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The Leadership Leaderboard · September 2026 John Ternus: The Engineer Has Entered the Building Real Moves. Real Lessons. One Leader at a Time. 5 min read John Ternus, CEO of Apple, Image: © Apple Inc. — used for editorial reference. We scored John Ternus four stars in April before he had even started. He became Apple CEO on 1 September 2026. Eight days later he walked on stage for the first time and unveiled the foldable iPhone. Here is how the reality compared to the prediction.

John Ternus — Apple 25 years on the engineering floor. Now he has to lead the world's most valuable company. Here's what John Ternus's appointment tells us about leadership.

The Leadership Leaderboard · April 2026 Day One Decisions Josh D’Amaro: What Your First Move as CEO Says About Everything “I know this is hard. These decisions are not a reflection of their contributions.” — Josh D’Amaro, CEO, The Walt Disney Company, 14 April 2026 Real Moves. Real Lessons. One Leader at a Time. 4 min read Josh D’Amaro, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, at the 2026 Annual Shareholders Meeting, Burbank, California, 18 March 2026. Image: © Getty Images — used for editorial reference. Josh D’Amaro became CEO of The Walt Disney Company on 18 March 2026, succeeding Bob Iger after a carefully managed succession process. A 28-year Disney veteran, he ran the parks, built Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and Avengers Campus, and led the Experiences division to $36 billion in annual revenue. Twenty-seven days into the job, he sent a memo to all...

The Leadership Leaderboard · March 2026 A Leadership Reckoning Toshihiro Mibe: When the Right Decision Is the Hardest One You’ll Ever Make “The situation changed far more rapidly than we expected.” — Toshihiro Mibe, CEO, Honda Motor Co., press conference, 12 March 2026 Real Moves. Real Lessons. One Leader at a Time. 5 min read Toshihiro Mibe, President and CEO of Honda Motor Co., at the EV strategy press conference, Tokyo, Japan, 12 March 2026. Image: © Reuters — used for editorial reference. On 12 March 2026, Toshihiro Mibe stood before journalists in Tokyo and delivered one of the most consequential press conferences in Honda's 77-year history. He announced a write-down of up to 2.5 trillion yen — approximately $15.7 billion the cancellation of three EV models planned for North America, and a projected net loss of up to 570 billion yen...

The Leadership Leaderboard · March 2026 Sundar Pichai: The $692 Million Bet on Himself Real Moves. Real Lessons. One Leader at a Time.  5 min read Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, at the AI Impact Summit, New Delhi, India, February 2026. Image: © Getty Images — used for editorial reference. On 4 March 2026, Alphabet's board handed Sundar Pichai a pay package worth up to $692 million over three years — a figure that would place him among the highest-paid executives in corporate history. But there is a catch, and it is a significant one. Almost none of that money is guaranteed. The vast majority is tied to the performance of two businesses that are not yet profitable: Waymo, Alphabet's autonomous vehicle division, and Wing, its drone delivery arm. Pichai's base salary remains $2 million per year, unchanged since 2020. This is not a reward for past performance. It is a s...

The Leadership Leaderboard  ·  March 2026 Jensen Huang: When the Stage Is Your Strategy Real Moves. Real Lessons. One Leader at a Time. 📅 March 20, 2026  ·  ✍️ Bobola Adeoye  ·  ⏱ 5 min read Jensen Huang at NVIDIA CES 2026 . Image: NVIDIA Corporation- used for editorial reference Every year, Jensen Huang turns Nvidia's developer conference into something that feels less like a product launch and more like a statement of intent. This week at GTC 2026 in San Jose — with 30,000 attendees from 190 countries — he did it again. And there is a lot for every leader to learn from how he did it. ●   What He Got Right Two wins that go beyond the numbers ✅ Win #1 — He made $1 trillion feel like a floor, not a ceiling At GTC last autumn, Huang had forecast $500 billion in chip orders through 2026. This week he doubl...