Executive Insights
Premium executive-grade research across compensation, workforce, leadership, future of work, industry, and economic mobility.
Compensation
Compensation Trends 2025
Cash, equity, and variable pay are diverging across functions.
- Equity-heavy roles drive 60% of total comp variance
- Variable pay share +3.1 pts in sales orgs
- Transparency narrows posted ranges by 9%
Workforce
Workforce Trends 2025
Hiring stabilizes; specialization premium widens.
- Attrition normalizes at 13.8%
- Specialist demand +18%
- Manager:IC ratio holding at 1:9
Leadership
Leadership Trends 2025
Director-and-above pay growth outpaces mid-career.
- VP+ comp +7.4% YoY
- Equity refresh budgets up
- AI fluency cited in 38% of exec searches
Future of Work
Future of Work Trends 2025
AI augmentation dominates the narrative; remote plateaus.
- AI augmentation outpaces displacement
- Hybrid plateaus at 36%
- Green jobs +12% YoY
Industry
Industry Outlooks 2025
AI services, renewables, and biotech lead growth.
- AI services IGI 95
- Renewables IGI 89
- Biotech IGI 86
Mobility
Economic Mobility Research 2025
Mid-sized metros outperform top 10 on mobility.
- Raleigh leads EMI at 88
- Affordability is the #1 unlock
- Mid-sized metros outperform top 10