Video: Leadership is not a new skill - so why are we getting it so wrong?

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Leadership is not a new skill - so why are we getting it so wrong?

Many organisations and individuals struggle with the fact that there is no widely agreed skill set for management.

An employee's relationship with his or her manager is the most important factor in employee engagement and we know that engaged employees are happier and way more productive than disengaged ones. It is also known that one of the leading causes for employees leaving the organisation is poor leadership- hence the old saying, "People quit their bosses, not their jobs". There are a few organisations which have some level of Leadership development program in play. 

Leadership is not a new skill - so why are we getting it so wrong? Many organisations and individuals struggle with the fact that there is no widely agreed skill set for management. There are strategies that we can put in place - as there are organisations across the World that are also getting it right. So what do these organisations do differently?

People Matters in association with Skillsoft in this Masterclass has unravelled this in the video. Gail Matthey, Service Design & Delivery Manager, Asia Pacific for Skillsoft focusses on the following: 

  • The current environment -- why is transformation necessary?
  • strategies for reinventig the status quo
  • Key elements in developing the right leadership program for your organisation
  • World class examples
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Topics: Learning & Development, Leadership

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