Thought Leadership

Staying ahead of trends and issues related to hiring talent, identifying talent potential, developing talent, engaging talent is our job. Whether it's benchmark research, monographs and white papers, or books, DDI is constantly exploring new ideas and expressing our viewpoints. Our goal: To move our profession and our clients forward.

Latest Trend Research

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

Global Leadership Forecast 2011: Time for a Leadership Revolution! Executive Summary DDI’s Global Leadership Forecast 2011 is the biggest study of its kind, involving over 2,600 organizations in 74 countries. Nearly 1,900 HR professionals and 12,500 leaders participated. It is the sixth forecast we have conducted biannually since 1999. This Executive Summary highlights a handful of key findings. Type: Trend Research: Executive Summary

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

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

White Papers & Monographs

Optimizing Your Leadership Pipeline Discusses DDI's approach, best practices and tips for implementing a Leadership Pipeline as part of a Talent Management strategy. Type: White Papers

The CEO’s Guide to: Preparing Future Global Leaders A useful how-to guide regarding the talent equation. Reflects DDI’s global leadership research, expertise & experience. Read more... Type: Booklet

The CEO's Guide to: Talent Management For C-level leaders to show how to make a personal contribution to build a pipeline of high-quality leadership talent. Read more... Type: Booklet

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