Hardly anyone wants to be boss anymore – what companies can do about it

Berlin Not only specialists, but also bosses are increasingly sought after. From January to September, a third more managerial positions were advertised than in the same period of the previous year. This is shown by figures from the Berlin Personnel Market Research Index.

At the same time, according to the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), only 14 percent of all employees can imagine becoming a manager in the next few years. As early as 2021, the strategy consultancy predicted that Germany would be short of around 341,000 top executives by 2030.

Numbers that are also likely to be so high because it is only possible to roughly count how many bosses enter the labor market each year. “After all, there is no classic training to become a manager,” explains Philipp Kolo, a partner at BCG and an expert on management and human resources issues.

Germany is threatened by a shortage of managers, says Kolo. “In the next five years, the situation will become significantly more tense.” For companies, this means they have to take countermeasures.