Your playbook for mastering the six roles every CEO needs to adopt to lead through what comes next.

The world that CEOs once knew is gone. In its place is an era defined by relentless disruption: AI breakthroughs arriving at breathtaking speed, geopolitical instability reshaping markets overnight, rising social polarization, supply chain shocks, workforce transformation, and growing pressure to deliver both performance and purpose.

With clarity and intent, BCG Global Chair Rich Lesser defines the six roles that matter most if you want to succeed in this new environment. By adopting these roles, you will be able to drive growth, learn faster than the competition, navigate global complexity, build organizational resilience, earn trust amid scrutiny, and preserve human well-being in an increasingly AI-driven world.

Lesser draws on his decades of experience advising leaders and their global organizations, as well as conversations with executives confronting these challenges in real time. The Six-in-One CEO offers a powerful framework for leadership in a high-speed, high-stakes era using vivid examples and deeply human stories from leaders already adopting the six roles. It offers practical insights on how leaders can stay adaptable without losing focus, embrace technology without losing humanity, and make bold decisions under extraordinary pressure.

Essential reading for CEOs, senior executives, rising leaders, and anyone responsible for guiding organizations through change, Lesser provides a clear-eyed road map for thriving in the most complex business environment of the modern era.