After the Baby Boomers:

The Next Generation of Leadership

8 May 2013

The report was commissioned and supported by Odgers Berndtson. It

was researched and written in conjunction with Cass Business

School, as part of a business project.

Definitions

Baby Boomers Born between 1946 and 1964

Gen X Born between 1965 and 1979

Gen Y Born since the early 1980s

feel companies are over-dependent on male Baby Boomer CEOs

68%

believe a different leadership style will be needed to motivate Gen X & Y employees

58%

must-have skills for tomorrow’s leaders are EQ, people skills and flexibility

3

think leadership development plans should include cultural awareness

70%

believe it is important for future leaders to speak more than one language

85%

feel their organisations are willing to adapt to compete for the best talent

91%

do not believe their organisations are ready for demographic change

59%

The After the Baby Boomers Survey was conducted on behalf of Odgers Berndtson in conjunction with Cass Business School of 100

senior executives based in 19 markets representing 24 different nationalities.

Fieldwork took place between 2010 and 2012.