As part of CoreNet Global’s comprehensive look at the world of corporate real estate in 2030, several bold forecasts predict what will happen in the area of personal and professional leadership in our profession:

• Bold Forecast: By 2030, the corporate real estate (CRE) function within corporations will take one of two paths: it will either evolve to a more complex, high-value function focusing on the provision of a productive work environment, both physical and virtual, or it will diminish to a less important, almost obsolete function (think mailroom and switchboard). The primary determinant will be the leadership qualities of the senior-most CRE executive. 
• Bold Forecast: By 2030, the successful CRE leader will need a full complement of soft skills as core business skills, including self-awareness; emotional intelligence; the ability to learn and unlearn quickly; the ability to build relationships, trust, and cooperation; and the ability to develop people. The successful CRE leader will see around corners; set up caution signs; spread the word; be an environmental navigator; be a collaborator; be an influencer; be creative and entrepreneurial; be agile and able to pivot quickly; and be the SME of nothing. 
• Bold Forecast: By 2030, the traditional “tug of war” between the cost view of real estate and the value view of real estate will not go away but documenting and “selling” the value view will make substantial progress due to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other advanced technology tools. 
• Bold Forecast: By 2030, sustainability skills will be table stakes. The CRE leader of the future will have to understand sustainability in the same way that today’s CRE leader must understand finance. 
  

Read more about how these trends will make an impact on the practice of corporate real estate in 2030.