Trend towards more emphasis on leadership as a core capability of all employees- Shift towards more ownership of the individual for their own development needs
- India have a relatively large proportion of millennials in leadership positions
- Emerging trend: Rise in use of technology in Leadership Development
- High use of analytics within HR in India
New Delhi, September 03, 2015. Leadership development has become a new top priority for HR professionals and there is an emerging trend towards more emphasis on leadership as a core capability of all employees across sectors. This new trend has replaced previous trends like employee engagement, which was a top HR priority in recent times. That is the result of a survey among HR professionals conducted by the Top Employers Institute globally, published as the Leadership Development Report.
Another important finding of the survey is that there is also a shift towards more ownership of the individual for their own development needs. This leads to more customized and individually composed leadership development programs.
Many of the high growth organizations in India have a relatively large proportion of millennials in leadership positions. They drive the change in leadership development methods, as they prefer to use innovative methods for their personal development such as social learning, learning from others, over traditional methods such as formal workshops, training courses and development assignments, in line with the global trend of taking greater charge for developing leadership skills individually.
“In parallel to leadership development becoming a top priority, we see another emerging trend: the rise of use of technology to support HR programmes, including Leadership Development. We see that companies qualifying as Top Employers are investing in bespoke software to support their practices and to make initiatives easily accessible to employees”, said David Plink, CEO of the Top Employers Institute.
In comparison with other countries there is a relative high use of analytics within HR in India.
“We are seeing a different approach towards Leadership Development, with more opportunities to develop leadership qualities available to all levels across organisations. This enables employees to ‘self-drive’ more, with Executives leading by example and heavily supporting this approach. People develop fastest when they feel responsible for their own progress,” said Plink. “The selection of candidates for leadership development programmes has historically been focused on C-suite executives and high-potential employees, however our survey shows that high-performing organisations are making information on leadership development available to any manager who is interested in further developing his or her skills, something that sets them apart from low-performing organisations.”
Among companies that qualify as Top Employers, only 69% make information on leadership development freely available to all employers, so there is still untapped potential even among the best employers.
About the Leadership Development Report
The Leadership Development Report is based on the findings of the Top Employers HR Best Practices Survey, surveying a sample size of 600 certified organisations in 99 countries with more than 3.000 employees each, representing several millions of employees. The full report and more HR insights can be found on www.HR-Insights.top-employers.com/leadership-development
The Top Employers Institute globally certifies excellence in the conditions that employers create for their people. More than 960 Top Employers were successfully certified in 2015.