What is keeping CEOs up at night and what to do about it
According to The CEO Accelerator, here are the top 12 issues that CEOs are losing sleep over in 2025. If you’re a leader navigating transformation, you’re likely nodding along. There is plenty of time left to finish this year strong and set yourself up to take 2026 by storm!
At ChangeAccelerators, I’ve spent decades helping leaders move from insight to action faster. Here's how our services directly address each concern:
1. Talent That’s Hard to Keep
Even top performers are leaving.
How I help: I build transformation journeys that activate and retain your best people, not exhaust them. From purpose-driven messaging to peer-led influence networks, we turn uncertainty into engagement.
2. AI Without a Clear Plan
AI is being adopted quickly, but value is unclear.
How I help: I partner with CIOs and functional leaders to ensure AI adoption is rooted in behavior change and value realization. I equip managers to lead through ambiguity, not wait for perfect clarity.
3. Too Many Priorities
Focus is getting harder to maintain.
How I help: My 90-Day Rapid Mobilization program helps teams cut through noise and align around what matters most. I prioritize ruthlessly and deliver fast wins that restore confidence and momentum.
4. A Team That’s Tired
Overwork is eroding morale.
How I help: I humanize the change journey. I help you build rituals, recognition, and micro-recoveries into your transformation programs so people can go the distance without burning out.
5. No Time to Think
Constant urgency leaves no time to reflect.
How I help: In my executive coaching and strategy sessions, I create space for leaders to pause, reflect, and challenge assumptions and bring those insights back into the business.
6. Customers Who Trust Less
Trust is fragile and hard to win back.
How I help: I help organizations embed customer-centricity at the cultural level not just in customer service. From CX governance to frontline storytelling, I make sure customers feel the shift.
7. Reputation Always at Risk
One wrong move can spark backlash.
How I help: I build communication strategies that are clear, consistent, and crisis-resilient. I equip leaders to speak with authenticity and align messaging across silos and geographies.
8. Middle Managers Struggling
They’re unclear, under-supported, and under-resourced.
How I help: I specialize in building middle manager capability during transformation -through toolkits, coaching, and peer-led communities. I turn passive managers into active change influencers.
9. Culture Cracks Behind the Scenes
Misalignment erodes trust.
How I help: I use a culture-through-change approach, uncovering hidden beliefs, rituals, and resistance and help leaders shape the culture they say they want through daily behaviors, not posters.
10. Conflicting Demands
Investors want growth. Employees want purpose.
How I help: I help executives communicate tradeoffs transparently, co-create guiding principles; and engage employees in shaping the future so they don’t feel like it’s happening TO them.
11. Tech That Moves Too Fast
New tools are being adopted without clarity.
How I help: I ensure digital transformation is human-led, not just tech-driven. From readiness assessments to realistic roadmaps, I help you pace the change so people can absorb and apply it.
12. Feeling Alone at the Top
Leadership can be isolating.
How I help: Whether through executive coaching or facilitated strategy labs, I help leaders think out loud, test ideas, and stay grounded in the purpose behind the pressure.
Don’t just survive 2025 - finish strong!
At ChangeAccelerators, we don’t just talk change. We mobilize it - fast, human-first, and with lasting impact. If even one of these concerns is keeping you up at night, let’s lift the veil and get to work.
