CEOs losing confidence

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They may have reached the top of the corporate ladder through their own determination (and maybe some family connections), but most CEOs are skeptical that their own companies have the drive and persistence it takes to succeed.

A new survey commissioned by the British Standards Institution and conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit found that less than a third of company chiefs believe their firms have “fully embedded resilience practices,” a set of business practices that BSI describes as ensuring that a company’s systems, products and workers are constantly adapting to provide top-notch service to customers.