58% of managers have never been trained for leadership A New Career Builder survey found that more than one quarter (26%) of company executives say they have begun lead others without being prepared to lead, and that 58% of managers said they never received any training for leadership. Even so, 59% of workers believe that your supervisor does a good or excellent job.
Most often, leaders come to occupy a new job and are greeted by everyone as if they naturally had to know how to lead their teams and how to properly perform his duties to be led. But this perception is not always correct: not the leader who comes always feels ready to lead others and, on many occasions, is truly prepared. Training in this field is essential.
Challenges for managers, and leaders in general are many and should be taken into account by the teams that are in an organization, as those who hire them and are in charge of development options professional.
A New Career Builder survey has revealed that, indeed, more than a quarter (26%) managers have been shown not ready to lead when he began to lead others, and 59% said they had never received any training on how to exercise leadership and management. The survey was conducted online among 2,482 U.S. contractors and 3,910 employees (all U.S. companies, and over 18 years). Challenges
leaders
Leaders are aware that their positions are prestigious and represent opportunities for personal and professional development but at the same time, they know very well that there are significant challenges in some cases, difficult to overcome, and that can become obstacles to the proper discharge of their duties.
According to the CareerBuilder survey, 25% of managers believe that the main challenge to the lead time is to address issues between co-workers of the equipment itself, 22% feel it is to motivate members team, 15% believe it has to do with performance reviews, 15% believe it is to find the necessary resources to support the team, and 12% feel that it is creating work patterns for staff.
Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources of Career Builder, described in the press release of the polling firm that: "The good skills management can positively affect productivity, performance and morale in general. We see more companies investing in management training programs to develop leaders of today and tomorrow. "
Although the figures show that a significant number of leaders have never received training to lead their teams and that many did not feel ready to do it when they faced the challenge, according to the survey, most workers are satisfied with the performance of their direct supervisors: 59% of them feel that your boss makes a good or excellent job, and only 20% feel it has a bad or very bad performance.
employee complaints
Although most employees say they are happy with the performance of their bosses, the workers there are some common concerns regarding the performance of those who lead: 23% workers feel that their bosses have favorites, 21% says that do not meet their promises, 21% said they do not listen to concerns, 20% said they do not provide feedback on a regular basis, 17% said that not motivate, and 14% said that they only provide negative feedback.
When it comes corporate leaders, 50% of the employees feel that their leadership teams are doing an excellent or good job, and 23% feel that the performance is bad or poor.
For these leaders, the concerns of employees are as follows: 40% of employees feel that corporate leaders do not make enough effort to listen to employees and to improve morale, 33% feel that there is enough transparency and that these leaders do not communicate openly and honestly, 30% say that there are significant changes without notice, 27% consider that labor costs and productivity demands are unreasonable, 21% feel not motivate them, and 20% said that corporate leaders have stopped investing in employee development.
The survey figures show two sides of the coin: on one hand, most employees recognize the good performance of its leaders but on the other, there is a general awareness of many limitations in the leadership tasks that must be taken into account by companies to improve both employee morale and overall productivity. By Catherine R. Franco Sources: TRENDS 21
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