03/15/2024

Three Reasons for the Coming Leadership Deficit

Here's how we may be able to fix it

In my early days in the workforce, career advancement was the goal of everyone I knew. We were all looking for that next promotion, that next step up the corporate ladder as a measure of our career success. So, naturally, there was never a lack of candidates jockeying to fill leadership roles as they became available. The biggest challenge most companies faced in this arena was finding and developing talent that was truly leadership material.

Today, organizations face a different challenge: Sourcing employees who are not only the stuff that leaders are made of, but who actually want to take a leadership position.

The 2024 Randstad Workmonitor study found that a third of employees (34 percent) never want to become managers. Like, never. Not only that, but 39 percent don't even want to be promoted. Fifty-one percent are content with no advancement opportunities, if they're in a role they like.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Forbes.