The Future of Leadership Report 2026
Where Pressure meets Possibility.
Leadership today sits at the intersection of pressure and potential. This report brings together the voices of 120 leaders across 20+ sectors to reveal what it really feels like to lead now: the cost of control, the quiet weight of emotional work and the habits that restore clarity, care and trust. It’s a clear, human picture of leadership under pressure and a blueprint for the systems that will sustain it next.
An honest portrait of leadership under pressure and the new possibility it holds.
Insights from 120 leaders across 20+ sectors.
Inside You’ll Find:
The real pressures leaders face and how to navigate them.
Habits that quietly restore energy, trust and belonging.
Eight human capacities shaping the future of leadership.
How to make leadership sustainable, not heroic.
Practical shifts you can use straight away.