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Is Leadership Development the Answer to Low Employee Engagement? (Yes.)

N2Growth Blog

This White Paper is excerpted and adapted from Ultra Leadership: Go Beyond Usual and Ordinary to Engage Others and Lead Real Change (Giuliano, Lioncrest, 2016). The problem is leadership on autopilot. In such an underperforming state, without leadership that can drive real change, organizations are trapped in a vicious cycle.

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Leadership Development Paradox

Coaching Tip

Although the executive education debate still rages on whether leadership is learned or innate , there is no doubt that the subject is being taught. . Back in October 2003, BusinessWeek reported that 134 companies from 20 nations spent $210 million to enroll 21,000 employees in executive leadership programs.

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Cutting Costs/Curtailing Services Can Produce Crappy Customer Service

Chart Your Course

According to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive for Careerbuilder.com in 2012, 40 percent of companies said they lost upwards of $25,000 per bad hire in 2011, and 25 percent estimated the cost was more than $50,000. Meanwhile, 69 percent of businesses surveyed said their business had been negatively impacted from a bad hire.

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An Exciting, New Next Level Partnership

Next Level Blog

My friend and colleague Dan McCarthy recently shared this finding on his Great Leadership blog. According to a 2012 Corporate University Xchange Leadership study, 81 % of surveyed organizations have “significant” concerns about their leadership bench strength and their ability to support future growth.

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Development Is Shortsighted: Interpersonal Skills #1 Reason Frontline Leaders Fail

Great Leadership By Dan

Year after year, surveys are released sharing the plight of the frontline leaders. While corporations continue to invest in leadership development, there are still significant deficits. Nearly 60 percent of survey respondents indicated poor frontline leadership resulted in turnover of leaders themselves or their team members.

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High Morale Doesn’t Guarantee Employee Retention

Chart Your Course

based employees described morale at their organization as “very good” or “good” in a November 2012 Accountemps survey. In a Right Management survey of 760 employees in the U.S. and Canada, however, 86 percent of respondents said they “intend to actively seek a new position.”. Communication Is Key.

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How to Keep Remote Employees Enthused, Energized and Engaged

Michael Lee Stallard

As seen on SmartBlog on Leadership. . According to the Census Bureau’s annual American Community Survey, it is estimated that telecommuting rose 79% between 2005 and 2012, and with the constant evolution of communication technology, this trend shows no signs of stopping. By Michael Lee Stallard and Colton Perry.

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