Silicon Desert · East Valley · Executive Intelligence
Developments that move the needle for C-suite executives in the Phoenix Metro corridor: organizational performance, workforce shifts, and East Valley business intelligence.
More than half of employers say they're already pushing employees out quietly. Some now run that process through a "coaching plan." Employment lawyers call it pretext.
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Almost three quarters of HR leaders say managers already use AI to draft reviews. Here's what speeds up, and what a manager's judgment stops catching.
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CEO exits fell 18% through August 2026. But the ones who do leave increasingly explain it on LinkedIn, not in a press release, and boards aren't ready.
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AlixPartners: 86% of CEO turnover at PE-backed firms is driven by the sponsor. Now the sponsor picks, and pays for, the CEO's coach too.
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Nike, Vail Resorts and UnitedHealth all rehired a former CEO within roughly a year of pushing them out. Boomerang CEOs post 10.1% weaker stock returns.
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PwC cut 600 executive assistants. McKinsey cut 200 support staff. Delegation didn't disappear, it moved onto the executive.
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DHR Global's 2026 data: engagement fell from 88% to 64% in a year. Burnout held flat. Here's why leaders missed the drop.
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2026 data: AI coaching spend is set to double and engagement beats standard training. Most practitioners still won't trust it with the hard conversations.
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Required office days rose 12% in 2025. Actual attendance rose 1 to 3%. The RTO mandate is a compliance problem, not a culture win.
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