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Research to Help HR Create a More Powerful Leadership Strategy
This special HR insights report from the Global Leadership Forecast 2021 series analyzes responses from 15,787 leaders and 2,102 human resources executives surveyed in 2020. Additionally, a subset of the same HR group was surveyed in September 2021 to examine what had changed and to forecast changes for 2022.
Here are just a few of the data points you'll see in the HR Insights Report:
- Companies with high-quality D&I programs are 9X more likely to have high-quality leadership overall.
- Internally hired leaders are successful 65% of the time, compared to 52% of external hires.
- Organizations that focus on leading virtual teams during development have 36% more leaders highly effective at leading virtually than other organizations.