THE ANNUAL REPORT

The year in an industry,
written from the inside.

Once a year, each Ten Chairs series closes its season in writing. Not a marketing report: the record of what ten people who run the industry said on camera when the same questions were put to all of them, and what the wider profession said alongside.

The first edition, Executive Search 2026, publishes at the close of Season One. Free to the industry.

The Annual Report: Executive Search 2026, hardbound
WHAT'S INSIDE
I
What changed this year, and who called it early
The year's turning points as the ten saw them: what they predicted on camera at the season's opening, and how it played out.
II
The questions the ten could not agree on
Where the season's answers collided, quoted on the record: the genuinely contested ground of the industry, with every position attributed.
III
The survey: what the wider profession thinks
The annual survey of the industry beyond the ten chairs, set against what the ten said: where the room and the profession agree, and where they don't.
IV
Predictions for the year ahead, on the record
The finale's closing round: each chair's named predictions for the coming year, kept, and marked against reality in the next edition.
V
The season portrait and the roster
The ten of the season, photographed together at the finale, with each chair, its holder, and their company recorded for the year.
HOW IT'S MADE

The Review is written by Ten Chairs from three sources: the season's filmed answers, the finale's closing round, and the annual survey of the wider profession. Nothing in it is paid for and nothing in it is placed: every quoted position was said on camera, on the record, and every survey figure is reported as collected.

WHO RECEIVES IT

We send it, free, to the named professionals of the industry, to the people who buy from them, and to the trade press. Contributors receive ten hardbound copies with their company's name on the cover, for their offices and their clients. The digital edition stays available here, permanently.