Trend Research India

DDI is committed to examining today’s and tomorrow’s hottest trends and best practices in talent management. DDI investigates special topics around optimizing human talent in the workplace and DDI’s Center for Applied Behavioral Research conducts two biennual series of trend research focusing on emerging topics in leadership and selection.

DDI’s Latest Research Reports

Lessons for Leaders from the People Who Matter This global research study was conducted at the end of 2011 and surveyed individual contributors to find out how well their frontline leaders interacted with them. The study focuses on the interaction essentials and offers best practices for improving frontline leaders' interaction skills. Read more... Type: Trend Research: Full Report

Creating the Conditions for Sustainable Innovation: The Leadership Imperative - Full Report Examining leaders’ ability to drive the innovation that today’s organizations so desperately need. Read more... Type: Trend Research: Full Report

Global Leadership Forecast 2011: India Highlights DDI’s Global Leadership Forecast 2011 examines the current state of leadership, and explores what organizations can do to revolutionize their talent practices to remain successful and competitive. The India Country Highlights report compares local data to the global sample for a look at how well organisations in Australia are performing. Read more... Type: Trend Research: Country Report

Leadership at the Future’s Edge: India vs. China This Global Leadership Forecast 2011 sub-report shares data comparing China and India. We compare and contrast the two countries on a few of the dozens of key areas evaluated in our core research. Read more... Type: Trend Research: Full Report

The New Reality of Mid-level Leadership A Closer Look at Middle Managers in South East Asia When it comes to skills required for success, their level of engagement and loyalty, and their plans for the future, how similar or different are middle managers in South East Asia compared to their global counterparts? DDI conducted a global survey of 2,000 mid-level managers and nearly a third of the leaders surveyed were from Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Type: Trend Research: Executive Summary

Put Your Money in the Middle: A meta-study and talent management guide for mid-level leaders Are mid-level leaders getting the development they need to face today’s unparalleled challenges? Do organizations effectively support leaders’ transition into crucial mid-level roles? And, are they selecting those most likely to succeed in the first place? This collection of contemporary research says: not always. Read more... Type: Trend Research: Full Report

Managing and Developing Talent in China and India 2006 This paper summarizes the panel discussions at The Conference Board, Talent Management Strategies China/India Pre-Conference Seminar from March 2006. Type: Trend Research: Executive Summary