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Leadership for productivity, growth, technology, supply chain resilience, M&A, and operating performance across industrial markets

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Built for operating complexity

Where leadership becomes operating performance

For industrial companies, leadership is inseparable from performance. The decisions made at the top affect how capital is deployed, how plants run, how supply networks respond, how technology is adopted, and how consistently teams deliver on quality, cost, and customer commitments. As operating models become more complex, the advantage lies with leaders who can connect strategic judgment with execution across the enterprise.

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Industrial priorities often cut across leadership, organization, and execution. We bring together the right mix of search, interim, succession, assessment, coaching, and organizational expertise around the business need—helping clients align the people, structures, and decisions required to deliver.

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Where demand, capability, and execution intersect

Heidrick research points to a growing challenge for industrial companies: finding leaders who can connect technology and business while maintaining the capacity to execute through change. The data shows where leadership demand is shifting and where capability gaps are becoming more consequential.

43%

of surveyed industrial technology executives cite a shortage of leaders who understand both technology and the business

57%

of surveyed industrial technology executives say slow digital progress is affecting their ability to retain talent

76%

of surveyed industrial technology executives expect AI to significantly affect their business within the next three to five years

  2024 Industrial Technology Officers Organization Survey  

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