PHILADELPHIA, April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Employers continue to worry about the lack of future leaders in their organization ranks, according to a survey of more than 2,000 senior human resource executives in 14 countries by Right Management, the talent and career management experts within ManpowerGroup.
For the third year in a row, lack of high-potential leaders was the most pressing concern for U.S. HR executives, 32% of whom put it at the top of their list.
Globally, lack of future leaders was also cited as the foremost concern by an average of 25% of employers, evidence that a lack of high potentials is a widespread concern in leading industrialized nations.
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What do you expect to be the most pressing HR challenge faced by your organization in 2013? (U.S. respondents) |
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| 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | |
| Lack of high-potential leaders in the organization. | 32% | 31% | 30% |
| Shortage of talent at all levels. | 32% | 23% | 18% |
| Low engagement and lagging productivity. | 19% | 26% | 22% |
| Loss of top talent to other organizations. | 17% | 19% | 30% |
The year-to-year consistency in our findings tells us that future leadership or lack thereof is top of mind for organizations nearly everywhere, said Gerald Purgay, Senior Vice President of Right Management and President of ManpowerGroup Specialty Brands. "According to our data, companies are focused on talent as never before. It's no surprise that organizations are now investing in growing their talent as development initiatives have now become a high priority."
"Tomorrow's leaders will be visionary Human Age leaders, developing new skills making them better able to navigate through the complexity of contemporary situations both within the world of business and in terms of managing people and teams," advised Purgay. "They will become curators of information and coaches for their teams, possessing opposing skill sets, strategic yet tactical, conceptual yet action-oriented, having the ability to anticipate and react, and always pushing the boundaries of what's next."
The U.S. findings are drawn from Right Management's annual global survey, Talent Management Challenges in an Era of Uncertainty, which was conducted in December 2012. Participating were 2,360 senior-level HR executives in 14 countries from the government, non-profit and private sectors. The research was conducted by a third-party research firm, LHK Partners Inc., headquartered in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
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