Leadership
Furthering a steady trend over the past three years, current CEOs believe that their successors will need to be disruption-proof. This will require increasing fluency in data, transformation and all-things digital. Meanwhile, investors will still require a more traditional suite of leadership skills.
Future CEOs will clearly need to be equipped with a unique blend of skills required to not just manage – but lead – through disruptive change.
Question: What skills and talents will the next generation of CEOs need to bring to your job / their jobs?
A Broader Path to the Corner Office
CEOs (32%) and investors (42%) both favor a leadership pipeline that draws primarily from the CFO role, emphasizing the importance of financial bonafides as a foundation for the additional leadership qualifications outlined on the previous page. In addition, CEOs report openness to COO and CIO / CTO candidates – roles that align with the tech-savvy skillset they view as essential for future leadership.
Question: The pathway to CEO is evolving. Which C-suite roles do you feel are most suited to the role of CEO in succession planning?
