Special Report 05Business Leaders Are Becoming 10 Societal Leaders As business professionals begin to expect more societal Executives Recognize Their Responsibility to Impact Society impact from companies, the responsibility of those companies’ leaders is expanding as well. In a recent Salesforce surveyed senior executives at the 2017 New York Times New Work Summit. summit on the future of work and leadership, senior Out of 14 senior executives, 10 said that compared to two years ago, looking beyond executives said they think that making a societal impact profit to make an impact on society has become more important.* has become more important over the last two years. With the rising focus on values driven business, it’s likely that more company leaders will become social advocates and partners with government, nonprofit, and education leaders to help create change. * Findings from the 2017 New York Times New Work Summit survey, Salesforce Research, Spring 2017. SalesforSalesforcce Re Researesearchch