Global Leadership Forecast
2014|2015

HR’s role. VUCA and leadership readiness. High potential programs. What leaders value. Millennial. Gender balance in the C-Suite.

Global Leadership Forecast 2014|2015

Understand how ready-now leaders drive financial success, know how talent programs impact leader readiness, and mitigate risks to program success.
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You fueled us with the questions and 13,124 leaders gave us the answers in the Global Leadership Forecast 2014|2015, presented by DDI and The Conference Board.

Explore the individual findings

What's Keeping CEO's Up at Night?

• CEO's Top Challenges - Leaders Aren't Ready
• Working Within the VUCA Vortex

Are Leaders Ready to Deliver?

• Leadership Outlook - Going Nowhere Fast
• Millennials - From Generational Differences to Generating Growth
• Leadership Readiness - Which Countries Make the Grade
• Leadership Readiness - Which Industries Are Rising, Which Are Falling?
• Critical Leadership Skills - What's Important Is Being Ignored
• The Leadership Agility Tightrope - Mastering the Art of Change

The New Role of HR

• Evolving HR - From Partner to Anticipator
• How They See You (and Why) - The Senior Leader View of the Business Value of HR
• Leadership Analytics - How HR Can Use Big Data to Provide Big Value
• Global Program Implementation - Balancing Corporate vs. Local Control

What do Leaders Need in Order to Improve?

• 70:20:10 - The Right Ratio...Or So We All Thought
• Critical Periods for Leadership Growth - Match the Timing to the Target
• Drivers of Crucial Leader Outcomes - What Experiences Matter Most?
• Managing the High-Potential Dilemma - Who, How Many, and What Then?
• Leadership Development Methods - One Size Does Not Fit All

What's Holding Them Back?

• Interacting vs. Managing - Organizations Place More Value on Managing--and That's the Problem
• Top Barriers to Learning - Make the Course More Like the Job and the Job More Like the Course
• Gender Diversity - Pays Off
• Engaging Leaders in the Information Age

What Happens When Organizations Get it Right?

• Pipeline or Pipe Dream?  Avoiding the Nightmare Scenario
• To Grow or to Grab? Risks and Rewards of Internal Versus External Leader Staffing Strategies
• Behind “The Best” Talent Practices of Top-Ranked Organizations
• Developing Across the Entire Pipeline - A Key to Financial Success

Country reports

• Australia | New Zealand
• China in Chinese | in English
• India
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Mexico
• Taiwan
• Thailand

Special Topics

• Ready-Now Leaders: Meeting Tomorrow’s Manufacturing Talent Challenges

• Ready-Now Leaders: Meeting Tomorrow’s Leadership Challenges in Multinational Companies

• Ready-Now Leaders: Cultivating Women in Leadership to Meet Tomorrow’s Business Challenges

• Automotive Manufacturing Industry
• Energy and Resources Industry
• Finance and Insurance Industry
• Healthcare Industry
• Pharmaceuticals Industry
• Retail and Consumer Business Industry
• Technology and Telecommunications Industry
• Transportation Services Industry

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