Research on the Importance of Leadership Development

  • “Companies reporting strong leadership development programs are 1.5 times more likely to be found atop Fortune magazine’s ‘Most Admired Companies’ list.”
    Source: Consulting Psychology Journal, 2003, “The Return on Investment of Leadership Development: Differentiating our Discipline”
  • “Organizations with the highest quality leaders were 13 times more likely to outperform their competition in key bottom-line metrics such as financial performance, quality of products and services, employee engagement, and customer satisfaction.” Source: Great Leadership
  • Hewitt’s 2005 study showed 100% of the top 20 companies for leadership development had CEOs who were actively involved in developing leadership talent, compared with 65% of other companies (outside the top 20).
  • An executive development survey found that 43% of CEOs and 71% of senior executives reported that they had worked with a coach. “Most telling, 92% of leaders being coached say they plan to use a coach again.” Source: Fast Company
  • DDI’s Global Leadership Forecast 2011 notes that barely more than 1 in 3 organizations report that leaders have high-quality, effective development plans, despite the fact that having effective plans is related to the quality of leadership development.
  • Of respondents who were included in BusinessWeek.com’s 2009 Best Companies for Leaders list, 94% said their organization is active in developing successors for “mission-critical roles,” compared with about two-thirds of respondents from other organizations. (Source: 2009 Best Companies for Leadership study, Hay Group and BusinessWeek.com)

6 BEST PRACTICES FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT:

  1. “Develop strong executive engagement”
  2. “Define tailored leadership competencies”
  3. “Align with business strategy”
  4. “Target all levels of leadership”
  5. “Apply a comprehensive learning approach”
  6. “Integrate with talent management”

(Source: 2008 High-Impact Leadership Development; 2009: Best Practices, Bersin)

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