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> Download Kilpatrick Executive’s Global Leadership Transition Survey 2026: how Millennials, Gen Z, Gen X and Baby Boomers see the next leadership transition.

Kilpatrick Executive Global Report 2026

# The Millennial Leadership Paradox

Ready to Lead, But Are Organizations Ready to See It?

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Millennials are no longer simply influencing the workplace from below: they are moving into the roles from which organizations are managed, transformed and led. This report asks what happens when a generation moves from challenging the leadership model to becoming responsible for it.

Through the Kilpatrick Executive Global Leadership Transition Survey 2026, we examined the transition from three perspectives: Millennials themselves, the Generation Z professionals increasingly likely to be led by them, and the Gen X and Baby Boomer leaders who hold many of the positions Millennials are preparing to inherit.

## Inside the report

-   Ready to Lead, on Their Own Terms
-   The View From Above
-   A New Leadership Contract
-   The Development Gap
-   The Hidden Risk of Waiting for Readiness
-   Money, Meaning and Leadership Proposition

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