Leadership training specialist Common Purpose polled 507 leaders of UK organisations on leadership issues. These are some of the results:
Top seven future skills for leaders
- Spotting opportunities and threats from outside
- Leading diverse teams
- Extending influence outside the organisation or department
- Networking across sectors
- Communicating across cultures
- Leading organisational change
- Cutting through complexity
Percentage of those polled – they could select more than one option – who said they lacked the confidence to deliver the following skills:
- Influencing beyond the organisation/department: 51%
- Leading diverse teams: 49%
- Networking across sectors: 42%
- Cutting through complexity: 38%
- Leading organisational change: 37%
- Motivating and engaging staff: 31%
Skills covered in leadership training undertaken by respondents:
- Developing a vision and a strategy: 72%
- Transforming the way I think: 65%
- Leading diverse teams: 48%
- Managing external stakeholders: 40%
