Top Reasons For High CIO Turnover Rates
CIO, Friday, July 11th, 2025
IT directors tend to change jobs at twice the rate of CFOs, and almost three times that of CEOs. Several factors contribute to this, including lack of representation within top management teams, strategy bottlenecks, and curiosity of what else might be out there to advance careers.
In the 2025 Nash Squared Digital Leadership Report, which surveyed 2,015 managers in 62 countries, global digital leaders say they expect to stay at one company for an average of 3.3 years. The figure varies from the honeymoon phase - three years or more - to when signs of burnout develop from those with several years' experience - no longer than six months.