. Many executives describe pressure mounting on multiple fronts, from economic uncertainty to technological disruption to geopolitical volatility.
We’ve studied these sources of stress over the past six years, and the trend is unmistakable: According to Brunswick Group’s Leadership Stress Index, which tracks the pressures facing leaders, stress levels are even higher now than they were at the peak of the pandemic.