Increased executive workloads "are unsustainable" because employers have stretched their leaders too thin for too long, concluded a majority of 153 U.S. recruiters polled in late May by ExecuNet, a job-search network for executives.

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They say that meetings have gone on too long, quick fixes have been missed, agendas have been changed too late and too often.

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They think incrementally for too long and, suddenly finding themselves late to the game, make big bets on a single idea, only to have it not pan out.

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