Your Employees Want You to Post on Social Media

  • Workers, financial readers use social media each month
  • Prospective employees often research CEO’s online presence

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has famously leveraged his Twitter following over the years.

Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
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CEOs who think having a Twitter account is optional may want to think again.

Employees prefer working for business leaders who are active on social media by a ratio of 4 to 1, according to a survey by Brunswick Group, an advisory firm. Executives who are vocal online are seen as more transparent and accessible, a perception crucial for retention and recruitment, the firm found.