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Association CEO Index 2024
Overall Index Scores
The overall satisfaction rating for 2024, across all criteria, is 67.5.
This reflects high ratings for career satisfaction and membership
management weighed down by lower ratings for wellbeing and
advocacy effectiveness.
Association CEO Index, 2024
81.3
73.2
71.3
67.5
61.3
50.2
Overall Index
Career Satisfaction
Index
Association CEO Index
Overall
Workplace
Wellbeing Index
Overall Index
Score
67.5
Moderate
Career satisfaction
81.3
Workplace wellbeing
50.2
Membership management
Advocacy effectiveness
Innovation
High
Moderate
71.3
Moderate
61.3
Moderate
73.2
Moderate
Membership Index
Advocacy Index
Innovation Index
Drivers
High ratings for career satisfaction and membership
management are brought down by lower index scores for
wellbeing and advocacy effectiveness.
Nearly nine in ten (89%) association CEOs are satisfied with
their roles, with 48% reporting extreme satisfaction, driven by
a strong sense of purpose (93%) and sufficient authority to
perform their roles (92%).
Over four in five CEOs (84%) experience job strain, frequently
or occasionally lacking the time needed to perform their roles
effectively. As a result, 70% of CEOs feel run down and lacking
energy.
While 88% of CEOs are strongly focused on addressing
member issues, only 64% believe their associations have
created a compelling membership value proposition.
Nearly two thirds (63%) of CEOs rate their effectiveness in
government advocacy as strong, with industry bodies
performing slightly better than professional associations.
However, only 48% report having strong government contacts.
While 71% of CEOs believe their associations possess the right
skills and knowledge to innovate, confidence levels vary,
particularly among larger associations.
