Young Leaders on Board
Is the future represented on your board?
Average age of a DAX 40 supervisory board chair:
Source: Spencer Stuart (2023)
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Only a minuscule proportion of the executives of the leading stock indices ATX, DAX, and SMI are younger than 40 years old (0.1%), while a mere 13.1% are under 50 years of age. Source: Paliaga (2023)
That is why we are on a mission: To integrate young, outstanding leaders in decision-making capacities in future-oriented companies.
How to embed long-term thinking and sustainability in companies?
One approach is to include young talents in the decision-making process.
YLoB was co-founded with the St. Gallen Symposium in 2022. Zukunft-Fabrik.2050 offers companies several ways to integrate young leaders into their corporate governance.
Research shows that teams with diverse ages in leadership roles create cognitive tension that promotes learning, and that the younger generation helps bring awareness to a new set of important issues.
Exploring the right way to support every organization: our five instruments
Mentoring and reverse mentoring
Creates cognitive tension that fosters learning
Shadow Board
Brings awareness to a new set of important topics
Young Leader Advisory Council
Less prone to the historical success trap
Non-voting permanent guest
Offers expertise and fosters transparency
Permanent board member
Unlocks essential creativity/flexibility to drive change
Project Partner:
- We will bring
- Experiences of past sucessful placements
- Expertise of placement processes
- Network of qualified candidates
- You can benefit from
- Having young leaders on board
- Adressing intergenerational gaps
- discovering different instruments of YLoB
Our cooperation will be based on trust, confidentiality and mutual support without financial commitment
Join our initiative as
A company
An association
A young leader
A volunteer
Contact us via email or LinkedIn!
Do you need more information before you decide to contact us?
Meet the Team
Why are you involved in Young Leaders on Board?
"YLoB creates impact through long-term value in our societies."
"Young people should have a voice on supervisory boards and in decision-making."
"Working today for a sustainable tomorrow."
"I want to foster the dialogue between generations."
