Research Report

The pandemic has revealed that we need leaders to transform how they interact with employees. It’s time for leaders to up their game and evolve from using basic skills to more “advanced maneuvers.” It’s time to ask ourselves if we’ve been operating from an expired playbook with respect to what employees and future leaders value. Are we using a spiral-bound notebook to lead a podcast generation?

Is it a movement or a moment? This is the question posed by so many as conversations about race and equality gain momentum, quiet down, and then start up again. For those impacted by it, racism has never ebbed and flowed. It is a constant reality. But in recent months, conversations and requests for education on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) across organizations have intensified.

Anyone who has ever been a leader knows it comes with as many challenges as it does benefits. But few could have imagined the way leaders have been tested as they’ve navigated the cataclysmic impact of a global pandemic.

Every month, GP Strategies (NYSE: GPX), (formally TTi Global), collects data from a number of organisations in different sectors, capturing employee perceptions regarding their engagement and satisfaction in the workplace. This report focuses on data captured from the last month within the Transport sector against the overall cross sector sample.

Every month, GP Strategies (NYSE: GPX), (formally TTi Global), collects data from a number of organisations in different sectors, capturing employee perceptions regarding their engagement and satisfaction in the workplace. This report focuses on data captured from the last month within the Retail & Online retail sector against the overall cross sector sample.

Every month, GP Strategies (NYSE: GPX), (formally TTi Global), collects data from a number of organisations in different sectors, capturing employee perceptions regarding their engagement and satisfaction in the workplace. This report focuses on data captured from the last month within the public sector against the overall cross sector sample.

Every month, GP Strategies (NYSE: GPX), (formally TTi Global), collects data from a number of organisations in different sectors, capturing employee perceptions regarding their engagement and satisfaction in the workplace. This report focuses on data captured from the last month within the Medical sector against the overall cross sector sample.

Every month, GP Strategies (NYSE: GPX), (formally TTi Global), collects data from a number of organisations in different sectors, capturing employee perceptions regarding their engagement and satisfaction in the workplace. This report focuses on data captured from the last month within the Manufacturing sector against the overall cross sector sample.

Every month, GP Strategies (NYSE: GPX), (formally TTi Global), collects data from a number of organisations in different sectors, capturing employee perceptions regarding their engagement and satisfaction in the workplace. This report focuses on data captured from the last month within the Financial Services sector against the overall cross sector sample.

Every month, GP Strategies (NYSE: GPX), (formally TTi Global), collects data from a number of organisations in different sectors, capturing employee perceptions regarding their engagement and satisfaction in the workplace. This report focuses on data captured from the last month within the Engineering sector against the overall cross sector sample.

Every month, GP Strategies (NYSE: GPX), (formally TTi Global), collects data from a number of organisations in different sectors, capturing employee perceptions regarding their engagement and satisfaction in the workplace. This report focuses on data captured from the last month within the Eduction sector against the overall cross sector sample.

Every month, GP Strategies (NYSE: GPX), (formally TTi Global), collects data from a number of organisations in different sectors, capturing employee perceptions regarding their engagement and satisfaction in the workplace. This report focuses on data captured from the last month within the Construction, Plumbing, and Electrical sector against the overall cross sector sample.

Every month, GP Strategies (NYSE: GPX), (formally TTi Global), collects data from a number of organisations in different sectors, capturing employee perceptions regarding their engagement and satisfaction in the workplace. This report focuses on data captured from the last month within the Business Services sector against the overall cross sector sample.

During the period March to April 2020, we measured customer response across Financial Services.

The way you think influences how you act. At the same time, your actions reinforce your thoughts. If you have ever been on a diet, you know that you can’t “think” yourself into becoming healthier. The best of intentions needs to be followed up with actions, such as eating well, exercising, and getting rest, in order to achieve success.

This report brief provides a closer look at key themes that emerged from our 2018 research report, Tomorrow’s Leaders Today: What Leaders Need Right Now, and in the Future, to Be Successful. The brief explores divergences in how men and women report their experiences in leadership and what, if any, implications this may have for how organizations understand, develop, and evaluate leaders overall.

This report brief provides a closer look at key themes that emerged from our 2018 research report, Tomorrow’s Leaders Today: What Leaders Need Right Now, and in the Future, to Be Successful. The brief is based on an individual’s position in the organization (frontline leaders and leaders of leaders) and on how their position impacts their point of view and the skills they need to be successful.

In late Spring 2018, BlessingWhite, a division of GP Strategies, reached out to leaders across the globe to find out what actions, skills, and mindset were most needed to be a successful leader. We wanted to understand what challenges were keeping people up at night and what most excited them about being a leader. And we wanted to know how they are preparing to be leaders in the future, particularly against the backdrop of digital transformation. This report presents the results, shown in aggregate, of our global outreach. We’ve also included results by organizational success to help us better understand what very successful organizations might be doing differently with respect to leadership.

Today’s employees expect their employers to provide some level of career support in the workplace. And it’s smart for companies to meet that expectation – a focus on career development leads to lower turnover, higher engagement, and a stronger and more positive culture.