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Developing leaders | Deloitte University Press | Global Human Capital Trends 2015

Chart Your Course

Organizations around the world are struggling to strengthen their leadership pipelines, yet over the past year businesses fell further behind, particularly in their ability to develop Millennial leaders. Eighty-six percent of all surveyed HR and business leaders cite leadership as one of their most important challenges.

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Leadership Development Investments

Coaching Tip

study of nearly 400 organizations by Lee Hecht Harrison has identified that 54% of employers plan to increase investments in leadership development in 2015. Only 5% of employers plan to decrease investments, and a further 41% reported leadership development investments will stay the same. Results management 2.

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Best Leadership Books To Read In 2015

Eric Jacobson

Top Books About Leadership. Top Books About Leadership. When contemplating their favorites, they likely thought about which books were in their minds the best, most favored, most inspiring, most instructional, most relevant, and which ones they might reference frequently.

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10 Principles For Developing Strategic Leaders

Tanveer Naseer

A 2015 PwC study of 6,000 senior executives , conducted using a research methodology developed by David Rooke of Harthill Consulting and William Torbert of Boston University, revealed just how pervasive this shortfall is: Only 8 percent of the respondents turned out to be strategic leaders, or those effective at leading transformations.

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What 11 CEOs Have Learned About Championing Diversity

Harvard Business Review

Susan Wojcicki (YouTube) asks managers for updates on their numbers around diversity. Omar Ishrak (Medtronic) heads their diversity council and signs off on all diversity goals, such as increasing the diversity of their board of directors and diversity in their management and executive ranks.

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Most Doctors Have Little or No Management Training, and That’s a Problem

Harvard Business Review

aren’t taught management skills in medical school. And they receive little on-the-job training to develop skills such as how to allocate short- and long-term resources, how to provide developmental feedback, or how to effectively handle conflict – leadership skills needed to run a vibrant business.