It's about the who and the how.

Each of the seismic events we’ve experienced in the past five years has left an indelible mark on what it takes for leaders to succeed in our new world of work. As the rate of change affecting businesses makes it challenging to set long-term plans in motion with any level of certainty, the focus in corporate strategy has rapidly shifted from the what to the who and how.

To perform at the highest level, companies must ask, “Who can lead in this complex world? How should they lead? And how can we better enable them to foster innovation, enhance efficiency, and improve performance?” Most of all, organizations require the ability to adapt, extend, and amplify leadership teams to excel in this environment.

Independent talent offer a revolutionary solution, enabling companies to access skills and expertise in novel and agile ways—from interim executive placements to project-based work that is time-limited in nature, with outsized impacts that will live on long after the talent’s engagement has concluded.

In this annual examination of BTG proprietary data, we reveal the most in-demand skills requested by enterprise and mid-market companies, private equity firms, and global nonprofits.

Explore the most in-demand and fastest rising skills that leaders are seeking as they work to:

• Unleash the potential of advanced technology
• Rekindle inorganic and organic growth
• Keep the financial house in order
• Power change and transformation

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