Two issues seem to be severely afflicting corporations today: how to survive gracefully in this uncongenial business environment and how to sustain leadership amidst growing competition, not to mention disenchanted customers.

Together, both problems account for CEOs’ truncated tenures, firings, and frequent successions.

CEOs need support for these issues from their core executive team, but today’s team is at best geared to deal with what’s happening today or in the near future, not what will happen in the distant future. Here are three roles that every CEO should introduce to get the support they need: