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Developing future leaders

Research year 2

Kimberly Bradshaw, Managing Director, Buzzacott HR Consultancy

31 January 2017

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Agenda

Introduction to topic

The research topics:

– Changes in leadership challenges

– Identifying current and future leadership needs

– How we find great leaders

– How we develop future leaders

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Developing future leaders - introduction

1. Changes in leadership challenges

Changes in leadership challenges – Year 1 vs Year 2

Changes in leadership challenges

What do you think will be the biggest leadership challenge in

the next

5-10 years?

Changes in leadership challenges

What are the consistent, on-going leadership challenges that will

always be faced?

Attract talent

Leadership skills

Retention

Training and engagement

Aligning activities and behaviour to goals

Changes in leadership challenges

Manager vs Leader

Managing is functional - organising resources. Leading is inspiring people to be the

best they can

Leaders shape the destination, managers organise the travel arrangements.

Leaders can see the bigger picture and have a longer term approach. Managers get

the job done day to day and help their teams achieve the current objectives.

In a global environment how do you align your organisation’s values and

leadership style across different locations?

A corporate strategy is followed by all. Regular meetings and reinforcing the objectives

also help

Clear communication of the organisation’s strategies

Technology

Changes in leadership challenges

What are the unique challenges you

have faced in managing and leading

millennials? Helping others to realise the freedoms

and opportunities they can have if they

reach for them

Keeping them constantly incentivised

There is a constantly reducing

expectation of not only working for less time

in any particular organisation but also in any

particular career type.

There is no motivation to build roots -

short termism

Harnessing and shaping their

commitment and values in a rapidly

changing environment

The rise of the millennial and generation

'Y' is very much on the agenda. Do you

feel you have had to change your

approach to leadership development as

a result of this ‘phenomenon?’

2017 survey responses

Changes in leadership challenges

2017 survey responses

Changes in leadership challenges

Interactive poll results:

What do you think will be the greatest leadership challenge in the next 5-

10 years?

a) Keeping up with the latest technology – 28%

b) Developing the skills and experience of current leaders – 21%

c) Developing the skills and experience of future leaders – 38.03%

d) Ensuring strategy meets business goals – 8.45%

e) Building corporate performance – 4%

2. Identifying current and future leadership needs

Identifying current and future leadership needs

Year 1 vs Year 2

Identifying current and future leadership needs

Year 1 vs Year 2

2016 survey responses 2017 survey responses

Identifying current and future leadership needs

How do you ensure your leadership skills development

will meet longer term business objectives?

A learning plan

Aligning to business plan

Training

Self-learning

Identifying current and future leadership needs

2017 survey responses

Identifying current and future leadership needs

Interactive poll results:

How do you ensure your future leaders are developed with the skills to

meet the future needs of the business?

a) Continually review our training and development plans – 5%

b) Succession planning – 5%

c) Encourage individual responsibility and ownership of development – 31%

d) Integrate leadership development into business strategy – 56%

e) Keeping up with leadership development trends – 2%

Identifying current and future leadership needs

What is most important to future leaders in terms of

development?

Self awareness

Glocal

People skills

Leading by example

Change management

3. How we find great leaders

How we find great leaders

Year 1 vs Year 2

2016 survey responses 2017 survey responses

How we find great leaders

2016 survey responses

How we find great leaders

Year 1 vs Year 2

Assessment

Talent management

programme/succession

planning

Talent review

Internal discussion

2017 survey responses2016 survey responses

How do you identify future leaders?

How we find great leaders

2016 survey responses

4. How we develop future leaders

How we develop future leaders

2016 survey responses

How we develop future leaders

What tools /techniques are least effective for developing leaders?

Job Shadowing

E-learning

Performance development plans

Solely monetary incentives

Managers moved into leadership roles based on length of service

Formal qualifications

No feedback on performance and behaviour

2016 survey responses

How we develop future leaders

2016 survey responses

How we develop future leaders

2016 survey responses

How we develop future leaders

2016 survey responses

How we develop future leaders

2017 survey responses

Thoughts and reflections

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Thank you!

For further information, please get in touch!

Kimberly Bradshaw

Managing Director Buzzacott HR Consultancy

bradshawk@buzzacott.co.uk

@KimberlyBrads

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/kimberlybradshaw

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