Towards the C-Suite 2035

Welcome to Robert Half’s Boardroom Navigator 2025, which highlights the skills and experience that executive leadership teams and boards of directors will need in the next ten years. Based on a survey of C-Suite executives and private equity investors, the whitepaper explores the changing nature of leadership, generational succession planning and the growing impact of AI.

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Key insights: thriving in 2035

In Towards the C-Suite 2035, Robert Half explores the future of C-Suite and executive leadership, strategies for effective succession planning and the development of future leaders. The whitepaper reveals:

What the C-suite will look like in 2035 — and how its roles will evolve.

How to encourage Millennials and Generation Z into leadership roles, and how to manage the transition.

Essential steps to train and develop leaders and prepare them, and their business for the AI revolution, over the next ten years.

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Baby Boomers to Gen Z – succession planning in transition

What are businesses doing to retain Baby Boomer and Generation X experience ahead of retirement and prepare the ground for Millennials and Generation Z? Effective succession planning must balance the development of future C-Suite and executive leaders with the preservation of institutional knowledge.

What will the C-suite look like in 2035?

In the next decade, the C-suite and executive leaders will get to grips with artificial intelligence, and how to run digital-first businesses. Decision-making, processes and operations will undergo significant transformations. Leading through this period, alongside finding and developing talent, will require agility, adaptability and resilience.

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