Presidents/CEOs rated their relationships the strongest with roughly 40 percent reporting them to be excellent or very good, but when “good” is added to the assessment of relationship strength, CxOs, directors and vice presidents surpass the top officers. The large majority of all levels rated their network relationship as excellent, very good or good.

All levels had a high perception of whether their networks were mutually beneficial, with CxOs holding a slight edge over their president/CEO counterparts. At the lowest end of the range, 81 percent of managers rated their network reciprocity as excellent, very good or good compared to 86 percent of CxOs who had the same regard.

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• 61% of college students expect to remain with their first employers for less than 3 years
• 16% anticipate continuing to change jobs as quickly throughout their careers
• 34% said they plan to change jobs every 3 to 4 years
• 50% expect to switch employers every 5 years or longer

In response to ExecuNet’s 15th annual Executive Job Market Intelligence survey, senior-level executives routinely change jobs, companies and industries over their career-span, matching the movement that the college students anticipate. The two survey groups diverge at the expectation point: despite their experiences, executives are still casting loyalty as the ideal, with high hopes of remaining twice as long in jobs and organizations than they currently are.

The respective survey results suggest that college students have few loyalty behaviors to model, having seen parents voluntarily and involuntarily change jobs and companies with regularity. With the next generation entering the workforce with this transient mindset, it becomes more incumbent upon senior leaders to inspire managerial loyalty, in the absence of organizational loyalty.






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