It’s lonely at the top as CEOs reveal that being the final decision-maker has its ups – and its downs

I dont think one can ever quite understand what such a task entails on a personal level, he told Swedish Radio in 2013, describing his job as simply very tough..

When Uday Kotak resigned as the CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank in September, he took to X to pen a heartfelt note about his journey with Kotak Mahindra Bank and said, I stand in a lonely place of being a founder, promoter and significant shareholder of this great institution...

A 2012 CEO Snapshot Survey from Harvard Business Review found that half of CEOs reported feeling lonely, with 61 per cent believing it can hinder their performance..

First-time CEOs are particularly susceptible to this isolation with nearly 70 per cent of firsttime CEOs reporting that the feelings negatively affect their performance..

Liberatha Peter Kallat, founder of the airport service aggregator DreamFolks, adds, It requires making tough decisions that may not always be popular and carrying the responsibility for the success or failure of the organisation..