Reinventing Leadership Development in 2011
A research project launched today will consider how innovative learning approaches are impacting leadership development. The research, conducted by the independent benchmarking practice, Towards Maturity, aims to uncover what learning approaches are making a difference in developing great leaders and managers.
Nurturing great leadership skills is critical to the success of all organisations. In a bid to save both time and money, innovative online leadership and management development programmes have become increasingly popular - but how effective are they?
If you are responsible for leadership and management development within your organisation, we encourage you
to participate in an independent industry benchmark study from
Towards Maturity designed to uncover good practice that delivers results. The results will be
freely available to all participants and will be released on the 15th June.
Ready to Grow - a report from the CBI last year highlights the priorities facing business in this area. More firms in 2010 (48%) than 2009 (39%) say improving leadership and management skills is essential for future success, and this is even higher for the public sector (73%). The same report also highlights that over two thirds of organisations are looking for more targeted and cost effective routes for training.
The Institute of Director’s
Skills Crunch also highlights that leadership and management skills are at the top of the list for those organisations which are reporting skills gaps in their current staff.
As a result, leadership and management training continues to be a high priority and, increasingly, organisations are considering more cost effective learning technologies as part of their learning and development approach. In fact, according to the latest Towards Maturity benchmark, 50% of all leadership and management programmes are now e-enabled, compared to just 34% in 2008. But how are they being used and under what circumstances are they effective?
Laura Overton, MD of Towards Maturity commented: “Our research has shown that when top leaders use learning technologies in their own development, the overall impact and business benefit of investment in learning technologies is increased, so we are particularly pleased to be able to conduct this study”.
“We are aiming to understand how organisations can improve their use of learning technologies in leadership development programmes, to encourage great experiences for participants - even at the highest levels of organisations.”
The independent study is being supported by
LMMatters, the UK partner to Harvard Business Publishing, and a founding Ambassador of the Towards Maturity 2011 Benchmark. Martin Baker, Managing Director of LM Matters commented: “We are proud to be backing this independent research project and would encourage anyone using online leadership and management resources to participate. Nurturing leadership skills is a priority for all forward thinking organisations, and effective delivery is critical at a time when resources are stretched.”
How to take part
Participants can take part online via the following link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LMLeadershipBenchmark
The survey will take about 15-20 minutes. Individual responses will be kept completely confidential, unless agreed otherwise. All participants will receive a free copy of the final report which will be published on 15th June 2011 and complementary resources from Harvard Business Publishing.