Leadership disrupted: Pushing the boundaries - 2017 Global Human Capital Trends

​Today, many organizations need a completely different kind of leader: a "digital leader" who can build teams, keep people connected and engaged, and drive a culture of innovation, risk tolerance, and continuous improvement.

Leadership development continues to be a significant challenge for companies around the world, as the transition to the new digital organization creates even larger leadership gaps. High-performing leaders today need different skills and expertise than in generations past, yet most organizations have not moved rapidly enough to develop digital leaders, promote young leaders, and build new leadership models.

• The leadership gap has become larger; organizational capabilities to address leadership dropped by 2 percent.
• Forty-two percent of companies cite “leadership development” as very important.
• The percentage of companies with strong or adequate experiential programs for leaders rose by 2 percent this year.

As digital disruption sweeps across every major industry, leadership capabilities are not keeping pace. Read more

Anthony Abbatiello et al. - Deloitte - 28 Feb 2017