Asia Leadership Research Result 2025

In this research, we surveyed senior leaders across Criticaleye's leadership community in Asia to explore the critical trends and priorities shaping the region. 

Key findings from this year’s Asia Leadership Research: 

• Strengthening leadership capability and new technology rank as the top two priorities for leaders 
• 51% identify managing relationships at a higher level as the most significant challenge when transitioning from a divisional or regional executive role to a group executive role 
• 75% state that they expect to conduct M&A over the next 12 months 
• Improved organisational agility is identified as the biggest change occurring in the organisations 
• 47% would like to allocate more resources toward skills and talent development to make the organisation more customer-centric 
• 94% believe that they and their leadership teams require external reference points, to varying extents 

In a recent episode of the Asia Leadership Podcast, our esteemed guest speaker, Dr. Feiyu Xu, an AI expert, shared invaluable insights on how leaders can harness the power of AI and how it is reshaping leadership itself. Click here to listen to this episode featuring Dr. Xu, a Board Mentor at Criticaleye and former Senior Vice President and Global Head of AI at SAP.