In a world being reshaped by AI, CEOs and top leaders matter more than ever — their impact magnified by the environment they create for everyone around them.

Professor of Strategic Leadership & Governance at IMD, Lausanne. I study and teach CEO succession, executive impact, and how leaders shape the conditions others decide in.

Tim Quigley speaking at the IMD Board Community Event in Zurich

Recent work

On ‘Key Person’ Risk & Succession Planning

The DC Mid-Air Collision, Stress, & Federal Workers

Amidst the Attacks, We Have to Remember What the PhD Project Is Working to Overcome

How do investors really react to the appointment of Black CEOs?

Strategic Management Journal

A database of CEO turnover and dismissal in S&P 1500 firms

Strategic Management Journal

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Research

Work on CEO succession, boards, executive impact, and more.

Reflections & Second Thoughts

Reconsidering what we think we know about leaders, evidence, and the moment we’re in.

Data & Code

Some of the data and code behind my work.